Tag: SOM
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from the Similarity Files – BHP Building, Melbourne
140 William Street (formerly BHP House), Melbourne, Australia Architect: Yuncken Freeman, Skidmore Owings & Merril, 1967 Ok, so this one is probably more widely ‘known’ than the previous example that I raised of international works of architecture that bear strong resemblance to buildings that we might find on our own Wellington streets, but it is worth
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from the Similarity Files – or, “haven’t we met before?” Shaklee Terraces
Shaklee Terraces, 444 Market Street, San Francisco CA, United States Architect: Skidmore Owings Merrill, 1979 Isn’t this somewhat eerily familiar, in this pic at least (and a whole bunch of others by Thomas Hawk, which can be seen here)? While any similarities to a certain green building, completed in our own city almost a decade later (and with…
