Standard Insurance Center
| Standard Insurance Center | |
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| Former names | Georgia-Pacific Building |
| General information | |
| Type | Commercial offices |
| Location | 900 SW Fifth Avenue Portland, Oregon |
| Coordinates | 45°31′01″N 122°40′42″W / 45.5169°N 122.6782°WCoordinates: 45°31′01″N 122°40′42″W / 45.5169°N 122.6782°W |
| Completed | 1968 |
| Height | |
| Roof | 111.86 m (367.0 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 27 |
| Floor area | 459,504 sq ft (42,689.3 m2) |
| Design and construction | |
| Owner | Standard Insurance Company |
| Main contractor | Andersen Construction Company |
| Architect | Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill |
| Structural engineer | Glumac International (consulting) |
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The Standard Insurance Center, originally the Georgia-Pacific Building, is a 27 story office building in Portland, Oregon. Completed in 1968, it currently serves as part of the headquarters of The Standard, the brand name under which Standard Insurance Company and other subsidiaries of StanCorp Financial Group, Inc., do business. Standard also owns the 16-story Standard Plaza, located two blocks south along 5th Avenue.
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[edit] History
The Georgia-Pacific Building was completed in 1968, commissioned by Georgia-Pacific and designed by the firm of Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill (SOM).[4][5] At the time of construction, it was the tallest reinforced concrete building in the world.
When Georgia-Pacific left Portland, the Standard Insurance Company purchased the building, renamed it Standard Insurance Center, and removed all GP signage.
[edit] Details
Standing 367 feet (112 m) tall, the tower contains 27 above-ground stories.[5] Valued at $114 million, the structure contains 459,504 square feet (42,689.3 m2) of space.[4] Built of concrete and steel, the tower is considered Modernist in style.[5] One major tenant is the Stoel Rives law firm, which leases the top nine stories at the building.[6]
One of the most infamous pieces of public artwork in Portland sits prominently on the granite plaza in front of the Standard Insurance Center.[citation needed] Count Alexander Von Svoboda's The Quest features a fountain with nude figures intertwined in a sort of a "swim". However, some Portlanders over the years have drawn their own conclusions as to what the figures are doing and nicknamed the work "Three Groins in a Fountain", "The Grope", "The Quest for the Breast", or "Family Night at the YMCA". At some point a person vandalized the statue, spray-painting a "circle-slash" across the breast of one of the figures.[citation needed]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Standard Insurance Center at Emporis
- ^ Standard Insurance Center at SkyscraperPage
- ^ Standard Insurance Center at Structurae
- ^ a b "900 SW 5th Ave - Downtown - Portland". PortlandMaps. City of Portland. http://www.portlandmaps.com/detail.cfm?action=Assessor&propertyid=R246105&address_id=646051&x=7643898.903&y=682109.069&state_id=1S1E03BB%20%20200&site_name=900%20SW%205TH%20AVE&city=PORTLAND&ResultCount=2. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
- ^ a b c "Standard Insurance Center". Emporis. http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=building&lng=3&id=122602. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
- ^ James Mayer (August 13, 2010). "Stoel Rives walks away from would-be Park Avenue West office tower". The Oregonian. http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/08/stoel_rives_walks_away_from_wo.html. Retrieved 31 August 2010.
[edit] External links
- Standard Insurance Center (Google 3D warehouse)
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