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The Bow (skyscraper)

The Bow is a 158,000-square-metre (1,700,000 sq ft) skyscraper in Downtown Calgary, Alberta, Canada. 236-metre (774 ft) building was the tallest in Calgary between July 8, 2010, when it surpassed the Suncor Energy Centre, and May 11, 2016, when it was exceeded by Brookfield Place. The Bow is currently the second-tallest office tower in Calgary and the third-tallest in Canada outside Toronto, Ontario. The Bow is also…

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2012

Alberta, Alberta, Canada

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1,700,000-square-foot office building in downtown Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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Norman Foster

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Norman Robert Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, is an English architect. Closely associated with the development of high-tech architecture, Lord Foster is recognised as a key figure in British modernist architecture. His firm, Foster + Partners, first founded in 1967 as Foster Associates, is the largest in the Unit…

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