Bank of America Plaza, Postmodern skyscraper between Midtown and Downtown Atlanta, United States.
Bank of America Plaza is a 312 m (1,023 ft) supertall office tower between Midtown and Downtown Atlanta, completed in 1992 in a Postmodern style recalling Art Deco. Its reddish-brown granite piers run vertically past rows of small windows, and the tower steps back near the top into narrower shafts of orange-brown and dark glass. A 90-foot obelisk-like spire, mostly covered in 23-karat gold leaf, sits above an open-lattice steel pyramid.
The building was completed in 1992 as NationsBank Plaza after Citizens & Southern National Bank merged with Sovran Bank during construction. The building process lasted only 14 months, setting a speed record for towers of this scale.
Locals call it the pencil building for its slender profile. The tower stands at a 45-degree angle to the street grid, set back more than 45 m from Peachtree Street and West Peachtree Street behind driveways, granite staircases and lawns. It faces the North Avenue MARTA rail station across the street.
The tower stands at a 45-degree angle to the street grid, set back more than 45 metres from Peachtree Street and West Peachtree Street; that setback holds driveways, garage entrances, granite staircases and lawns. It abuts the sidewalk on North Avenue, where a garage entrance and stairs lead to the main lobby. The North Avenue MARTA station is across the street.
The open-lattice steel pyramid beneath the spire is lit with yellow-orange high-pressure sodium lamps, the same kind used in older street lights. The inhabited floors stop at a flat roof, with the gilded pyramid built on top. The design has been compared to the Messeturm in Frankfurt.
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