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	Mark V - Portal
		Transamerica Square consists of the Office Tower, Sidewalk Retail, a Plaza Courtyard, and a Parking Garage. The Office Tower stands 10 stories and has approximately 432,000 rentable square feet.
		The Plaza Courtyard area seperates the Building from 400 N Church Residential Condos and is used daily by tenants to enjoy a break away from the office.
		Transamerica Square is located on N. Tryon Street between 7th and 8th Streets. The large floor plates of the building almost take up an entire block! Transamerica is unique in the shape and design of the building with two halves of the building belonging to either the low and high rise floors. ;
	transamericasquare.info (301 words)

	Savage Earth: Building Safer
		In small to moderate earthquakes, buildings and bridges can survive virtually unscathed with the help of bracing, reinforced joints, or even pads and rollers that allow the structure to move more freely when the ground starts to sway.
		In one version, the tendons are anchored to a building's foundations and push or pull on wall beams to counteract swaying motions.
		The Sendagaya INTES Building in Tokyo has such a system on its 11th floor, with one mass for counteracting swaying motions and another to resist twisting motions.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/savageearth/earthquakes/html/sidebar3.html (516 words)

	Transamerica Pyramid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The building is a tall, four-sided pyramid with two "wings" on opposite sides of the building.
		The Transamerica Pyramid was the tallest skyscraper west of the Mississippi from 1972-1974, at which point it was surpassed, somewhat ironically, by the Aon Center in Los Angeles - designed by Pereira's former business partner Charles Luckman.
		The building is considered to have been the target of a terrorist attack, involving the hijacking of airplanes as part of Oplan Bojinka, which was foiled in 1995.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Transamerica_Pyramid (673 words)

	Transamerica Pyramid, San Francisco (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Transamerica wanted a taller building (1,150 feet/350.5m) but the city planning commission would not approve it because it interfered with precious views of San Francisco Bay from Nob Hill.
		This the tallest building in San Francisco, and the 4th tallest building on the west coast of the United States.
		Tallest building in the United States west of the Mississippi River from 1972-1974; surpassed by the Aon Center in Los Angeles.
	www.emporis.com /en/wm/bu/?id=118715 (455 words)

	The Earthquake Engineering Online Archive
		This 100-story building is one of a new generation of high-rise structures where the structural system is a major consideration in the design, and where large unobstructed spaces are required inside.
		The outside walls of this building, which act as a tube, consist of closely spaced diagonal steel members which transmit both the horizontal and vertical loads to the base of the walls, and then to the eight support points.
		The essential structure in this building in resisting both vertical loads and horizontal shear consists of diagonal members on the four outside walls and is similar to that used in the building of slide GoddenD63.
	nisee.berkeley.edu /elibrary/getpkg?id=GoddenD50-69 (829 words)

	Transamerica Reinsurance
		Wishing to achieve the same effect with Transamerica's new headquarters, an unconventional pyramid shape was chosen for the building.
		The Transamerica Pyramid is now both a distinctive structure revered by San Franciscans and a landmark of international recognition.
		The Transamerica Pyramid is located in the heart of the Montgomery Financial District at 600 Montgomery Street in San Francisco, California.
	www.transamericareinsurance.com /ad_hoc.asp?Name=Pyramid (309 words)

	ICONS OF BUSINESS / Transamerica Pyramid / From corporate emblem to city landmark / It's not really a pyramid, and it's ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In fact, that's another of the building's ironies: It was built as a showplace to establish a brand for Transamerica, but the name and the structure have outlived the original intention, so much so that even people who work right around the pyramid have no idea what the name signifies.
		Transamerica was started in 1928 by A.P. Giannini as a holding company for his Bank of America and other enterprises.
		From the moment the building plans were announced in January 1969, the Transamerica was a lightning rod for criticism.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/05/29/BUGO76TPTR1.DTL (1706 words)

	Exploratorium: Faultline
		When the ground beneath a building shakes, it makes the building sway as the energy of a quake’s waves moves through it.
		The TransAmerica pyramid in San Francisco is famous for its architecture: a wide base that narrows as it goes up increases the building’s stability.
		Mid-range buildings of 10-14 stories were in resonance with the seismic waves, causing those buildings to sufer more damage than shorter or taller ones.
	www.exploratorium.edu /faultline/damage/building.html (1229 words)

	Transamerica Reinsurance
		Transamerica began as the vision of a young entrepreneur named A. Giannini, who took the first step towards realizing his dream by starting a small business known as the Bank of Italy.
		In addition to building the Transamerica Pyramid, an architectural landmark in the heart of San Francisco’s financial district, the company began diversifying, branching out into a number of businesses that focused on providing leisure services to consumers.
		In July of 1999, Transamerica began a new chapter in its history when it became part of one of the world’s leading international organizations—AEGON N.V. This page was last modified on: 6/18/2004
	www.transamericareinsurance.com /ad_hoc.asp?Name=History (335 words)

