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Identification
Name
Metcalfe Federal Building
Alternative name
Ralph H. Metcalfe Federal Building
Emporis Building ID
117105
Location
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Technical Data
Height (tip)
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Height (architectural)
120.70 m
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Floors (above ground)
27
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Structure in General
Construction type
skyscraper
Current status
existing [completed]
Structural material
concrete
Facade material
granite
Facade system
curtain wall
Architectural style
modernism
Usages
Main usages
governmental office
Facts
The lobby's height and other details were designed to match Mies van der Rohe's other Federal Center buildings across the street.
The lobby contains a large Frank Stella sculpture, "The Town-Ho's Story with Postscript & the Gam", inspired by a passage in Herman Melville's novel "Moby Dick".
Companies involved in this building
governmental office