Tycon Center

Tycon Center is a development in Vienna, VA, owned at the time of its inception by James T. Lewis Properties [ [http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/73834322.html?dids=73834322:73834322&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=JUL+16%2C+1987&author=Barbara+Carton&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=Tall+Talk+Of+the+Town%3B+Tysons'+Towering+Landmark+Turns+the+Corner+to+Comment&pq Tall Talk Of the Town; Tysons' Towering Landmark Turns the Corner to Comment ] ] . It is also known as Tycon Towers 1. The original intent was to build three towers, curved in plan, with curved parking structures behind each one. The building was designed by John Burgee Architects with Philip Johnson [http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=126599 8000 Towers Crescent Drive, Tysons Corner ] ] . Mr. Johnson used round brick-clad column details similar to previous projects. Only the first building of the three proposed was completed as part of the original project [ [http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewPrint&articleId=4442 Article | The American Prospect ] ] .

The office building is 17 stories [http://www.glencon.com/Portfolio/corporate.html Glen Construction Company - Our Portfolio ] ] , brick on precast panels trimmed with limestone sills, lintels and keystones. The granite clad lobby has a 3-story space. The top level includes a barrel vault skylight across the building's width. Known locally as "The Shopping Bag" because of its distinctive shape. It has three levels of underground basements totaling 500,000 square feet.

Construction of the project was completed in 1986.. It used 4500 Steel tonnage. [http://www.cives.com/Assets/PDFs/TyconTowers.pdf untitled ] ]

Tycon Towers used over 1.25 million brick. 700,000 of those brick were special shapes used primarily in building the massive columns. The brick is from Belden Brick Company's Belcrest line, renowned for their quality and consistency. http://www.pvbrick.com/images/slide_show.swf]

Project Team

*Owner: Tycon Development Corporation
*Engineer: Guido & Fernandez
*Steel Contractor: Glen Construction Company
*Structural Steel and Fabrication: Cives Steel Company
*Steel Modeling: Mountain Enterprises Mtent Inc. [ [http://www.mtent.com/profiles/ Mountain Enterprises - Project Profiles ] ]
*Project Manager: Tom Bellingham [http://encycl.opentopia.com/term/Tycon_Center Tycon Center ] ]
*Project architect for the parking structure: Monty Mitchell
*Project design: Betsy del Monte
*Brick Supply: Potomac Valley Brick
*Masonry Contractor: United Masonry
*Water treatment: Arc Water Treatment Company [ [http://www.arcwater.com/news.html Arc Water Treatment Company of Maryland - Newsletter ] ]

External links

* [http://www.dbbarchitecture.com/Tycon.htm Picture and brief history]
* [http://www.glencon.com/Portfolio/JTL.jpgPicture]
* [http://www.cives.com/Assets/PDFs/TyconTowers.pdf Structural Steel tearsheet and construction photos]
* [http://www.fairfaxcountyeda.org/publications/ar03.pdf Photo (page 13)]
* [http://www.mtent.com/profiles/ Steel Modeling company]
* [http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewPrint&articleId=4442 Failures of Design in Edge Cities]
* [https://www.fastcase.com/Google/Start.aspx?C=239150dd2cdc525cb12f6deb400d120f88d8ddd88da007a1&D=0d098278416204ab45baa13cfc570a6d47723ded4779cd05 Tycon Tower I Inv. Ltd. Partnership v. John Burgee Architects, 651 N.Y.S.2d 637, 234 A.D.2d 748 (N.Y.A.D. 3 Dept., 1996)]
* [http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/73834322.html?dids=73834322:73834322&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=JUL+16%2C+1987&author=Barbara+Carton&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=Tall+Talk+Of+the+Town%3B+Tysons'+Towering+Landmark+Turns+the+Corner+to+Comment&pqatl=google]
* [http://www.vika.com/images/WebPage/Tycon%20Towers%20-%20photodescr.htm VIKA, Inc - Buildings currently constructed]

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