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1200 Fifth

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1200 Fifth
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Former namesIBM Building
General information
TypeCommercial offices
Location1200 Fifth Avenue
Seattle, Washington, 98101
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Construction startedMay 1963
CompletedOctober 1964
OwnerUnico Properties
Height
Roof84.13 m (276.0 ft)
Technical details
Floor count20
Floor area225,000 sq ft (20,900 m2)
Design and construction
ArchitectsMinoru Yamasaki
NBBJ
Structural engineerMagnusson Klemencic Associates
Main contractorHoward S. Wright Companies
References
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1200 Fifth, formerly the IBM Building, is a 20-story office building in the Metropolitan Tract, part of downtown Seattle, Washington, United States.[4] The building was designed by Minoru Yamasaki, who also was architect of Rainier Tower on the corner diagonally opposite, and the World Trade Center in New York City.[5] Construction on the building began in May 1963 and it was completed in October 1964.[6][7]

Nard Jones wrote in 1972 that "There is an architectural poetry about [the building] that is at variance with the endless jibes at computerization and the alleged sober pragmatism of IBM personnel."[8] The building's crown has a series of 191 "fins" that measure 23 feet (7.0 m) tall and surround the machinery floors.[9]

The corner of the complex at 5th Avenue and University Street was the site of the Seattle Ice Arena from 1915 to 1963.

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  • Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
  • Building profile at Unico Properties