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Columbia Center
Columbia center from smith tower.jpg
Seen from Smith Tower in August 2007
Former names Bank of America Tower
Columbia Seafirst Center
Record height
Tallest in Seattle and Washington state since 1985
Preceded by Safeco Plaza
General information
Type Commercial offices
Location 701 Fifth Avenue
Seattle, Washington,
United States
Coordinates 47°36′16″N 122°19′50″W / 47.60453°N 122.33069°W / 47.60453; -122.33069
Construction started 1982
Completed January 12, 1985
Opened March 2, 1985
Cost US$200 million (approx. $544 million in 2022 dollars )
Owner Gaw Capital Partners
Height
Architectural 933 ft (284 m)
Tip 967 ft (295 m)
Roof 937 ft (286 m)
Observatory 902 ft (275 m)
Technical details
Floor count 76
(76 & 7 below ground)
Floor area 1,538,000 sq ft (142,900 m2)
Lifts/elevators 48
Design and construction
Architect Chester Lindsey Architects
Developer Martin Selig
Structural engineer Magnusson Klemencic Associates (formerly Skilling Helle Christiansen Robertson)
Main contractor Howard S. Wright Construction

The Columbia Center, formerly named the Bank of America Tower and Columbia Seafirst Center, is a skyscraper in downtown Seattle, Washington. It is the tallest building in Seattle and the state of Washington. Its height is 933 ft (284 m).

At the time of its completion, the Columbia Center was the tallest structure on the West Coast; as of 2017, it is the fourth-tallest, behind buildings in Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Images for kids

  • Columbia Center under construction, Dec 1983

    Under construction in late 1983

  • Seattle skyline at sunset, circa 1983

    The Columbia Center (then Columbia Seafirst Center) under construction circa 1983.

  • Seattle palace2

    Columbia Center

  • Columbia Center in Seattle

    Columbia Center when it was called the Bank of America Tower

  • Seattle Columbia centre

    Columbia Center from below

  • Field of buildings with the pagoda (Japanese Temple to Buddha) inspired Space Needle, Seattle, Washington

    The Space Needle from the observation deck

  • Seattle-Columbia-Center-looking-north-2320

    Downtown Seattle from the observation deck

  • Columbia Center, by Ww7021

    Beneath Columbia Center

  • Bank-of-america-seattle

    Panorama from the observation deck

  • Columbia observation deck

    Inside the observation deck

  • Seattle seen from Rizal Park area

    Columbia Center seen from Rizal Park

See also

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