Atlanta Centre
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The Atlanta Centre is an office skyscraper
in San Juan City, Philippines
. It is also the highest building in the city with a total height of 179 metres from the ground to its architectural spire .
The building has 35 floors above ground, including a 10-level parking area. It has 6 Otis
elevators, and is equipped with a centralized PABX/ LAN communication networks plus a Building Management System (BMS).
On about 6:00AM of 16 December 2008, a fire broke out on the 7th floor of the building. No one was reported injured since office workers have not yet arrived in the area. The building's curtain walls on the said level were destroyed by fire fighters for the trapped smoke to come out.
Skyscraper
A skyscraper is a tall, continuously habitable building of many stories, often designed for office and commercial use. There is no official definition or height above which a building may be classified as a skyscraper...
in San Juan City, Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
. It is also the highest building in the city with a total height of 179 metres from the ground to its architectural spire .
The building has 35 floors above ground, including a 10-level parking area. It has 6 Otis
Otis
-People:*Otis family, Prominent American political family*Otis *Otis -Fictional characters:*Otis, a puppy in The Adventures of Milo and Otis*Otis the Aardvark, a BBC puppet character...
elevators, and is equipped with a centralized PABX/ LAN communication networks plus a Building Management System (BMS).
Location
The Atlanta Centre is located along Annapolis Street, well inside the Greenhills area and the city's only skyline area. It is also just a stone throw away from the well-known Greenhills Shopping Center.Related Events
Atlanta Centre was known as the place were Nida Blanca, a well known Filipino actress, was found dead on 7 November 2001. She was found inside a car in the building's parking area.On about 6:00AM of 16 December 2008, a fire broke out on the 7th floor of the building. No one was reported injured since office workers have not yet arrived in the area. The building's curtain walls on the said level were destroyed by fire fighters for the trapped smoke to come out.