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PPG Place

PPG Place is a complex in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, consisting of six buildings within three city blocks and five and a half acres. PPG Place was designed by architects Philip Johnson and John Burgee.

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1984

Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States

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Building complex in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Philip Johnson

1906-2005 · New York, New York, United States

Role: lead architect

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Philip Cortelyou Johnson was an American architect who designed modern and postmodern architecture. Among his best-known designs are his modernist Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut; the postmodern 550 Madison Avenue in New York City, designed for AT&T; 190 South La Salle Street in Chicago; IDS Tower in downtown M…

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Philip Johnson

studio · New York, New York, United States

Role: designer

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