Buildings made for business and industry, such as a soap company office, a glass-curtained headquarters on Park Avenue, a factory for shoe lasts and the electric company turbine hall that became a landmark of modern architecture. A building belongs here when the cited article calls it an office building, a factory or the home of an insurance company. It excludes palaces, government buildings and schools. The group follows the use the cited article names.
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Larkin Administration Building (Wikipedia)
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The Larkin Administration Building (a.k.a. the Larkin Building or Administration Building) was an office building at 680 Seneca Street in Buffalo, New York, United States.
Lever House (Wikipedia)
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Lever House is a 307-foot-tall (94 m) office building at 390 Park Avenue in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, United States.
Lloyd's Building (Wikipedia)
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The Lloyd's building (sometimes known as the Inside-Out Building) is the home of the insurance institution Lloyd's of London.
AEG Turbine Factory (Wikipedia)
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The AEG turbine factory was built in 1909, at Huttenstraße 12-16 in the Moabit district of Berlin.
Fagus Factory (Wikipedia)
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The Fagus Factory (German: Fagus-Werk) is a shoe last factory in Alfeld on the Leine, Lower Saxony, Germany, and serves as an important example of early modern architecture.
Hoover Building (Wikipedia)
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The site opened in 1933 as the UK headquarters, manufacturing plant and repairs centre for The Hoover Company.
Ford Foundation Building (Wikipedia)
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The Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice (also known as 320 East 43rd Street, 321 East 42nd Street, or the Ford Foundation Building) is a 12-story office building in East Midtown Manhattan, New York City, United States.
Willis Faber and Dumas Building (Wikipedia)
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The Willis Building (originally the Willis Faber & Dumas regional headquarters) is a Grade I listed office building in Ipswich, Suffolk, designed by Norman Foster and Wendy Cheesman after establishing Foster Associates.
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