Standard Insurance Center

Not to be confused with Standard Plaza.

The Standard Insurance Center, originally the Georgia-Pacific Building, is a 27-story office building in Portland, Oregon. Completed in 1970, it is 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 two blocks south along 5th Avenue.

Standard Insurance Center
Viewed from the southeast in 2016
Location within Portland, Oregon
Former names	Georgia-Pacific Building
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Commercial offices
Location	900 SW Fifth Avenue Portland, Oregon
Coordinates	45.5169°N 122.6782°W / 45.5169; -122.6782
Completed	1970
Owner	Standard Insurance Company
Height
Roof	111.86 m (367.0 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	29
Floor area	459,504 sq ft (42,689.3 m2)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Structural engineer	Glumac International (consulting)
Main contractor	Andersen Construction Company
References
[1][2][3]

History

The Georgia-Pacific Building was commissioned by Georgia-Pacific and designed by the firm of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.^[4][1] At the time of construction, it was the tallest reinforced concrete building in the world. It was completed in 1970.^[1][3]

Details

Standing 367 feet (112 m) tall, the building has 27 above-ground stories.^[1] Valued at $114 million, the structure contains 459,504 square feet (42,689.3 m²) of space.^[4] Built of concrete and steel, it is considered Modernist in style.^[1] One major tenant was the Stoel Rives law firm, which leased the top nine stories of the building^[5] until 2016. The Quest, an elaborate sculpture considered Portland’s largest single piece of white sculpted marble, is in front of the building. An untitled chrome sculpture is tucked away in the building's basement.^[6]

See also

• Architecture of Portland, Oregon
• List of tallest buildings in Portland, Oregon
• The Quest (Portland, Oregon) (1970)

References

1. "Emporis building ID 122602". Emporis. Archived from the original on April 9, 2015.
2. "Standard Insurance Center". SkyscraperPage.
3. Standard Insurance Center at Structurae
4. "900 SW 5th Ave - Downtown - Portland". PortlandMaps. City of Portland. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
5. James Mayer (August 13, 2010). "Stoel Rives walks away from would-be Park Avenue West office tower". The Oregonian. Retrieved 31 August 2010.
6. Korfhage, Matthew (July 11, 2017). "There's a Hidden, Underground Sculpture Inside the Standard Insurance Center in Downtown Portland". Willamette Week. Retrieved 2020-08-16.

External links

• Media related to Standard Insurance Center at Wikimedia Commons