888 Tower
| 888 Tower | |
|---|---|
| Alternative names | 888 Second Avenue |
| General information | |
| Status | Proposed |
| Type | Mixed-use |
| Address |
888 2nd Avenue Seattle, Washington |
| Coordinates | 47°36′16″N 122°20′01″W / 47.604319°N 122.333587°WCoordinates: 47°36′16″N 122°20′01″W / 47.604319°N 122.333587°W |
| Estimated completion | 2019 |
| Height | |
| Roof | 888 feet (271 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 60 |
| Floor area | 1.3 million square feet (120,000 m2) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architecture firm | NBBJ |
| Developer | Urban Visions |
| Structural engineer | Magnusson Klemencic Associates |
| References | |
| [1][2] | |
888 Tower,[3] also referred to as 888 Second Avenue,[1] is a proposed 888-foot-tall (271 m) skyscraper in Downtown Seattle.[1] It would be mixed-use, consisting of retail space on the ground floor, and offices and condominiums on higher floors; the tower would occupy the full city block between 2nd and 3rd Avenues and Columbia and Marion streets.[4] When completed, it would become the second-tallest building in Seattle and the fifth-tallest on the West Coast of the United States.[4]
In 2013, developer Urban Visions filed preliminary permits for a 77-story, 1,200-foot-tall (370 m) supertall skyscraper that would have eclipsed the Columbia Center as the tallest building in Seattle.[5] A competition was held in 2014 to select a design for the supertall tower, resulting in Urban Visions favoring NBBJ's 60-story proposal over a 77-story proposal from Gensler.[6][7][8] The NBBJ proposal features a 65-foot-wide (20 m) atrium in the middle of the tower that functions like a skylight; the 60-story tower also incorporates floor layouts that allow for 10 to 15 more people per floor despite the loss of a central core, allowing for the height to be reduced.[4][9]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 "888 2nd Avenue". CTBUH Skyscraper Database.
- ↑ 888 Tower at Emporis
- ↑ "888 Tower". Urban Visions. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
- 1 2 3 Bhatt, Sanjay (July 8, 2015). "Innovative project would be Seattle's second-tallest building". The Seattle Times. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
- ↑ Stiles, Marc (December 5, 2013). "77-story tower planned for downtown Seattle". Puget Sound Business Journal. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
- ↑ "888 Second Avenue". Gensler. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
- ↑ Stiles, Marc (March 26, 2014). "Here's what Seattle's tallest tower could look like, if it's built". Puget Sound Business Journal. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
- ↑ Porter, Lynn (October 16, 2014). "Urban Visions hires NBBJ for new tower". Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
- ↑ Stiles, Marc (November 24, 2014). "Urban Visions' new Second Avenue high-rise will have eye to the sky". Puget Sound Business Journal. Retrieved April 24, 2015.