| 1200 Fifth | |
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  Location within downtown Seattle | |
| Former names | IBM Building |
| General information | |
| Type | Commercial offices |
| Location | 1200 Fifth Avenue Seattle, Washington, 98101 |
| Coordinates | 47°36′30″N122°19′59″W / 47.608398°N 122.332935°W /47.608398; -122.332935 |
| Construction started | May 1963 |
| Completed | October 1964 |
| Owner | Unico Properties |
| Height | |
| Roof | 84.13 m (276.0 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 20 |
| Floor area | 225,000 sq ft (20,900 m2) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Minoru Yamasaki NBBJ |
| Structural engineer | Magnusson Klemencic Associates |
| Main contractor | Howard S. Wright Companies |
| References | |
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1200 Fifth, formerly theIBM Building, is a 20-story office building in theMetropolitan Tract, part of downtownSeattle,Washington, United States.[4] The building was designed byMinoru Yamasaki, who also was architect ofRainier Tower on the corner diagonally opposite, and theWorld Trade Center inNew 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 theSeattle Ice Arena from 1915 to 1963.
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