33 555 | KPF and the Lotte World Tower | Sinkholes Threatening

KPF, better known as Kohn Pedersen Fox, is an engineering and architecture firm that is building Seoul's tallest tower; one standing 555-meters tall, much like the 555-foot obelisk in the nation's capitol, known to most as the Washington Monument.  The acronym KPF also has special name numerology.

• KPF = 11+16+6 = 33

KPF has been in business since 1976 and has garnered many corporate and government contracts since its inception.  Courtesy of Wikipedia, let's read about the early history of the company and their immediate success.  Also, please take notice how one of their earliest projects was building the high-rise in Chicago at 333 Wacker Drive, a famous tower that is often shown in movies.  This tower is also credited with increasing the firm's level of success, as it was an award winning tower in the infamous year of "1984".

Shortly after its founding in 1976, the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) chose KPF to redevelop a former armory building on Manhattan’s West Side to house TV studios and offices. This experience led to 14 more projects for ABC over the next 11 years, as well as commissions from major corporations across the country, including the AT&T and Hercules Incorporated. By the mid-1980s, KPF had nearly 250 architects working on projects in cities throughout the United States. By 1985, even John Burgee (of rival architecture firm John Burgee Architects) called KPF, “The best commercial firm now practicing in the U.S.”[10] 

KPF's design for 333 Wacker Drive in Chicago (1983), which was awarded the AIA National Honor Award in 1984, made the firm nationally famous. It remains a Chicago landmark, and was voted “Favorite Building” by the readers of the Chicago Tribune in both 1995 and 1997.[11] In 1986, KPF’s Procter & Gamble Headquarters in Cincinnati, which included an open plan interior design by Patricia Conway, was recognized for its innovative design with the AIA National Honor Award. [11] After its success with these projects, KPF was selected to design buildings including the IBM World Headquarters in Armonk, NY (1997), the Chicago Title and Trust Building in Chicago (1992) and the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (1993). 

In the 1990s, KPF also took on a larger number of government and civic projects, including the Foley Square U.S. Courthouse in New York (1995), the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse in Portland, OR (1996), the U.S. Courthouse of Minneapolis (1996), the Buffalo Niagara International Airport (1993) and the multiple award-winning redevelopment of The World Bank Headquarters in Washington, D.C. (1996).

If you read this blog, I often comment on how the "Gang of 33" seems to have picked Chicago as their North American headquarters; from the Chicago School of Economics to Playboy to much more, a lot of things "33" are coming out of the windy city.

• Playboy = 7+3+1+7+2+6+7 = 33

Currently KPF and the Lotte World Tower are under scrutiny because the site of the tower has been victimized with "sinkholes", as written about by CNN here, and locals are fearing that could mean a future collapse for the 555-meter building should a sinkhole open up beneath the foundation.   Could you imagine the destruction of a 555-meter tower?  What would that remind us all of?  Let us all recall that September 11 and the World Trade Center destruction was also centered around the number "33"; as those towers existed for exactly thirty-three years.

• Lotte World Tower = LWT = 12+23+20 = 55
• Lotte = 12+15+20+20+5 = 72
• World = 23+15+18+12+4 = 72
• Lotte World = 72+72 = 144
• Mark of the Beast = 144
• Corporation = 144
• One Baktun = 144,000 days
• 144,000 is referenced in Revelation 7:4

Lotte World is a major recreation complex in Seoul, South Korea. It consists of the world's largest indoor theme park (a Guinness World Record) which is open all year around, an outdoor amusement park called "Magic Island", an artificial island inside a lake linked by monorail, shopping malls, a luxury hotel, a Korean folk museum, sports facilities, and movie theaters.  Lotte World opened on July 12, 1989, Lotte World receives over 8 million visitors each year.

• Magic = 13+1+7+9+3 = 33

In total, the Lotte World Tower has some sincere curiosities pertaining to it; from the "33" firm building it, to the 555-meter height, to the "55" acronym to the "144" name.  With the stories about the sinkholes threatening the structure, I won't be surprised in the future if we hear about this building coming down.  Much like the World Trade Centers, it might very well have been built for that purpose.