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Located on the Inner Harbor of Baltimore, Maryland, the Baltimore World Trade Center is the world's tallest regular pentagonal building (the pentagonal JPMorgan Chase Tower in Houston is taller, but is not regular). It was designed by the architectural firm Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, with the principal architects being Henry N. Cobb and Pershing Wong.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=World Trade Center )〕〔Dorsey, John & Dilts, James D., ''A Guide to Baltimore Architecture'' (1997) p. 65. Tidewater Publishers, Centreville, Maryland ISBN 0-87033-477-8〕 Planning and design of the building began in April 1966. Construction started in October 1973. The building was completed in January 1977,〔 and its construction cost was of $22 million.〔Robert C. Keith (2005). ''Baltimore harbor: a pictorial history''. p. 127. Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-8018-7980-9.〕 Rising above the one-acre plaza where it stands between Pratt Street and the harbor, the building is 30 stories tall when its basement, lobby level and upper utility level are included in the count. Gross floor space covers . Major building components include of office floors, a lobby of , a basement of and of ground level plaza.〔 ==Significance of building's name== The building's name identifies its purpose of accommodating "activities and services devoted to the promotion of world trade" as required for licensing of this name by the World Trade Centers Association. Baltimore is one of 16 charter members of the World Trade Centers Association.〔 The landmark tower houses the headquarters of the Maryland Port Administration, the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development and the World Trade Center Institute. The World Trade Center Institute is a member of the World Trade Centers Association and operates as a private, non-profit international business membership organization.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=History & Founders )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Baltimore World Trade Center」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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