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1972, Naramore Bain Brady & Johanson
1201 Fourth Avenue
The twenty-eight-story Financial Center is an example of the brutalist architecture that emerged in the late 1960s and 1970s. Architects working within the brutalist movement were exploring the expressive possibilities of concrete. Over 34,000 cubic yards of concrete went into the structure, which is supported on each side by two columns straddling a glass and steel lobby. The Financial Center stands above the Great Northern train tunnel, constructed in 1905. To stabilize the foundation of the building and the Fourth Avenue slope, massive caissons were sunk below. The caissons, in depth and volume, were the largest in the world at the time. The building is located on the former site of the Stimson Building (Albertson Wilson & Richardson, 1925).
From: Seattle Architecture: A Walking Guide to Downtown by Maureen R. Elenga
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