Rainier Tower

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Rainier Tower

Alternative names	Rainier Bank Security Pacific Bank Rainier Square
General information
Type	Commercial offices
Location	1301 Fifth Avenue Seattle, Washington
Coordinates	47°36′32″N 122°20′03″W / 47.60902°N 122.33405°W / 47.60902; -122.33405Coordinates: 47°36′32″N 122°20′03″W / 47.60902°N 122.33405°W / 47.60902; -122.33405
Completed	1977
Owner	Unico Properties
Height
Roof	156.67 m (514.0 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	31 2 below ground
Floor area	538,000 sq ft (50,000 m²)
Lifts/elevators	12
Design and construction
Architect	Minoru Yamasaki NBBJ
Structural engineer	Magnusson Klemencic Associates
References
^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Rainier Tower is a 31-story, 156.67 m (514.0 ft) skyscraper in the Metropolitan Tract of Seattle, Washington, at 1301 Fifth Avenue. It was designed by Minoru Yamasaki, who designed the World Trade Center in New York City as well as the IBM Building, which is on the corner across the street from Rainier Tower to the southeast. Its construction was completed in 1977.^[5]

The skyscraper has an unusual appearance, being built atop an 11-storey, 37 m (121 ft) concrete pedestal base that tapers towards ground level, like an inverted pyramid.

Beneath the tower is Rainier Square, an underground shopping mall connecting with One Union Square that is owned by the University of Washington.^[6] Both the mall and tower were originally named after Rainier Bank, which was merged in the 1980s into Security Pacific, which was eventually merged into BankAmerica.^[7]

References

↑ Rainier Tower at CTBUH Skyscraper Database
↑ Rainier Tower at Emporis
↑ Rainier Tower at SkyscraperPage
↑ Rainier Tower at Structurae
↑ Woodridge, Sally B.; Roger Montgomery (1980). A Guide to Architecture in Washington State. University of Washington Press. p. 127. ISBN 0-295-95779-4. Cite uses deprecated parameters (help)
↑ Bhatt, Sanjay (October 3, 2013), "UW has big plans for its prime downtown Seattle real estate", The Seattle Times
↑ Glenn R. Pascall (May 8, 1998). "Too Big To Fail – To Too Big To Succeed?". The Puget Sound Business Journal. Retrieved 17 January 2011.

External links

Rainier Tower at Unico Properties
Rainier Tower at Nordarts

v t e Seattle skyscrapers and towers

Current	Columbia Center 1201 Third Avenue Two Union Square Seattle Municipal Tower Safeco Plaza Space Needle Russell Investments Center U.S. Bank Centre Wells Fargo Center Bank of America Fifth Avenue Plaza 901 Fifth Avenue Rainier Tower Fourth and Madison Building 1918 Eighth Avenue Qwest Plaza 1000 Second Avenue Henry M. Jackson Federal Building Smith Tower One Union Square Olive 8 1111 Third Avenue Westin Seattle North Tower Fifteen Twenty-One Second Avenue Westin Building Aspira University of Washington Plaza

Under construction	815 Pine Insignia Tower I

See also: Tallest buildings in Seattle

v t e Architecture by Minoru Yamasaki

Skyscrapers	One Woodward Avenue (1963) IBM Building (1963) Century Plaza Hotel (1966) M&T Bank Center, Buffalo (1967) World Trade Center Tower 1, Tower 2, Buildings 4, 5 and 6 (1970–1971) Montgomery Ward Corporate Headquarters Tower (1972) Century Plaza Towers (1975) Bank of Oklahoma (1977) Rainier Bank Tower (1977) Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (1978) 100 Washington Square (1981) Torre Picasso (1988) Columbia Center (1989–2000)

Airports	Lambert-St. Louis International Airport main terminal (1956) Dhahran International Airport terminal (1961) Eastern Airlines terminal at Logan Airport (1969) King Fahd International Airport master plan (1977)

Houses of worship	North Shore Congregation Israel (1964) Temple Beth El (1974) Shinji Shumeikai Founder's Hall (1982)

Other buildings	Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Detroit Branch Building annex (1951) Pruitt–Igoe housing project (1954) Grosse Pointe University School (1954) Military Personnel Records Center (1955) McGregor Memorial Conference Center (1957) Prentis Building and DeRoy Auditorium Complex (1959) Robertson Hall at Princeton University (1965) Pacific Science Center (1962) Irwin Library at Butler University (1963) Oberlin Conservatory of Music (1963) Quo Vadis Entertainment Center (1966) Dr. John Archer Library (1967) Japan Center (1968) Tulsa Performing Arts Center (1976) Istanbul Cevahir (1987)

Landscape architecture	Wascana Centre and University of Regina - Regina Campus (1961–1967)

List of works by Minoru Yamasaki

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