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PPG Place: Exterior · PPG Place in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1/6 · Exterior · PPG Place in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Photo: Derek Jensen ( Tysto ) · Public domain · source
PPG Place: Exterior · Luminarias decorate PPG Place for Light-Up Night, 1999
2/6 · Exterior · Luminarias decorate PPG Place for Light-Up Night, 1999Photo: Cbaile19 · CC0 · source
PPG Place: Exterior · Luminarias decorate PPG Place for Light-Up Night, 1999
3/6 · Exterior · Luminarias decorate PPG Place for Light-Up Night, 1999Photo: Cbaile19 · CC0 · source
PPG Place: Exterior · Guess what kind of a building Pittsburgh Plate Glass (now PPG Industries) would build for its headquarters?
4/6 · Exterior · Guess what kind of a building Pittsburgh Plate Glass (now PPG Industries) would build for its headquarters?Photo: David Brossard · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
PPG Place: Interior · The tree inside the PPG Wintergarden
5/6 · Interior · The tree inside the PPG WintergardenPhoto: John Marino from Pittsburgh, The fine US of A · CC BY 2.0 · source
PPG Place: Detail · PPG Skating Rink Tree
6/6 · Detail · PPG Skating Rink TreePhoto: John Marino from Pittsburgh, The fine US of A · CC BY 2.0 · source
Photo 1: Exterior · PPG Place in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Photo 2: Exterior · Luminarias decorate PPG Place for Light-Up Night, 1999Photo 3: Exterior · Luminarias decorate PPG Place for Light-Up Night, 1999Photo 4: Exterior · Guess what kind of a building Pittsburgh Plate Glass (now PPG Industries) would build for its headquarters?Photo 5: Interior · The tree inside the PPG WintergardenPhoto 6: Detail · PPG Skating Rink Tree

Office & tower · Postmodernism

PPG Place

Philip Johnson and John Burgee · Pittsburgh, United States · 1984

Key featuresMirror-glass towers bristling with Gothic-style spires and pinnacles around a public plaza.

Architect
Philip Johnson and John Burgee
Place
Pittsburgh, United States
Year
1984
Typology
Office & tower
Movement
Postmodernism
Region
Americas
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