Boston City Hall In terms of the time it was built and opened, the earliest inverted pyramid building dates back to
Boston City Hall in 1968. It was designed by the
architecture firms
Campbell, Aldrich & Nulty and
Kallmann McKinnell & Knowles. Architects draws on examples of medieval Italian town halls and the Boston's 19th-century granite structures. It replaced the old town hall and is still in use today.
222 Jarvis Street The
222 Jarvis Street, as an office building in
Toronto, was completed in 1971. It was designed by architect Maxwell Miller. The
brutalist-style building is currently being used as the headquarters of Sears Canada, which is a department store chain.
Rainier Tower The
Rainier Tower, which is a
skyscraper, was built in 1977 and was designed by
Minoru Yamasaki. This skyscraper is the tallest building to date to contain an inverted pyramid structure, which is a concrete pedestal base. The designer Yamasaki mentioned that this structure provides a larger space for the ground shopping plaza while preserving the green plants.
Pyramid on Central The Pyramid on Central was built in 1979 and designed by architect Thomas Hite. It has five floors and totals . From now on, it still been using as an official building in Phoenix, AZ.
Hong Kong Coliseum The
Hong Kong Coliseum was completed in August 1981 and opened in 27th April 1983. It was designed by Chinese architect Shaoxiong Bao. It shaped like a diamond or an upside-down pyramid, and has 12,500 seats without any pillars. Since the opening period, hundreds of celebrities have come to the coliseum to hold concerts.
Slovak Radio Building The Slovak Radio Building, located in
Bratislava, was completed in 1983 and the architects were Barnabáš Kissling, Štefan Svetko and Štefan Ďurkovič. The height of the building reach . As a concert hall, it has 522 seats with concert organ and has had regular broadcasting since 1985.
Egyptian Embassy The
Egyptian Embassy, located in
Abu Dhabi, was built in 1986 and designed by Egyptian architect Abdul Rahman Makhlouf. It has built up area. The Architecture was expressed by granite stepped upside-down pyramid, reflecting a traditional Egyptian style design.
Louvre Inverted Pyramid The Louvre Inverted Pyramid (
Pyramide Inversée) is a skylight constructed in the underground shopping mall. The glass pyramid designed and built by
I.M. Pei is high and wide at the bottom, standing in the center of the courtyard. Its four sides are made up of six hundred and seventy-three pieces of diamond-shaped glass. The total floor area is about . The total weight of the tower is 200 tons, of which the net weight of glass is 105 tons, and the metal support is only 95 tons. In other words, the load on the stand exceeds its own weight. It was advanced to the final of Benedictus Awards in 1995.
Tokyo Big Sight The Tokyo International Exhibition Center, also known as Tokyo Big Sight, is an exhibition centre in Tokyo, designed by AXS Satow Architectural group. It is located in Koto District, Tokyo, Japan, with a total exhibition area of more than . It is the largest exhibition venue in Japan and one of the most famous tourist attractions in Japan. Tokyo Big Sight was built in 1995 and mainly consists of conference building, east exhibition building, west exhibition building and other related facilities.
Hanoi Museum The Hanoi Museum, located in Vietnam, was designed by GMP Architekten and built in 2010. As a museum, it represents the artifact of Hanoi over 1000 years, and it also displays the culture and heritage of Vietnam. The total area of the building is nearly 1772 ft. == Limitations ==