Standard Insurance Center
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The Standard Insurance Center, originally the Georgia-Pacific Building, is a 27 story office building in Portland, Oregon
. Completed in 1968, it currently serves as part of the headquarters of The Standard
, the brand name under which Standard Insurance Company and other subsidiaries of StanCorp Financial Group, Inc.
, do business. Standard also owns the 16-story Standard Plaza, located two blocks south along 5th Avenue.
and designed by the firm of Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill (SOM). At the time of construction, it was the tallest reinforced concrete building in the world.
When Georgia-Pacific left Portland, the Standard Insurance Company purchased the building, renamed it Standard Insurance Center, and removed all GP signage.
law firm, which leases the top nine stories at the building.
One of the most infamous pieces of public artwork in Portland sits prominently on the granite plaza in front of the Standard Insurance Center. Count Alexander Von Svoboda's The Quest features a fountain with nude figures intertwined in a sort of a "swim". However, some Portlanders over the years have drawn their own conclusions as to what the figures are doing and nicknamed the work "Three Groins in a Fountain", "The Grope", "The Quest for the Breast", or "Family Night at the YMCA". At some point a person vandalized the statue, spray-painting a "circle-slash" across the breast of one of the figures.
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
. Completed in 1968, it currently serves as part of the headquarters of The Standard
Standard Insurance Company
Standard Insurance Company, also branded as The Standard, is an American insurance and financial company which is a subsidiary of StanCorp Financial Group, headquartered in Portland, Oregon....
, the brand name under which Standard Insurance Company and other subsidiaries of StanCorp Financial Group, Inc.
StanCorp Financial Group, Inc.
StanCorp Financial Group, Inc. is a publicly traded Fortune 1000 company based in Portland, Oregon, United States. In 2006 it ranked as number 731 on the Fortune list with in excess of $2 billion in annual revenues. StanCorp is an insurance and financial services corporation founded in 1906...
, do business. Standard also owns the 16-story Standard Plaza, located two blocks south along 5th Avenue.
History
The Georgia-Pacific Building was completed in 1968, commissioned by Georgia-PacificGeorgia-Pacific
Georgia-Pacific LLC is an American pulp and paper company based in Atlanta, Georgia, and is one of the world's leading manufacturers and distributors of tissue, pulp, paper, packaging, building products and related chemicals. As of Fall 2010, the company employed more than 40,000 people at more...
and designed by the firm of Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill (SOM). At the time of construction, it was the tallest reinforced concrete building in the world.
When Georgia-Pacific left Portland, the Standard Insurance Company purchased the building, renamed it Standard Insurance Center, and removed all GP signage.
Details
Standing 367 feet (111.9 m) tall, the tower contains 27 above-ground stories. Valued at $114 million, the structure contains 459504 ft2 of space. Built of concrete and steel, the tower is considered Modernist in style. One major tenant is the Stoel RivesStoel Rives
Stoel Rives LLP is a U.S. business law firm with 11 office locations in seven U.S. states. Headquartered in Portland, Oregon in the Standard Insurance Center, it is the 134th largest law firm in the United States, making it the largest law firm in the state of Oregon, and one of the largest in the...
law firm, which leases the top nine stories at the building.
One of the most infamous pieces of public artwork in Portland sits prominently on the granite plaza in front of the Standard Insurance Center. Count Alexander Von Svoboda's The Quest features a fountain with nude figures intertwined in a sort of a "swim". However, some Portlanders over the years have drawn their own conclusions as to what the figures are doing and nicknamed the work "Three Groins in a Fountain", "The Grope", "The Quest for the Breast", or "Family Night at the YMCA". At some point a person vandalized the statue, spray-painting a "circle-slash" across the breast of one of the figures.
See also
- Architecture of Portland, Oregon
- List of tallest buildings in Portland, Oregon
External links
- Standard Insurance Center (Google 3D warehouse)