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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|27-story office building in Portland, Oregon}}<br />
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{{Infobox building<br />
| name = Standard Insurance Center<br />
| former_names = Georgia-Pacific Building<br />
| status = complete<br />
| image = Standard Insurance Center - Portland, Oregon (2016).jpg<br />
| image_size = 250px<br />
| caption = Viewed from the southeast in 2016<br />
| location = 900 SW Fifth Avenue<br />[[Portland, Oregon]]<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|45.5169|-122.6782|region:US-OR|display=inline,title}}<br />
| completion_date = 1970<br />
| architect = [[Skidmore, Owings & Merrill]]<br />
| owner = [[Standard Insurance Company]]<br />
| cost = <br />
| floor_area = {{convert|459504|sqft|abbr=on}}<br />
| floor_count = 29<br />
| references = <ref name="emporis">{{Cite web |url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/122602 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150409061957/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/122602 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=April 9, 2015 |title=Emporis building ID 122602 |work=[[Emporis]]}}</ref><ref>{{SkyscraperPage|5767}}</ref><ref name="structurae">{{Structurae|20029053}}</ref><br />
| map_type = Portland downtown<br />
| building_type = Commercial offices<br />
| roof = {{convert|111.86|m|abbr=on}}<br />
| elevator_count = <br />
| structural_engineer= Glumac International (consulting)<br />
| main_contractor = Andersen Construction Company<br />
| developer = <br />
| management = <br />
}}<br />
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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 [[Standard Insurance Company|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.<br />
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==History==<br />
The Georgia-Pacific Building was commissioned by [[Georgia-Pacific]] and designed by the firm of [[Skidmore, Owings & Merrill]].<ref name="gis">{{cite web|url=http://www.portlandmaps.com/detail.cfm?action=Assessor&propertyid=R246105&address_id=646051&x=7643898.903&y=682109.069&state_id=1S1E03BB%20%20200&site_name=900%20SW%205TH%20AVE&city=PORTLAND&ResultCount=2|title=900 SW 5th Ave - Downtown - Portland|work=PortlandMaps|publisher=City of Portland|accessdate=11 February 2010}}</ref><ref name="emporis"/> At the time of construction, it was the tallest reinforced concrete building in the world. It was completed in 1970.<ref name="emporis"/><ref name="structurae"/><br />
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==Details==<br />
Standing {{convert|367|ft}} tall, the building has 27 above-ground stories.<ref name="emporis"/> Valued at $114 million, the structure contains {{convert|459504|ft2}} of space.<ref name="gis"/> Built of concrete and steel, it is considered Modernist in style.<ref name="emporis"/> One major tenant was the [[Stoel Rives]] law firm, which leased the top nine stories of the building<ref name="walks">{{cite news | author=James Mayer| title=Stoel Rives walks away from would-be Park Avenue West office tower | url=http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/08/stoel_rives_walks_away_from_wo.html | work=The Oregonian | date=August 13, 2010 | accessdate=31 August 2010}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Korfhage|first=Matthew|date=July 11, 2017|title=There’s a Hidden, Underground Sculpture Inside the Standard Insurance Center in Downtown Portland|url=https://www.wweek.com/arts/visual-arts/2017/07/11/theres-a-hidden-underground-sculpture-inside-the-standard-insurance-center-in-downtown-portland/|access-date=2020-08-16|website=Willamette Week|language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Architecture of Portland, Oregon]]<br />
*[[List of tallest buildings in Portland, Oregon]]<br />
* [[The Quest (Portland, Oregon)|''The Quest'' (Portland, Oregon)]] (1970)<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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