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Comcast Center – Philadelphia, USA

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Building: Comcast Center
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Completion: 2008
Architect: Robert A. M. Stern Architects
Structural Engineer: Thornton Tomasetti
Environment Design and Energy Analysis: Atelier Ten
Contractor: L. F. Driscoll Company

AE Interests: Core and frame construction, low emissivity glass facades, energy sustainability and LEED accreditation, large span structural design

Written by Garrett Jones

February 1, 2011 at 4:02 pm

Posted in Built

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  1. “Comcast Center contains a 300,000-US-gallon (1,100 m3) double-chambered concrete tuned liquid column damper, the largest such damper in North America.”

    See wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comcast_Center_(Philadelphia)

    Jimmy Principe

    November 16, 2011 at 12:24 pm


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