One Franklin Square
One Franklin Square | |
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Washington D.C. United States | |
Coordinates | 38°54′10″N 77°01′50″W / 38.90281°N 77.03051°W |
Construction started | 1989 |
Completed | 1990 |
Owner | Hines Interests Limited Partnership |
Management | Hines Interests Limited Partnership |
Height | |
Roof | 210 ft (64 m) |
Top floor | 130 ft (39.6 m) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 12 4 basements |
Floor area | 591,840 sq ft (54,984 m2) |
Lifts/elevators | 16 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Hartman-Cox Architects The Dewberry Companies |
Developer | Prentiss Company |
References | |
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One Franklin Square is a
Description
The 210 ft (64 m), 12-story building was completed in 1990, and is the tallest commercial building and fifth-tallest building in The District.[1] It occupies almost the entire north side of the 1300 block of K Street NW across from Franklin Square.
The building is 130 feet (40 m) tall, complying with the city's height restrictions, but with two hexagonal, gold-tipped towers rising 90 feet (27 m) higher. Upon the building's completion, Washington Post architectural critic Benjamin Forgey wrote: "No new structure in Washington is so visible from so far or from so many different points of view as One Franklin Square."[4] The construction of the building required the demolition, rebuilding and restoration of the Almas Temple, to the building's west.[5]
The building is owned and managed by
Occupants
When the building opened in 1991, the chief tenant was IBM.[4]
The
In popular culture
One Franklin Square is an important setting in the final act of the 2009 Dan Brown novel, The Lost Symbol.
See also
References
- ^ a b "Emporis building ID 119532". Emporis. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016.
- ^ "One Franklin Square". SkyscraperPage.
- ^ One Franklin Square at Structurae
- ^ a b Forgey, Benjamin (February 16, 1991). "Classy Colossus at Franklin Square". Washington Post.
- ^ Wyman, Stephen H. (May 9, 1988). "Plans Completed for One Franklin Square Building". Washington Post.
- ^ "One Franklin Square". Hartman-Cox.
- ^ O'Connell, Jonathan (September 4, 2015). "Inside the wild ride that landed The Washington Post on K Street". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
- ^ Achenbach, Joel (December 10, 2015). "Hello, new Washington Post, home to tiny offices but big new ambitions". Washington Post.
External links
Media related to One Franklin Square at Wikimedia Commons