	Bard Consulting - San Francisco
		In 2003, CJUF had the opportunity to provide most of the equity for the acquisition of the Transamerica Building in downtown Los Angeles.
		The Transamerica Center itself is a complex mixed-use property located in the southwestern portion of downtown Los Angeles, just a few blocks east of the Convention Center and the Staples Center.
		The asset consisted of three separate buildings with approximately 1.15 million square feet and was about 50% occupied, including a 300,000 square foot lease with the seller of the building, Transamerica Occidental Life.
	www.bardconsulting.com /transamerica.html (287 words)

	Transamerica Reinsurance
		Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Company, its affiliates and its sponsors are neither responsible nor liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential special, punitive, exemplary or other damages arising out of or relating in any way to the site, site-related services and/or content or information contained within the site.
		Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Company may modify the terms of this Agreement by posting notice of such modification on a page of the Site entitled "Legal Notices" or "Legal Information" (or similar title) before the modification takes place.
		Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Company, which is a member of the AEGON Insurance Group, is strongly committed to maintaining the privacy of your personal information.
	www.transamericareinsurance.com /legal_notice.asp (922 words)

	Transamerica Pyramid
		Nestled in the northeast region of the Financial District North and bounded by Clay, Montgomery, Sansome, and Washington streets, stands an architectural sculpture, the brainchild of architect William Pereira.
		Sixty miles away, in downtown San Francisco, the occupants of the Transamerica Pyramid were unnerved as the 49-story office building shook for more than a minute.
		Although the Transamerica Pyramid is no longer the headquarters of Transamerica Corporation, the company retains a small presence as a tenant and still uses the building's image as its registered trademark logo.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h2585.html (774 words)

	Transamerica Corporation - Transamerica Building Vignette
		Transamerica Reinsurance became one of the leading life reinsurers in the U.S. market, based on new business and inforce volume, serving approximately 500 companies in the U.S., Latin America and Asia Pacific regions.
		In 1988, four of the Transamerica Life Companies joined the Insurance Marketplace Standards Association, which is a voluntary membership organization whose purpose is to promote high ethical standards in the sale of individual life insurance and individual annuity products by its member companies.
		Begun in 1969, the Transamerica Building was completed in 1972 and is located at 600 Montgomery Street in San Francisco.
	www.scripophily.net /trancor5.html (866 words)

	Transamerica Pyramid San Francisco- SF sightseeing attractions-Must See San Francisco
		The Transamerica Pyramid is located at 600 Montgomery St and was the tallest building in the United States west of the Mississippi River from 1972-1974.
		The building has 48 floors, 3,678 windows and was built in 1972.
		The largest floor is the 5th floor, with 21,025 sq ft, while the 48th floor is the smallest, with only 2,025 sq ft. Transamerica wanted a taller building but the city planning commission would not approve it because it interfered with precious views of San Francisco Bay from Nob Hill.
	www.mustseesanfrancisco.com /attractions/transamerica-pyramid.html (141 words)

	Transamerica Pyramid- San Francisco, CA - VirtualTourist.com
		Though the building is an impressive site and unmistakable in the skyline, my most vivid impression always remains the juxtaposition of its futuristic shape in close contrast to the Sentinel Building just in front of it.
		Transamerica wanted a taller building but the city planning commission would not approve it because it interfered with precious views of San Francisco Bay from Nob Hill.
		This 48-story building towers over the city at 853 feet and is the tallest building in San Francisco, has become a symbol for the city and for the Transamerica Corporation.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/North_America/United_States_of_America/California/San_Francisco-755471/Things_To_Do-San_Francisco-Transamerica_Pyramid-BR-1.html (1408 words)

	Protests Shift to Focus on War's Supporters
		Activists aimed their morning protest at the Carlyle Group, a global investment firm, with offices in the building, that they say is one of the nation's biggest defense contractors.
		While the demonstration at the Federal Building was going on, other protesters were at the Transamerica Pyramid to focus on the Carlyle Group, whose investor roster ranges from former President George H.W. Bush to the Saudi family of Osama bin Laden.
		As a police officer stands guard on a police line used to cordon-off anti-war protesters, a members of the anti-war group 'Yoga for Peace' prays before her arrest for blocking the entrance to the Transamerica Building in downtown San Francisco as a protest against the war on Iraq, March 24, 2003.
	www.commondreams.org /headlines03/0325-02.htm (1260 words)

	San Francisco rent a car and Transamerica Pyramid
		The Transamerica Pyramid, which is located at the heart of the San Francisco’s Montgomery Financial District, is one of the nation’s most highly recognized buildings, symbolizing the city’s innovative atmosphere and unwavering strength.
		The Transamerica Pyramid was considered to be the tallest building in the United States (west of the Mississippi) until the Aon Center was built in Los Angeles in 1974.
		The largest floor of the building is that of the 5th and features nearly 21,025 square feet.
	www.supercheapcar.com /transamerica-pyramid.html (588 words)

