The EMC Insurance Building is a high-rise office building located in downtown

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. The building rises 19

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and in height. It is currently tied with the

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as the 6th-tallest building in the city. Designed by Brooks Borg Skiles Architecture Engineering, the building was completed in 1997 for $54 million. The building was named one of the 50 Most Significant Iowa Buildings of the 20th Century by the

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Iowa chapter. There have been comparisons made between the curves on the back of the building and an

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Office buildings completed in 1997 Skyscraper office buildings in Des Moines, Iowa Modernist architecture in Iowa 1997 establishments in Iowa {{DesMoinesIA-stub

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