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Using the Seagram as a prototype, Mies ' office designed a number of modern high-rise office towers, notably the Chicago Federal Center, which includes the Dirksen and Kluczynski Federal Buildings and Post Office ( 1959 ) and the IBM Plaza in Chicago ; the Westmount Square in Montreal, and the Toronto-Dominion Centre in 1967.

Each project applies the prototype rectangular form on stilts and ever-more refined enclosure wall systems, but each creates a unique set of exterior spaces that are an essential aspect of his creative efforts.