Geography Question - Buildings and Structures #2?

[AviatorTom]

Here is the next in a new series of Geography questions... with a different category each day.

Monday - Bodies of Water
Tuesday - Buildings and Structures
Wednesday - Mountains
Thursday - Where Did It Happen?
Friday - Bridges
Saturday & Sunday - Random category

Today's category is Buildings and Structures.

Can you name this Building or Structure? For a Bonus, Name the City and Country where it's located.

Here are your clues:
* This is the tallest pyramid structure in the world
* It is 260m (855ft) tall
* It is built to withstand an earthquake
* It is NOT in Africa

Please don't cheat by looking it up or seeing what others are posting.

Make your guess in the opinions below.

The correct answer will be given in a few days (Thursday).

Good luck!

Updates

+1 y

The correct answer is the TRANSAMERICA PYRAMID in San Francisco, California, USA

Updates

+1 y

@Paul_in_Indy points out that there's actually a taller "pyramid". The never-finished Ryugyong Hotel (Pyramid of Doom") in Pyongyang, North Korea is 1080 feet tall and is in the shape of a pyramid. Depends on whether you consider it since it's unfinished, and probably never will be finished.

[SnowedIn]

Good morning Tom! Buildings and Structures #2 for $400 please! What is the Transamerica Building in San Francisco, California?

(Almost went with Las Vegas, but then read the height.)

[OlderAndWiser]

Don't know the name of the building but it must be the pyramid shaped building in San Francisco.

[Amy10223]

I'm going to say Machu Picchu in S America in Peru. I'm not sure if it's a pyramid structure. But it's very tall.

[AviatorTom]

Very creative answer... a bit too far south.

[SaoirseS]

I’m at a loss on this one. My initial guess was the Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas, but no way is it 800 feet high.

[AviatorTom]

FYI... Luxor is 2nd tallest. Think farther west.

[SaoirseS]

At least I was on the right continent and in the same time zone! 😬

[Paul_in_Indy]

Is that taller than the Pyramid of Doom in Pyongyang?

[AviatorTom]

@Paul_in_Indy DGood point... The never-finished Ryugyong Hotel (Pyramid of Doom") in Pyongyang is 1080 feet tall and is in the shape of a pyramid

[abc3643]

I would guess the Transamerica Building in San Francisco, but I am not sure it is that tall.

[abc3643]

It's not the Luxor.
I've been in the Luxor.
It's also not the Memphis Pyramind which I first saw from I-40 driving from Arkansas to Memphis in 1994. (On the same trip, 3 days earlier, I went to the Luxor.)

[abc3643]

Eiffel Tower is a bit taller than that.
I was there too! In 2007 the day before Bastille Day.

[abc3643]

Regarding this clue:
"* This is the tallest pyramid structure in the world"

Considering that the Eiffel Tower is pyramidal and has an apex that is taller than the apex of the Transamerica Pyramid, that clue would be false. If you changed the clue from "structure" to "building", that would be more accurate.

[exitseven]

I don't know but I think it is in Las Vegas.