Skyscraper Twins - Page 6

CGII · #**101** Posted **Oct 15, 2006, 10:08 PM**

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Originally Posted by Distill3d

lets not forget its triplet:
the Fairmont Paliser Hotel in Calgary:

or the illegitimate quadruplet:

Federal Building in Edmonton

And the quintuplet:
Hilton Chicago

Quote:

Originally Posted by Atlas

Melbourne Central Office Tower, Melbourne - 211m

Feng Long Center Proposal, Shenzhen - 400m

Let's not forget the obvious:
Batman/Bellsouth Building, Nashville.

dbee84 · #**102** Posted **Oct 16, 2006, 9:25 AM**

Heres a couple new ones from here in Madrid, Spain:

The picasso tower:

and the Aon center in Chicago:

2 Buildings under construction (1 to be the tallest in NYC and the other to be the 2nd tallest in Madrid)

Torre de Cristal

and you all know the freedom tower

n.o.hou.dawson001 · #**103** Posted **Nov 15, 2006, 6:54 AM**

One Shell Plaza, Houston TX

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One Shell Square, New Orleans LA

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oak-sea · #**104** Posted **Nov 26, 2006, 6:50 AM**

Oregon Convention Center, Portland...

Bank Of China, Hong Kong

marcus · #**105** Posted **Nov 26, 2006, 11:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by Distill3d

and though, not exactly highrises, but still twins:

US Capitol Building:

Alberta Legislature in Edmonton:

why just the alberta legislature building? the majority of american state capital buildings look like the US capital.Anyway, the Alberta legislature building looks like the capital building of kentucky

marcus · #**106** Posted **Nov 27, 2006, 11:29 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by dbee84

Heres a couple new ones from here in Madrid, Spain:

The picasso tower:

and the Aon center in Chicago:

Also, the Capital plaza office tower in frankfort,Ky looks like them except shorter(28 stories)

buffalo90 · #**107** Posted **Dec 29, 2006, 1:12 AM**

Don't forget the Statler Towers !

Patrick · #**108** Posted **Jan 20, 2007, 2:04 AM**

Do it, the WaMu Way

All in the Same Metropolitan Area, LA.

South Covina, Glendale, and Downtown Los Angeles. (Well at a time the Downtown LA one was WaMu)

M.K. · #**109** Posted **Jan 20, 2007, 1:39 PM**

The most famous ones in Bazil are:
The Congresso Nacional in Brasilia-DF from Oscar Niemeyer

In Sao Paulo there are some ones:
-Edifício Martinelli in Center area from 1929

-Tribunal Regional Federal at Av. Paulista
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=2109133

AnotherPunter · #**110** Posted **Jan 21, 2007, 5:45 AM**

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Originally Posted by marcus

why just the alberta legislature building? the majority of american state capital buildings look like the US capital.Anyway, the Alberta legislature building looks like the capital building of kentucky

If we are looking for the Capitol's pair, why not go for broke?

St. Paul's Cathedral, London

Or if we're going to compare the AON Center:

Its true, lost twins:

My favorite pair. The Metropolitan Life Insurance Building on Madison Sq.

And its inspiration: the bell tower of San Marco's Cathederal, Venice

And while we are on bell towers, McGraw Tower at Cornell:

And its Berkeley twin:

kevinIndy · #**111** Posted **Feb 6, 2007, 12:11 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Distill3d

lets not forget its triplet:
the Fairmont Paliser Hotel in Calgary:

or the illegitimate quadruplet:

Federal Building in Edmonton

Houston TX

charlieqin · #**112** Posted **Feb 26, 2007, 2:06 PM**

To copy other's is an old way of practice the world over.
Charles Qin
Beijing,China

M.K. · #**113** Posted **Mar 7, 2007, 10:16 AM**

I would say the Egypt Piramids and Temples are copied too many times in country and outside also like the one in Las Vegas. Also Tour Eiffel is copied in Las Vegas, Stutue of liberty has in NYC and Las Vegas, Christus Statue have in Brazil, Lisbon and other cities around the world. There are a lot of Triumph Arcs spread in many cities. Obeliscs and monuments are overall spread equally. Masts and Telecommunications towers are repeated changing few. Copy and repetition belongs to humans to make structures quite the same and cheaper. Other great example of that is Campanile of Venezia copied in Las Vegas. It is quite normal finding buildings with same project spread in many countries equally. The expensive and more work is spending in making different, single and uncommon structures. Be sure, when something new became a little bit famous, it would be at the same time hundred times copied.