	Transamerica game review
		The building has to begin from his/her start marker and must always connect to his/her already existing network.
		Especially interesting are 2-player-games because strategy is more important - but eventually the game is getting boring if players start to think too long about what they are going to do: The game is not as strategic if more than two players participate but I think it is more exciting.
		Again and again it is astonishing to discover how quick the other players were and where they are building to.
	www.superfred.de /gb-transamerica.html (615 words)

	Oakland eyes tallest tower, Willie Brown - San Francisco Business Times:
		An extension of an earlier plan by O'Keefe for a 32-story tower, it would be by far the tallest building in the city, surpassing the 28-story Ordway Building.
		The site has several ties to Willie Brown, who is part-owner of a neighboring 20-unit apartment building and who, with the other owners of that building, sold 222 19th St. to O'Keefe.
		Its narrow, 12,000-square-foot floor plates are designed to compress the building away from nearby Alice Street, preserving a view corridor to the lake.
	www.bizjournals.com /sanfrancisco/stories/2006/09/11/story2.html?t=printable (747 words)

	Calton Hill - Edinburgh
		Initiated in 1816, a year after Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo, it was meant to be a replica of the Parthenon in Athens, as a memorial to those who had died in the Napoleonic Wars.
		Building began in 1822, but funds ran dry and celebrated Edinburgh architect William Playfair only got to see a facade of his building completed.
		There is a path right round the edge of the hill and there is an jumble of historic buildings and structures on top including, for star gazers, an observatory.
	www.edinburghguide.com /travel/visitor/caltonhill.htm (465 words)

	TransAmerica Pyramid, San Francisco
		A lot of protest came from the citizens of San Francisco when the plans for the new buildings of the Transamerica Company were unveiled in 1969.
		The building would be a statement of architectural sculpture.
		From an economical point of view, a pyramid is not an efficient structure in terms of surface, but it was a way for the architect to get around the strict building laws that imposed a certain ratio between the buildings surface and its height.
	www.aviewoncities.com /sf/transamerica.htm (191 words)

	Transamerica Pyramid Pictures and Virtual Tours
		The Transamerica Building was designed and built in 1969-1972 by William Pereira & Associates.
		The Transamerica Pyramid dominates San Francisco views not by its height, but rather by its shape.
		The building is located at the intersection of Montgomery Street, Washington Street, and Columbus Avenue.
	www.virtuar.com /ysf2/pyramid.htm (417 words)

	TRANSAMERICA PYRAMID
		The Transamerica Pyramid is San Francisco's tallest building.
		The building is constructed of steel, reinforced concrete, and glass.
		The natural frequencies of the Transamerica Pyramid are given in Table 1.
	www.vibrationdata.com /earthquakes/Pyramid.htm (318 words)

	Transamerica Pyramid :: , San Francisco, California, United States :: Glass Steel and Stone
		T his is the headquarters of the Transamerica Corporation, and is also their corporate logo.
		Although this is San Francisco's tallest building, the pyramid isn't as tall as it looks.
		I am doing a report on the Transamerica Building, and I find it hard to believe that very few websites are avalible to the Transamerica Building.
	www.glasssteelandstone.com /BuildingDetail/342.php (305 words)

	Transamerica Pyramid - GTAGaming Forums
		Transamerica is a building in San Fransisco, California, that is triangular.
		I mean, its the tallest building in the West.
		I live in Washington and even I know where the building is, lol, rockstar roxors is right.
	www.gtagaming.com /forums/showthread.php?t=28562 (354 words)

	Travel for Kids: San Francisco: Embarcadero
		Transamerica Pyramid –; The Transamerica building is the tallest building in San Francisco.
		The model, spread out in a 2 acre building, has 343 square miles of water (fresh and saline), bridges, roads, cities, parks, shipping channels, man-made islands and levees in the Delta, all labeled by land use.
		The Ferry Building, a famous San Francisco landmark is now home to restaurants and cafes, featuring the best local foods.When the fog rolls in off the Bay, head into Rincon Center or One Market Plaza for a wide range of quick food and snacks for kids.
	www.travelforkids.com /Funtodo/California/San_Francisco/sanfranciscoeast.htm (653 words)

	Original Transamerica Building is restored as hub of spiritual activity - SpiritualMinds.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Original Transamerica Building is restored as hub of spiritual activity
		The building housed Transamerica Corporation, founded by Amadeo Peter Giannini, an Italian banker who provided financial assistance to the underserved and was a major figure in rebuilding San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake.
		Building bridges to better lives in a city known for its bridges, the executives and staff of the Church of Scientology of San Francisco look forward to joining hands with their new neighbors and the opportunity to further enhance an area rich in cultural diversity.
	www.spiritualminds.com /articles.asp?articleid=14560 (583 words)

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