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Identification
Name
1201 Third Avenue Tower
Alternative name
Washington Mutual Tower
Emporis Building ID
119425
Location
Main address
Side address
1200-1212 Second Avenue
Virtual address
Address as text
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ZIP
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Zone
Neighborhood
District
City
State
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Map and Surrounding Area
Technical Data
Height (architectural)
235.31 m
Floors (above ground)
55
Floors (underground)
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Construction start
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Construction end
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Gross floor area
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Usable floor area
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Elevators
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Parking places
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Structure in General
Construction type
skyscraper
Current status
existing [completed]
Structural material
steel
Facade material
glass
granite
Facade system
curtain wall
Architectural style
postmodern
Official website
Usages
Main usages
commercial office
Features and Amenities
One of the city's famous buildings
Facts
World headquarters of Washington Mutual Bank. (The bank failed in 2008 and no longer exists).
Floor plates average 19,900 square feet.
Winner of the 1994 Large Scale Office for Excellence Award from the Urban Land Institute.
Seattle's Density Bonus Program gained the WMT 28 of its 55 floors in trade for public amenities.
Called "the spark plug" by many Puget Sounders.
Gearless elevator speeds range from 500-1400 ft/min.
WMT opened its doors on May 15, 1988.
Named by the New York Times as one of the nation's three best new ofice buildings in 1988.
The construction crane that was used was the tallest crane ever created, measuring 895 feet 8 inches.
Built on the site of the Hotel Savoy which was imploded on August 31, 1986.
Seattle's first "postmodern" high-rise building.
Companies involved in this building
Emporis Premium Companies:
MANNTECH Building Maintenance Systems (facade maintenance system supplier)

Other companies:
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC, Howard S. Wright Construction Co., Washington Mutual, Fujitec America, Inc., Hart Crowser, Wright Runstad & Company, KPFF Consulting Engineers, KPFF Consulting Engineers, McKinley Architects, Bouillon Christofferson & Schairer, Bouillon Christofferson & Schairer, Wright Runstad & Company, Equity Office Properties Trust, Lerch Bates, Inc., AK Productions LLC, Rowan Williams Davies & Irwin Inc., Overly Manufacturing Company, Spider, Shorenstein Company, LP, Wright Runstad & Company
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