Riverplace Tower
Identification
Riverplace Tower
The Gulf Life Insurance Company Tower, SouthTrust Building
118934
Map
Structure in general
skyscraper
core plus outrigger
concrete
precast concrete
precast concrete
concrete
exposed structure
white
modernism
Usage
commercial office
Facts
- When completed, the Riverplace Tower was the world's tallest pre-cast, post-tension concrete structure. The outwardly visible concrete grid is the only support needed to hold up the building, freeing up the interior to be filled as desired.
- The structural system consists of a poured concrete core and precast concrete floorplates.
- The eight exposed columns taper as they rise.
- Each of the exposed beams is composed of fourteen precast units bound together with high strength post-tensioned steel cables.
- The beams taper upward and inward as they cantilever 42 feet from the columns.
- White quartz sand and white cement give the concrete facade its color.
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More InformationTechnical Data
432.01 ft
432.01 ft
28
1965
1967
13.50 ft
9.00 ft
14
$17,000,000
Involved Companies
Design Architect:
Associate Architect:
Also recorded for this building:
Electrical engineering, Mechanical engineering, Property management, General contractor, Structural engineering, Concrete supplier, Owner