1201 Third Avenue Tower
Identification
1201 Third Avenue Tower
Washington Mutual Tower
119425
Map
Structure in general
skyscraper
steel
glass
granite
granite
curtain wall
light gray
blue
blue
postmodern
active heating (unspecified)
yes
Usage
commercial office
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.
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More InformationTechnical Data
772.01 ft
55
7
1986
1988
26
810
Involved Companies
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Also recorded for this building:
Owner, Developer, Property management, Structural engineering, Facade designer, Construction company, Tenant, Elevator engineering, Electrical engineering, Mechanical engineering, Geotechnical engineering, Elevator supplier, Fire protection engineering, Wind surveyor, Roofing supplier, Facade maintenance system installation
Features & Amenities
- One of the city's famous buildings