Summit Square
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One Summit Square is the tallest office building in Fort Wayne, Indiana
, United States
, as well as the tallest reinforced concrete
building in the state of Indiana
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One Summit Square is a 27-story steel frame
building standing at 134.7 m (442 ft). It was completed in 1982 and designed by the architects, Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo & Associates, to give the illusion of being two buildings, the adjoining tower housing the elevators. The original plan called for a twin tower, but due to lack of money and the project going into debt, the second tower was never built. On the land where the twin tower was to be built, is now a community square.
Tenants to the building include the regional headquarters of JP Morgan Chase in northeast Indiana as well as electricity provider Indiana Michigan Power
.
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Fort Wayne is a city in the US state of Indiana and the county seat of Allen County. The population was 253,691 at the 2010 Census making it the 74th largest city in the United States and the second largest in Indiana...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, as well as the tallest reinforced concrete
Reinforced concrete
Reinforced concrete is concrete in which reinforcement bars , reinforcement grids, plates or fibers have been incorporated to strengthen the concrete in tension. It was invented by French gardener Joseph Monier in 1849 and patented in 1867. The term Ferro Concrete refers only to concrete that is...
building in the state of Indiana
Indiana
Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...
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One Summit Square is a 27-story steel frame
Steel frame
Steel frame usually refers to a building technique with a "skeleton frame" of vertical steel columns and horizontal -beams, constructed in a rectangular grid to support the floors, roof and walls of a building which are all attached to the frame...
building standing at 134.7 m (442 ft). It was completed in 1982 and designed by the architects, Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo & Associates, to give the illusion of being two buildings, the adjoining tower housing the elevators. The original plan called for a twin tower, but due to lack of money and the project going into debt, the second tower was never built. On the land where the twin tower was to be built, is now a community square.
Tenants to the building include the regional headquarters of JP Morgan Chase in northeast Indiana as well as electricity provider Indiana Michigan Power
American Electric Power
American Electric Power is a major investor-owner electric utility in various parts of the United States. AEP ranks among the nation's largest generators of electricity, owning nearly 38,000 megawatts of generating capacity in the U.S...
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