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Unpacked by AFAR · Wednesday, August 12, 2026

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Designed Seneca One Building and Contributed to Sears Tower

Edward Howard highlights the Seneca One building, Buffalo's tallest at 38 stories, designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, a prominent architecture firm. He notes that the firm was also involved in the design of the Sears Tower in Chicago during that period.

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And then there's our Seneca One building, which at 38 stories is our tallest building.
Edward Howard
The architect there is Skidmore, Owings & SOM.
Edward Howard
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill was also working on what was then the Sears Tower, later Willis Tower in Chicago, which at that time was the tallest building in the country.
Edward Howard
Heard on Unpacked by AFAR — “Why Buffalo Is a Secret Architecture Capital, published Wednesday, August 12, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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