The BIS-Tower, more commonly known as the BIS-high rise, is a 69.5-meter-high administrative tower and headquarters of the Bank for International Settlements...
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Bank for International Settlements (redirect from BIS Bank)
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is an international financial institution which is owned by member central banks. Its primary goal is to...
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The Tower of Babel is an origin myth and parable in the Book of Genesis meant to explain the existence of different languages and cultures. According...
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along with the Centralbahnplatz in front of the station (including the BIS Tower), are attributed to the St. Alban quarter [de]. The Elisabethenanlage...
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Abteilung: Die Urkunden zur Geschichte des Inn-, Eisack- und Pustertals. Vol. 1: Bis zum Jahr 1140. Innsbruck: Universitätsverlag Wagner. pp. 30–1 no. 50....
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The Maiden's Tower (Turkish: Kız Kulesi), also known as Leander's Tower (Tower of Leandros) since the Byzantine period, is a tower on a small islet at...
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inter-faculty institute at the University of Basel from 1967 to 1970, the BIS-Tower of the Bank for International Settlements from 1972 to 1976 and the Nestlé...
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Vladimir Shukhov (1853–1939). Shukhov built his first example as a water tower (hyperbolic shell) for the 1896 All-Russian Exposition. Subsequently, more...
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The Chinese Tower (German: Chinesischer Turm) is a 25-metre wooden building resembling a pagoda at the Englischer Garten in Munich, Germany. The building...
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Skyscraper (redirect from Office tower)
"dtv-Atlas Baukunst I. Allgemeiner Teil: Baugeschichte von Mesopotamien bis Byzanz", 14th ed., 2005, ISBN 978-3-423-03020-5, p.345 Behrens-Abouseif,...
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