Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond is among Richmond’s tallest buildings, and visually a near-twin of Dominion Energy’s One James River Plaza building, which was demolished in 2020. The skyscraper was designed by Minoru Yamasaki, the architect who designed New York’s ill-fated World Trade Center towers. Interesting factoid: Almost half of the building’s total square footage, […]
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Gateway Plaza is an aluminum and glass high-rise office building overlooking Kanawha Plaza. Visually, the building appears to be three stacked boxes, each with a different façade treatment. Along South 9th Street, the slim office tower has a retail and lobby base. The western section has a metal-skinned parking garage base, surmounted by an office
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Inspired by a foil-wrapped baked potato the architect consumed at an American Institute of Architects dinner. Each floor is clad in a 555-foot sledge-hammered sheet of aluminum. Name: Enterprise Center, aka Markel Building Location: 5310 Markel Road Year Completed: 1965 Architect: Haig Jamgochian Style: modern Architecture Richmond: Markel Building Google Map All images copyright ©
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Richmond’s new City Hall towers over Old City Hall, cater-corner across East Broad and North 10th Streets. The 19-story postmodern high-rise was briefly the city’s tallest building. The original marble and granite facade deteriorated beyond repair. It was replaced in 2003 with an aluminum and granite facade, with windows deeply recessed behind a perimeter of
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Great American Tower at Queen City Square dominates the Cincinnati skyline. Architect Gyo Obata based the glass-and-aluminum skyscraper’s crown on Princess Diana’s tiara. A fitting homage to the “Queen City.” Name: Great American Tower at Queen City Square Location: 301 East Fourth Street Year Completed: 2011 Architect: Gyo Obata – Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum Style:
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