Office in RI , United States
One Financial Plaza
, also known as the
Sovereign Bank Tower
and formerly known as the
Hospital Trust Tower
,
[1]
is an
international-style
skyscraper that stands along
Kennedy Plaza
in
Downtown
Providence
,
Rhode Island
. The building is the
second-tallest
in the city and state, surpassed in height only by the
Industrial National Bank Building
.
Architecture
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Designed by
John Carl Warnecke
& Associates, One Financial Plaza takes the form of a rectangular prism with beveled vertical edges. The facade is clad in pre-cast concrete and
travertine
. The structure is topped with a wide masonry cap surrounded by lights that glow white at night; the light colors are changed to green and red for the
Christmas
holiday season, red for
Valentine's Day
and
Saint Joseph's Day
, and green for
Saint Patrick's Day
. Atop the building's roof is the highest
helicopter pad
in the state of Rhode Island.
The Hospital Trust Tower was built to house the institution responsible for funding
Rhode Island Hospital
and stands adjacent to the original
Rhode Island Hospital Trust Building
.
[2]
William McKenzie Woodward, a well-known architectural historian and staff member of the Rhode Island Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission, does not agree aesthetically with the building, calling it a "lackluster addition to both the street and the skyline" saying that its "blunt mass" is made "more graceless" by its travertine curtain wall even though it is part of the Big 3, the most recognizable part of the Providence skyline that is also often seen in the television series
Family Guy
.
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