Type Commercial offices Roof 212.45 m (697.0 ft) Height 212 m Opened 1981 | Completed 1982 Floor count 52 Floors 52 Construction started 1979 | |
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Location 133 Peachtree Street NE
Atlanta, Georgia Architecture firm Skid, Owings & Merrill Similar 191 Peachtree Tower, Equitable Building, Park Avenue Condominiums, One Park Tower, AT&T Midtown Center | ||
Georgia-Pacific Tower is a 212.45 m (697.0 ft), 1,567,011 sq.ft skyscraper in downtown Atlanta. It contains 52 storeys of office space and was finished in 1982. Before the six-year era of tall skyscrapers to be built in Atlanta, it was Atlanta's second tallest building from 1982 to 1987. During that time period the Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel was the tallest building in Atlanta. It has a stair-like design that staggers down to the ground, and is clad in pink granite quarried from Marble Falls, Texas.
Map of Georgia-Pacific Tower, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
The tower is on the former site of the Loew's Grand Theatre, where the premiere for the 1939 film Gone with the Wind was held (133 Peachtree St. NE, near intersection of Peachtree and Forsyth streets). The theatre could not be demolished because of its landmark status; it burned down in 1978, clearing the way for the tower.
The architectural firm that designed it was Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. The general contractor who constructed the project was a joint venture of J.A. Jones Construction Company's Atlanta office and the H.J. Russell Company, also of Atlanta. The tower is the world headquarters of Georgia-Pacific. Other tenants include consulting firm McKinsey & Company and the downtown branch of the High Museum of Art, which opened in 1986.
On March 14, 2008, the tower sustained minor damage when a tornado tore through downtown Atlanta. A number of windows were blown out. It was the first tornado to hit the downtown area since weather record keeping began in the 1880s.
The Consulate-General of the United Kingdom is located in the building. The building served as a filming location for the 1985 action film Invasion U.S.A. starring Chuck Norris and Richard Lynch, in which it served as the setting for the final battle between the U.S Army and the army of international terrorists.