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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Chicago: SOM sponsored by Pontiac Land Private Limited, 1981. First edition, Unspecified limitation. Elephant Fo; Unpaginated, 34pp. Wire-O soft cover binder, graphic illustrated semi-gloss heavy card stock cover, lightly foxed and rubbed, glossy leaves, text profusely illustrated with contemporary architectural matte paste-in color plates, 3D hand-drawn and colored renderings of building project plans and views, charts and tables, SOM bio followed by feathers in the cap of the firm's iconic architect-designed building projects. Very good +. Provenance: Ex. Marc Goldstein (1935-2015), SOM Design and Consulting Partner (1970-1991), responsible for some of SOM's most important architectural and urban planning accomplishments of the 20th century. Unmarked. Measures: 16.75 L x 16.125 W x .5 H inches. Approximate weight: 3 pounds, 12.6 ounces. The SOM archival master plan proposal for a "Twin Towers" project in Singapore, January 30, 1981, by the globally renowned firm famous for designing iconic skyscrapers like the Burj Khalifa (Dubai) and One World Trade Center (NYC), is an unrealized project from that era. Today, the lease and development of land parcel 8, aka the "Gateway" (G) twin towers, 150/152 Beach Road, Singapore, as described in the 9th sale tender of the Urban Redevelopment Authority of the Republic of Singapore was instead completed by Chua Ka Seng and Partners Chartered Architects, et al in 1990. The G buildings were designed by U.S.-based architect, I.M. Pei. …