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Building in Seattle, Washington, USA
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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