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One Atlantic Center 
One and Two Atlantic CenterAlternative names IBM Tower General information Type Commercial offices Location 1201 West Peachtree Street
AtlantaCoordinates 33°47′13″N 84°23′14″W / 33.786944°N 84.387222°WCoordinates: 33°47′13″N 84°23′14″W / 33.786944°N 84.387222°W Construction started 1986 Completed 1987 Height Roof 250 m (820 ft) Technical details Floor count 50 Floor area 1,100,000 sq ft (100,000 m2) Elevator count 24 Design and construction Owner Hines Interests Limited Partnership Management Hines Interests Limited Partnership Main contractor The Beck Group Architect Johnson/Burgee Architects
Heery International, Inc.Developer Prentiss Properties References [1][2][3][4] One Atlantic Center, also known as IBM Tower, is a skyscraper located in Midtown Atlanta. It is the third-tallest in Atlanta, reaching a height of 820 feet (250 m) with 50 stories of office space. It was completed in 1987 and remained the tallest building in Atlanta until 1992, when it was surpassed by the Bank of America Plaza, which was also built in Midtown. It was also the tallest building in the southeastern U.S. at the time of completion, surpassing the Southeast Financial Center in Miami.
The building was commissioned by Prentiss Properties as a southeastern headquarters for IBM, a company responsible for many notable skyscrapers of the 1980s. Aside from introducing Atlanta to the postmodern architectural idiom of the 80s, this tower is notable for essentially creating what is now the Midtown commercial district. Located at the then-remote corner of 14th and West Peachtree Streets over a mile from Downtown, this building nevertheless opened nearly fully occupied and thus attracted developers to Midtown in droves.
The building's exterior consists of Spanish pink granite with a copper pyramidal top and gold peak. The design includes gothic flourishes, most noticeably below the copper top of the building. At night the peak and ridges along the top are illuminated brightly, creating a glowing effect.
It was joined in 2001 by the much shorter Atlantic Center Plaza building, which bears similar postmodern design and was constructed across the street as the second phase of the Atlantic Center development. Atlantic Center Plaza's design and architecture are so similar, it has affectionately become known in Atlanta as the "Mini Me" building, named after the comical dwarfish clone of Dr. Evil in the Austin Powers movies. Phase III sits on the drawing boards as the developers await a tenant.
One Atlantic Center was designed by Johnson/Burgee Architects. As associate architect, Heery International, Inc. produced the contract documents.
Both Atlantic Center Towers were constructed by HCBeck, now known as The Beck Group.
Major Tenants
- Alston & Bird
- Carlton Fields
- Bryan Cave
- Holland & Knight
- DLA Piper Rudnick
- Credit Suisse
See also
References
- ^ One Atlantic Center at Emporis
- ^ One Atlantic Center at Glass Steel and Stone
- ^ One Atlantic Center at SkyscraperPage
- ^ One Atlantic Center at Structurae
External links
- One Atlantic Center official website
- One Atlantic Center at Hines Interests Limited Partnership
Timeline of the tallest buildings in Atlanta Equitable Building (1892) · Flatiron Building (c.50 m) (1897) · Empire Building (1901) · Candler Building (1906) · Rhodes-Haverty Building (75 m) (1929) · Fulton National Bank Building (90 m) (1921) · One Park Tower (134 m) (1961) · State of Georgia Building (173 m) (1966) · Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel (220 m) (1976) · One Atlantic Center (250 m) (1987) · Bank of America Plaza (312 m) (1992)
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Categories:- Office buildings in Atlanta, Georgia
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- Postmodern architecture in the United States
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