Standard Insurance Center

27-story office building in Portland, Oregon
45°31′01″N 122°40′42″W / 45.5169°N 122.6782°W / 45.5169; -122.6782Completed1970OwnerStandard Insurance CompanyHeightRoof111.86 m (367.0 ft)Technical detailsFloor count29Floor area459,504 sq ft (42,689.3 m2)Design and constructionArchitect(s)Skidmore, Owings & MerrillStructural engineerGlumac International (consulting)Main contractorAndersen Construction CompanyReferences[1][2][3]

The Standard Insurance Center, originally the Georgia-Pacific Building, is a 27-story office building in Portland, Oregon. Completed in 1970, 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.

History

The Georgia-Pacific Building was commissioned by Georgia-Pacific and designed by the firm of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM).[4][1] At the time of construction, it was the tallest reinforced concrete building in the world. It was completed in 1970.[1][3]

When Georgia-Pacific left Portland, the Standard Insurance Company purchased the building in 1984 for $43 million, renamed it Standard Insurance Center, and removed all GP signage.

Details

Standing 367 feet (112 m) tall, the tower contains 27 above-ground stories.[1] 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.[1] One major tenant was the Stoel Rives law firm, which leased the top nine stories at the building[5] until 2016. The Quest, an elaborate sculpture considered Portland’s largest single piece of white sculpted marble, is in front of the building. An untitled chrome sculpture is tucked away in the building's basement.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Emporis building ID 122602". Emporis. Archived from the original on April 9, 2015.
  2. ^ "Standard Insurance Center". SkyscraperPage.
  3. ^ a b Standard Insurance Center at Structurae
  4. ^ a b "900 SW 5th Ave - Downtown - Portland". PortlandMaps. City of Portland. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
  5. ^ James Mayer (August 13, 2010). "Stoel Rives walks away from would-be Park Avenue West office tower". The Oregonian. Retrieved 31 August 2010.
  6. ^ Korfhage, Matthew (July 11, 2017). "There's a Hidden, Underground Sculpture Inside the Standard Insurance Center in Downtown Portland". Willamette Week. Retrieved 2020-08-16.

External links

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