PPG Place

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PPG Place is a landmark glass-clad office and retail complex in downtown Pittsburgh, renowned for its neo-Gothic design by architect Philip Johnson.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf building complex
mixed-use development
office complex
architect John Burgee
Philip Johnson
architecturalStyle neo-Gothic
postmodern architecture
category Postmodern architecture in the United States
Skyscraper office buildings in Pittsburgh
cityLandmarkStatus Pittsburgh landmark
completionDate 1984
constructionStartDate 1981
coordinates 40.4406°N 80.0042°W
country United States of America
surface form: United States
developer PPG Industries
floorArea about 1,500,000 square feet
hasFeature Winter Garden Atrium
surface form: Wintergarden glass atrium

central plaza with fountain
seasonal ice skating rink
hasPart PPG Place self-linksurface differs
surface form: Five PPG Place

PPG Place self-linksurface differs
surface form: Four PPG Place

PPG Place self-linksurface differs
surface form: One PPG Place

PPG Place self-linksurface differs
surface form: PPG Place Plaza

PPG Place self-linksurface differs
surface form: Three PPG Place

PPG Place self-linksurface differs
surface form: Two PPG Place

PPG Place self-linksurface differs
surface form: Wintergarden at PPG Place
height 193 meters
635 feet
inception 1984
locatedIn Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
surface form: Downtown Pittsburgh

Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
surface form: Pittsburgh

United States of America
surface form: United States
material glass
steel
namedAfter PPG Industries
near Market Square, Pittsburgh
notableFor glass-clad facades
neo-Gothic spires
postmodern interpretation of Gothic architecture
numberOfBuildings 6
numberOfFloors 40
openingDate 1984
owner Highwoods Properties
use office
public plaza
restaurant
retail

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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10.

# Requirements
- If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list.
- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: PPG Place
Description of subject: PPG Place is a landmark glass-clad office and retail complex in downtown Pittsburgh, renowned for its neo-Gothic design by architect Philip Johnson.

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Philip Johnson notableWork PPG Place
PPG Place hasPart PPG Place self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: One PPG Place
PPG Place hasPart PPG Place self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Two PPG Place
PPG Place hasPart PPG Place self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Three PPG Place
PPG Place hasPart PPG Place self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Four PPG Place
PPG Place hasPart PPG Place self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Five PPG Place
PPG Place hasPart PPG Place self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: PPG Place Plaza
PPG Place hasPart PPG Place self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Wintergarden at PPG Place
Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmark hasInstance PPG Place
this entity surface form: PPG Place (PHLF Historic Landmark)
Johnson/Burgee Architects designed PPG Place
this entity surface form: PPG Place, Pittsburgh
Johnson/Burgee Architects notableWork PPG Place
this entity surface form: PPG Place, Pittsburgh
John Burgee notableWork PPG Place
this entity surface form: PPG Place, Pittsburgh
Philip Johnson and Associates notableWork PPG Place
this entity surface form: Pittsburgh Plate Glass Place (PPG Place), Pittsburgh