IBM Building, Seattle

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IBM Building
Information
Location	1200 Fifth Avenue, Seattle, Washington
Coordinates	47°36′30″N 122°19′59″W / 47.608398, -122.332935Coordinates: 47°36′30″N 122°19′59″W / 47.608398, -122.332935
Status	Complete
Constructed	1963
Use	Office
Floor count	20
Floor area	225,000 ft²
Companies
Architect	Minoru Yamasaki & NBBJ
Owner	Unico Properties

The IBM Building is a 20-story tall skyscraper in the Metropolitan Tract of Seattle, Washington at 1200 Fifth Avenue. It was designed by Minoru Yamasaki, who also was architect of the World Trade Center in New York City (as well as of the Rainier Tower, which is on the corner diagonally opposite). Its construction was completed in 1963.^[1]

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.^[2]

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• Building facts at owner's web site

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