The Wells Fargo Plaza is a high-rise skyscraper located on 100 West Washington Street in Downtown

Downtown Phoenix

Downtown Phoenix is the central business district of Phoenix, Arizona, United States. It is located near the geographic center of the Phoenix metropolitan area or Valley of the Sun. Phoenix, being the county seat of Maricopa County and the capital of Arizona, serves as the center of politics,...

 Phoenix

Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...

, Arizona

Arizona

Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...

, United States

United States

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. It opened as the First National Bank Plaza on October 25, 1971. It is 372 feet (113 m) tall. It is designed in the Brutalist style, an architectural style spawned from the International Style

International style (architecture)

The International style is a major architectural style that emerged in the 1920s and 1930s, the formative decades of Modern architecture. The term originated from the name of a book by Henry-Russell Hitchcock and Philip Johnson, The International Style...

. The “raw concrete” element of Brutalist architecture allows for no exterior finish which exposes the rough concrete

Concrete

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 columns and beams.

The tower sits on a base three stories high, then rises to its full height. The repetitive angular windows add another Brutalist element of blocky appearance and expression of structure.

The Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo & Company is an American multinational diversified financial services company with operations around the world. Wells Fargo is the fourth largest bank in the U.S. by assets and the largest bank by market capitalization. Wells Fargo is the second largest bank in deposits, home...

 Museum is on the first floor and has an extensive collection of western-themed art depicting Wells Fargo's role in the mines of Arizona.

External links

• http://www.wellsfargohistory.com/museums/museums_ph.htm
• http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=wellsfargoplaza-phoenix-az-usa
• http://www.coppersquare.com