Built: 2008-2011 Cost: $370,000,000 Designed by: Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart, Stewart & Associates Type: Skyscraper Stories: 70 Maximum Height: 1,030 feet / 314 meters Maximum width: 137 feet Maximum depth: 110 feet Maximum length: 137 feet Location: 505 Church Street, Nashville, United States
A significant shot in the arm for Nashville's architectural ambitions, the Signature Tower could be just the boost downtown needs.
Virtually every Tennessean who comes to Nashville is awed by the AT&T Building. It turns even the most backwoods country boy into someone proud of the urbanity his state can achieve. The Signature Tower has that potential, too. As Nashville's first super tower it would put the city on the international architecture map and draw skyscraper nerds from around the country.
More important to those nerds, and to regular people in the mid-South, the Signature Tower would be nearly twice as tall as anything else in the area, and the tallest building in the Southeast United States. As noted in an article in USA Today, it would give some of the other Southern American cities some of the notoriety that is usually monopolized by Atlanta.
Developer: Giarratana Development
General contractor: Turner Construction
According to the New York TImes, the crown and spire of this building are expected to cost $7,500,000.
This building's spire will contain a mass damper to help keep it study in heavy winds.
At the time of its opening, this building is expected to have a Hotel Palomar on the lower levels.
Floor space: 1,400,000 square feet
Residences: 435
Hotel rooms: 199
Spire height: 200 feet
Floors below ground: 9
2006: Plans for this building are announced.
June 21, 2006: The New York Times states this building will be 65 stories. That height is later increased.
2007: Original groundbreaking date.
November 2, 2007: The FAA says the tower is too tall and should not exceed 433 feet. The local airport authority, however, backed the tower's full height and pledged to work around it.
**The building's unusual surface with many channels not only increases the number of valuable corner windows, but also helps the building resist the force of winds.
Brent Kampert
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 @ 7:48pm
Rating: Five stars. It will forever change Nashville's Skyline and drastically alter the skyline be the AT&T Building. It looks very futuristic for a building and similar in design to Jin Mao Tower in Shanghai.
Mike Enfield
Friday, May 23rd, 2008 @ 8:18pm
Rating: Five stars. Nothing I'd like to see more than for Nashville to take the southern skyscraper crown from Atlanta.
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Brent Kampert
Five stars.