1200 Fifth

Building in Seattle, Washington, USA February 2025 1200 Fifth IBM Tower 3.JPG 250px IBM Building 1200 Fifth AvenueSeattle, Washington, 98101 47.608398 -122.332935 region:US-WA inline,title Seattle WA Downtown Location within downtown Seattle May 1963 October 1964 Commercial offices 84.13 m on 20 225000 sqft on Minoru Yamasaki NBBJ Magnusson Klemencic Associates Howard S. Wright Companies Unico Properties https://www.emporis.com/buildings/119482 https://web.archive.org/web/20160307025746/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/119482 usurped March 7, 2016 Emporis building ID 119482 Emporis551920038732 1200 Fifth, formerly the IBM Building, is a 20-story office building in the Metropolitan Tract, part of downtown Seattle, Washington, United States.https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/ibm-building/19708 IBM Building The Skyscraper Center June 12, 2017 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.Sally B. Woodridge Roger Montgomery 1980 A Guide to Architecture in Washington State University of Washington Press 978-0-2959-5779-1 128 Construction on the building began in May 1963 and it was completed in October 1964.May 11, 1963 Construction To Begin On IBM Building 11 The Seattle TimesStaples Alice November 8, 1964 Construction Industry Honors Structure From Ivy-Covered To IBM 22 The Seattle Times 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."Nard Jones Nard Jones 1972 Seattle Doubleday https://books.google.com/books?id=yvgUAAAAYAAJ&q=ibm 978-0-3850-1875-3 9 January 23, 2021 The building's crown has a series of 191 "fins" that measure 23 ft m tall and surround the machinery floors.June 11, 1964 Crown Fin for IBM Building 21 The Seattle Times The corner of the complex at 5th Avenue and University Street was the site of the Seattle Ice Arena from 1915 to 1963. References External links Building profile at Unico Properties Category:Buildings and structures in Downtown Seattle Category:Skyscraper office buildings in Seattle Category:Minoru Yamasaki buildings Category:NBBJ buildings Category:Office buildings completed in 1964 Category:1963 establishments in Washington (state)