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One Charles Center

Engineer / Architect: Mies van der Rohe
Location: 100 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD
Year Built: 1962
Structural Form: high-rise office building; reinforced concrete, glass and aluminum curtain wall
Historical Details: This building was thought of as the "signature piece" for the Charles Center revitalization project.
Technical Details: The lack of visible structure makes it difficult to tell how the building behaves.
Image Source(s): Rachel Sangree
References: J. Dorsey and J.D. Dilts, A Guide to Baltimore Architecture (Third Edition), Tidewater Publishers, Centreville, MD (1997), p. 80;
M.E Hayward and F.R. Shivers, Jr., the Architecture of Baltimore: An Illustrated History, The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore (2004), p. 282.

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