Standard Insurance Center
History
The Georgia-Pacific Building was commissioned by Georgia-Pacific and designed by the firm of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM). At the time of construction, it was the tallest reinforced concrete building in the world. It was completed in 1970.
When Georgia-Pacific left Portland, the Standard Insurance Company purchased the building in 1984 for $43 million, renamed it Standard Insurance Center, and removed all GP signage.
Details
Standing 367 feet (112 m) tall, the tower contains 27 above-ground stories. Valued at $114 million, the structure contains 459,504 square feet (42,689.3 m) of space. Built of concrete and steel, the tower is considered Modernist in style. One major tenant was the Stoel Rives law firm, which leased the top nine stories at the building until 2016. The Quest, an elaborate sculpture considered Portland’s largest single piece of white sculpted marble, is in front of the building. An untitled chrome sculpture is tucked away in the building's basement.
See also
- Architecture of Portland, Oregon
- List of tallest buildings in Portland, Oregon
- The Quest (Portland, Oregon) (1970)