Truist Plaza
Truist Plaza | |
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Alternative names | One Peachtree Center, SunTrust Plaza |
General information | |
Type | Commercial offices |
Location | 303 Peachtree Street NE Atlanta, Georgia |
Coordinates | 33°45′47″N 84°23′13″W / 33.763°N 84.387°WCoordinates: 33°45′47″N 84°23′13″W / 33.763°N 84.387°W |
Completed | 1992 |
Height | |
Antenna spire | 274.9 m (902 ft) |
Roof | 265.48 m (871.0 ft) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 60 |
Floor area | 111,400 m2 (1,199,000 sq ft) |
Lifts/elevators | 28 |
Design and construction | |
Architect | John Portman & Associates |
Developer | John Portman & Associates |
References | |
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Truist Plaza is a 265 m (869 ft) 60 story skyscraper in downtown Atlanta. Built as part of the Peachtree Center complex, construction was finished in 1992, and has been the second-tallest building in Atlanta since then. When completed, it was the 28th tallest building in the world, and 21st tallest building in the United States. Since Atlanta's tallest, the Bank of America Plaza, is located in nearby Midtown, Truist Plaza is the tallest in the downtown area. The light rotates.
History[]
Architect and developer John C. Portman, Jr. originally conceived this building in the 1980s commercial real-estate frenzy as a speculative office building. Its basic design elements, a postmodern square tower with an elaborate base and crown, represented a departure for Portman from his earlier International-style work, and are said to have been inspired by Philip Johnson's wildly successful design for midtown Atlanta's One Atlantic Center.
Ground broke in 1989 with great fanfare, but by completion in 1992, the bottom had fallen out of Atlanta's real estate market and the building sat largely empty, nearly forcing Portman into bankruptcy and causing him to lose control of most of his real estate holdings. His architectural firm, John Portman & Associates, located their headquarters in the building.
In the mid-1990s, Portman sold half his interest in the building to SunTrust Bank, which then moved its headquarters to the building, prompting a name change from One Peachtree Center to its current name. In 2021 the building changed its name to Truist Plaza, following a merger between SunTrust Bank and BB&T in 2019.
The two-level lobby is filled with many works of art, sculpture and furniture designed by John Portman.
Recent events[]
The building was one of several struck by the mid-March 2008 Atlanta tornado, however it did not sustain damage as severe as most of the other buildings just south of it. Several offices had to be temporarily relocated within the building due to broken windows.
LPTV station WDTA-LD relocated to the top of the building, from the even-taller Bank of America Plaza. Despite long being Atlanta's second-tallest skyscraper, this is its first broadcast antenna.
The building has been since its construction the home of John Portman & Associates Architects.
Atlanta's Truist Plaza building is home to a peregrine falcons' nest in planters on a balcony more than 50 stories above ground. High above any natural predators, the planters offer soft substrate and afford some protection from harsh weather. Peregrine falcons have been nesting at Truist Plaza since 1997. This Georgia Department of Natural Resources' Wildlife Resources Division web-camera[5] offers viewers a unique look at the peregrines nesting activities in real-time. (Note: The balcony is private and not open to the public.)
Gallery[]
Peachtree Street Entrance
Perimeter around building at street level
View from the corner of Baker Street and Peachtree Center Avenue
See also[]
- List of tallest buildings in Atlanta
- List of tallest buildings in the United States
References[]
- ^ Truist Plaza at Emporis
- ^ "Truist Plaza". SkyscraperPage.
- ^ Truist Plaza at Structurae
- ^ "SunTrust Plaza - Portman Holdings". www.portmanholdings.com.
- ^ "FalconCam". ustream.tv.
External links[]
- Office buildings completed in 1992
- Bank company headquarters in the United States
- Office buildings in Atlanta
- John C. Portman Jr. buildings
- World Trade Centers
- Postmodern architecture in the United States
- Skyscraper office buildings in Atlanta