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Identification Name Key Tower Alternative name Society Tower Emporis Building ID 121788
Location
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Technical Data Height (tip) * Height (architectural) 288.65 m Height (roof) * Floors (above ground) 57 Construction start * Construction end * Gross floor area *
Structure in General Construction type skyscraper Current status  existing [completed] Structural material composite structure Facade material granite Facade system curtain wall Architectural style postmodern
Usages Main usages  commercial office Facts
Philip Johnson bid on this project but lost out to Cesar Pelli (see concept model photo in this building's photo files). |
Key Tower's steel skeleton surpassed the height of the flagpole on Terminal Tower the week of November 26, 1990 making it the tallest building in Ohio. |
The Key Tower looks very similar to the rejected first proposal presented by Pelli of the Wells Fargo Center (then called Norwest Tower), which was built 3 years earlier in Minneapolis. |
The design is also similar to the unbuilt  Society Center in Hartford, Connecticut. |
This was the tallest building between Chicago and New York City until the Comcast Center in Philadelphia was topped out in 2007. |
Companies involved in this building
architect:
Cesar Pelli & Associates Architects, Kendall/Heaton Associates Inc.
Other companies:
Turner Construction Company, The Richard E. Jacobs Group, Inc., The Richard E. Jacobs Group, Inc., The Richard E. Jacobs Group, Inc., American Bridge Company, Otis Elevator Company, E.G. Smith Construction Products, American Bridge Company, Lake Erie Electric, Frank Novak & Sons, Inc., The GQ Contracting Company, HighRise Systems, Inc., Gorman-Lavelle Corporation, Oliver Design Group, Oliver Design Group, Magnusson Klemencic Associates, Osborne, Inc., Flour City International, Inc., CENTRIA Architectural Systems, KeyCorp, Weaver Boos Consultants, Baker Concrete Construction |
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