| One Atlantic Center | |
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 One Atlantic Center in 2006 | |
  location in Midtown Atlanta | |
| Alternative names | IBM Tower |
| General information | |
| Type | Commercial offices |
| Location | 1201 West Peachtree Street Atlanta |
| Coordinates | 33°47′13″N84°23′14″W / 33.786944°N 84.387222°W /33.786944; -84.387222 |
| Construction started | 1986 |
| Completed | 1987 |
| Owner | AC Property Owner LP |
| Management | AC Property Owner LP |
| Height | |
| Roof | 250 m (820 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 50 |
| Floor area | 1,098,705 sq ft (102,073.0 m2) |
| Lifts/elevators | 24 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architects | Johnson/Burgee Architects Heery International, Inc. |
| Developer | Prentiss Properties |
| Main contractor | The Beck Group |
| Website | |
| 1ac.com | |
| References | |
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One Atlantic Center, also known asIBM Tower, is askyscraper located inMidtown Atlanta,Georgia. It is thethird tallest building in Atlanta.
It is the third-tallest inAtlanta, reaching a height of 820 feet (250 m) with 50 stories ofoffice space with a total building area of 1,187,676 sq.ft.[5] When the slender concrete core was completed in October 1986, it was the tallestslipformed skyscraper in the country.[6] It was completed in 1987 and remained the tallest building in Atlanta until 1992, when it was surpassed by theBank of America Plaza, which was built on the northern edge of Downtown adjacent to Midtown. It was also the tallest building in the southeastern U.S. at the time of completion, surpassing theSoutheast Financial Center inMiami. In the 1990s, IBM, along with other large corporations, changed financial focus to leverage assets and decrease real estate holdings. IBM sold this property, along with others.
The building was commissioned by Prentiss Properties as a southeastern headquarters forIBM, a company responsible for many notable skyscrapers of the 1980s. A local and well known engineer, Blake Van Leer, was the lead engineer for the project. Van Leer worked on most of the major skyline projects in the area during the 70s and 80s.[7] Aside from introducing Atlanta to the postmodern architectural idiom of the 80s, this tower is notable for essentially creating what is now the Midtown commercial district. Located at the then-remote corner of 14th and West Peachtree Street over a mile fromDowntown, this building nevertheless opened nearly fully occupied and thus attracted developers to Midtown.
The design of the building was influenced by theTribune Tower in Chicago, which is most evident in the base of the building as well as the main body.[8][9][10] The building's exterior is clad in pink Spanishgranite and culminates in a copper pyramidal top with a gold peak. The design includesgothic flourishes, most noticeably below the copper top of the building. At night the peak and ridges along the top are illuminated brightly, creating a glowing effect.
It was joined in 2001 by the much shorterRegions Plaza building (formerly known as the Atlantic Center Plaza),[11] which bears similar postmodern design and was constructed across the street as the second phase of the Atlantic Center development. Regions Plaza's design and architecture are so similar to the One Atlantic Center that it has affectionately become known in Atlanta as the "Mini Me" building, named after the comical dwarfish clone of Dr. Evil in the Austin Powers movies.[12]
One Atlantic Center was designed byJohnson/Burgee Architects. As associate architect,Heery International, Inc. produced the contract documents. Both Atlantic Center Towers were constructed by HCBeck, now known asThe Beck Group.
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