Columbia Center (Troy)

Coordinates: 42°33′39″N 83°09′01″W / 42.5607°N 83.1502°W

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The Columbia Center is a pair of twin towers on Big Beaver Road in Troy, Michigan. Both buildings were designed by Minoru Yamasaki & Associates, designers of One Woodward Avenue and the now-destroyed World Trade Center. Both buildings stand 14 floors and are 193 ft (59m) tall.

At one time Northwest Airlines had a ticket office in Suite 115 of the complex.^[1]

Columbia Center East

Columbia Center East is located at 101 W. Big Beaver Road. The building was constructed in 1998, and finished in 2000. It stands at 15 floors in height, with 14 above-ground floors, and 1 basement floor. The high-rise is used as offices for a number of local and regional businesses.

The building was designed in the modern architectural style, and uses mainly brick and glass.

Columbia Center West

Columbia Center West is located at 201 W. Big Beaver Road. The building was built in 1989, and has the same number of floors and basements as its younger twin. The high-rise is used for offices, restaurants, retail, and includes a fitness center.

Like Columbia Center East, it was designed in the architectural style, and uses mainly brick and glass.

References

^ "Ticket Offices and Phone Numbers." Northwest Airlines. June 13, 1998. Retrieved on November 20, 2012. "Columbia Center, Suite 185 201 West Big Beaver Road Troy, MI 48084"

External links

"Columbia Center West". Emporis. Archived from the original on 2015-05-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
"Columbia Center East". Emporis. Archived from the original on March 12, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
"Columbia Center East". SkyscraperPage.
"Columbia Center West". SkyscraperPage.

42°33′39″N 83°09′01″W / 42.5607°N 83.1502°W / 42.5607; -83.1502

v t e Minoru Yamasaki
Skyscrapers	One Woodward Avenue (1963) IBM Building (1963) The Century Plaza Hotel (1966) M&T Bank Center, Buffalo (1967) World Trade Center Tower 1, Tower 2, Buildings 4, 5 and 6 (1970–1971) Montgomery Ward Corporate Headquarters Tower (1972) Century Plaza Towers (1975) Bank of Oklahoma (1977) Rainier Bank Tower (1977) Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (1978) 100 Washington Square (1981) Torre Picasso (1988) Columbia Center (1989–2000)
Airports	St. Louis Lambert International Airport main terminal (1956) Dhahran International Airport terminal (1961) Eastern Airlines terminal at Logan Airport (1969) King Fahd International Airport master plan (1977)
Houses of worship	North Shore Congregation Israel (1964) Temple Beth El (1974) Shinji Shumeikai Founder's Hall (1982)
Other buildings	Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Detroit Branch Building annex (1951) Pruitt–Igoe housing project (1954) Grosse Pointe University School (1954) Military Personnel Records Center (1955) McGregor Memorial Conference Center (1957) Prentis Building and DeRoy Auditorium Complex (1959) Pacific Science Center (1962) Irwin Library at Butler University (1963) Oberlin Conservatory of Music (1963) Northwestern National Life Building (1965) Robertson Hall at Princeton University (1965) Quo Vadis Entertainment Center (1966) Dr. John Archer Library (1967) Japan Center (1968) Tulsa Performing Arts Center (1976) Istanbul Cevahir (1987)
Landscape architecture	Wascana Centre and University of Regina - Regina Campus (1961–1967)
List of works by Minoru Yamasaki

v t e Troy, Michigan
Education
Primary and secondary schools	Troy School District Troy High School Athens High School Niles Community High School (alternative) Avondale School District Birmingham City School District Warren Consolidated Schools International Academy Eastern Campus
Other education	Walsh College of Accountancy and Business
Other
Skyscrapers and offices	Top of Troy Former Kmart headquarters
Shopping centers	Somerset Collection Pavilions of Troy (planned)
Religion	Woodside Bible Church
Transportation	Oakland/Troy Airport Big Beaver Airport (closed)
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