Goodwin Square, Postmodern skyscraper in Hartford, United States
Goodwin Square is a postmodern office tower with 30 floors reaching about 159 meters in Hartford's business district. The building houses primarily office spaces and shapes the downtown skyline with its distinctive profile.
Goodwin Square was built in 1990 to designs by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the firm behind the 30-storey, 159-metre office tower. The project cost $60.3 million and provides 31,405 m² of floor space. After a 2013 foreclosure, Westport Capital Partners and two co-investors bought the complex at an online auction in May 2015 for $17.6 million.
Goodwin Square takes its name from the Goodwin Hotel next door, and the two form one complex at 225 Asylum Street. The tower was built in 1990 to a design by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the firm behind many American corporate towers. Its 30 floors and 159 metres make it the third tallest building in Hartford and in Connecticut, behind City Place and the Travelers Tower.
The tower stands in the heart of the business district and is easy to reach on foot, though it has no public observation decks or visitor areas inside. You can view the exterior and appreciate the architecture from street level and walk past the lobby area.
The facade uses multiple materials that create different visual effects depending on the light and angle from which you view it. This deliberate play with color and texture was innovative for Hartford in 1989 and set it apart from the city's older office towers.
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