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General Information

Completion: 1991
Status: in use

Project Type

Function / usage: Office building

Location

Location: , , ,
Address: 1 America Plaza
Coordinates: 32° 42' 58.32" N    117° 10' 8.40" W
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Technical Information

Dimensions

height 152 m
number of floors (above ground) 34

Excerpt from Wikipedia

One America Plaza is the tallest building in San Diego, California and a prominent fixture in the waterfront district of the downtown San Diego skyline. The 34-story, 500 ft (150 m), 623,000 sq ft (57,900 m²), obelisk-shaped tower was designed by Helmut Jahn of Murphy/Jahn Architects and KMA Architecture. The top of the building bears a striking resemblance to the end of a Phillips head screwdriver and has a similar appearance to Two Liberty Place in Philadelphia also designed by Jahn, which is a year older. The building is the maximum height permitted by the US Federal Aviation Administration for a structure in downtown San Diego due to its close proximity to San Diego International Airport.[a]

One America Plaza was purchased by the real estate development firm, Irvine Company, in February 2006 for US$300 million.

The America Plaza San Diego Trolley station is located on the ground floor of the building between the main building and the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego.

The building's elevators are supplied by Mitsubishi Electric and travel at a little over 7 m/s (1400 fpm), making them the fastest in San Diego.

Text imported from Wikipedia article "One America Plaza" and modified on 23 July 2019 under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.

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  • Structure-ID
    20045706
  • Published on:
    24/06/2009
  • Last updated on:
    16/05/2015
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