Stuff like that pisses me off. ^

if that pisses you off, then prepare to be pissed all the time.

http://www.archpaper.com/images/feat.../pjohnson7.jpg
the seagram building

http://www.nyu.edu/classes/finearts/...age/lever1.JPG
the lever house

there's about a zillion different imitations of the original bauhaus style skyscrapers. unfortunately the inherent simplicity allowed many cut rate imitations to sully the style.

then there's this original:
http://cctausonius.u-bordeaux3.fr/ar...20ensemble.jpg

with the following imitations:
http://www.greatgridlock.net/NYC_Images/065.jpg
the san remo apartments

http://www.perpetuallypissed.com/pho...03.wrigley.jpg
the wrigley building

http://www.consultor.de/download/Mes...20Warschau.jpg
the palace of science and culture in warsaw

it's strange how an islamic moorish tower with a renaissance capital could inspire both icons of capitalism and icons of communism.

How about these two.......what a resemblence!
Oklahoma City - "The Tower" (yeah ok it is a really unorigional name)
http://www.geocities.com/bombermwc/thetower.jpg

And..
Park Central in Dallas
http://www.geocities.com/bombermwc/parkcentral.jpg

Personally I like the bigger and more colorful OKC tower....bad name and all.

There's a [white] tower in Milwaukee that's almost identical to 140 William Street in Melbourne - 140W was a joint local & SOM project.

http://www.propertylook.com.au/listi...12932_9045.jpg

http://www.propertylook.com.au/listi...2932_20329.jpg

http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/pictures/0...m/pi002046.jpg

First Wisconsin Centre, later Firstar Center and now US Bank Center was built in 1973 by SOM (specifically Fazlur Kahn). 140 William was completed while Firstar was under construction.
http://www.cbre.com/NR/rdonlyres/8AC...86/firstar.jpg
http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/w...star/whole.jpg
http://www.december.com/places/mke/images/fscs.jpg

Here's a new pair.

Sears Tower, Chicago
http://www.hellochicago.com/Images/P...rs_Tower_2.jpg

Izumi Garden Tower, Tokyo
http://www.emporis.com/files/transfe.../10/405988.jpg

That's my picture! Cool... haha.

cha-ching, thanks CGII

These two aren't exactly alike, but remind me of one another enough to post them here. Regions Bank Bldg. Mobile, Al. on your left, and The Fisher Bldg. Detroit on your right.

http://static.flickr.com/36/12309046...27320d.jpg?v=0

Milwaukee, Detroit

http://static.flickr.com/35/12310500...840706.jpg?v=0

Nashville, Detroit

http://static.flickr.com/43/12310500...0a9de3.jpg?v=0

The Peachtree Center, Atlanta, and The Ren. Cen. in Detroit

http://static.flickr.com/1/123105003_3a47f38c57.jpg?v=0

I do not claim any credit for these pics, All credit goes to Emporis and the photographers that took
them.

^
300 Wisconsin was built before Comerica, and was specially designed to recall the Pabst Building, which stood on the site before it had to be dismantled due to structural problems.

Embarcadero center in San Fran + First National building in Omaha

williams tower (houston)

http://www.pbase.com/mancusoj/image/25470724.jpg

bank of america (atlanta)

http://www.pbase.com/mancusoj/image/58201394.jpg

if you discount the spires and their color, they are about the same size and their setbacks are almost the same.

^wow I never noticed that

THIS ticks me off to NO END. :hell: :hell: :hell: :hell: :hell:

http://www.bmacewen.com/blog/images/Gherkin.London.png
Gherkin, London
and
http://www.pixelmap.com/images/Arch/dma_nouvel_10.jpg
Torre Agbar, Barcelona

The Fisher Building stands in a class by itself! It is incomparable!

The Peachtree, RenCen, and the Westin Bonaventure are actually fraternal Triplets with the same father: architect John Portman.
Here is the Bonaventure in Los Angeles:
http://www.consultwebs.com/ncphotos/...b_550_2363.jpg
The Peachtree and the RenCen's central hotel are very similar while the Rec Cen and the Bonaventure share the concept of the four subsidiary towers.

Montreal's 1250 Rene-Levesque:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._from_East.jpg

Arlington's 1801 North Lynn:
http://www.arlingtonvirginiausa.com/...g_16039005.jpg
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Philadelphia's Mellon Bank Center: from the good folks at phillyskyline.com
http://phillyskyline.com/pix/mellon_from1845.jpg

Montgomery's AM South Bank Building:
http://planning.ci.montgomery.al.us/corner.jpg
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Detroit's Real Estate Exchange Building (and since it's Detroit - of course it's been demolished)
http://static.flickr.com/46/12553647...d66aae.jpg?v=0

Pittsburgh's PPG Place:
http://www.wqed.org/erc/pghist/photos/mdn/PPGplace1.jpg
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Pittsburgh's Cathedral of Learning (especially during the old steel mill days - when all Pittsburgh structures were covered in a gritty black soot):
http://www.donnan.com/images/PittCthdrl.JPG

Chicago's Sears Tower:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/...yscraper_1.jpg

think of the setbacks and use your imagination. Or maybe I just smoke too much weed....?
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Chicago's Water Tower Place:
http://www.aviewoncities.com/img/chicago/kveus266b.jpg

Milwaukee's US Bank Tower:
http://i.b5z.net/i/u/1639587/i/Milwa...ch2005_ezr.jpg
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Atlanta's Bell South Building:
http://www.bellsystemmemorial.com/im...ng_atlanta.jpg

Detroit's McNamara (Federal) Building:
http://sweets.construction.com/mfg/28054/E104639.jpg

Los Angeles U.S. Bank Tower:

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b4...brarytower.jpg


and Singapore's UOB Plaza One:


http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b4...bsingapore.jpg

Hey folks, I think we've got the winners!

And yes, these are two different buildings. Count the floors if you don't believe it!

http://show.imagehosting.us/show/135...30_1357156.jpg

Tour de Bourse (aka Place Victoria), Montreal:
http://www.photosmarval.org/images/p...ontreal-07.jpg

Bentall Centre, Vancouver:
http://www.mcmparchitects.com/photos/Bentall2.jpg