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Augusta, GA Lamar Building

The penthouse on top of the Lamar Building was designed by I.M. Pei in 1975. The building is on the National Register #79000744, and is also located in the Augusta Downtown Historic District #04000515.

 

From here:

The penthouse costs more than $2 million; Augustans call it "Holley's Folly" and the "giant toaster." B. Kelley New, the Lamar Building's interior designer and a former employee of Mr. Holley, said the misunderstood penthouse was supposed to resemble a pyramid to go along with the Egyptian influences in the building's architecture.

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