One City Center, Durham, NC
Built in 2016-2019, this Contemporary skyscraper was designed by Little Diversified Architectural Consulting with the structural engineering carried out by Speight, Marshall and Francis for Armada Hoffler Properties to serve as a mixed-use office, retail, and apartment building. The 28-story 300 foot (91 meter) tall building features a five-story podium clad in red brick up to the fourth floor with large window bays and facades from historic buildings on Main Street and Parish Street integrated into the exterior, and a rooftop terrace with planters, with the podium housing commercial office space, multiple retail spaces, the building's lobby, and a parking garage. Above the fifth floor is a more slender 23-story tower with a glass curtain wall on the exterior, curved facades, multiple balconies, and a rooftop deck with a pool, which houses 23 residential condominiums and 117 apartments. The building, upon its completion, became the tallest building in Downtown Durham, and filled a vacant lot that had been mostly empty since the majority of the Geer Building was demolished in 1972, and the remaining section of the building, which formerly housed the Durham Woolworth's, was demolished in 2003 after it was damaged in a fire. The building is, so far, the tallest structure built during the construction boom in Downtown Durham that has transformed the area in the past 20 years.
One City Center, Durham, NC
Built in 2016-2019, this Contemporary skyscraper was designed by Little Diversified Architectural Consulting with the structural engineering carried out by Speight, Marshall and Francis for Armada Hoffler Properties to serve as a mixed-use office, retail, and apartment building. The 28-story 300 foot (91 meter) tall building features a five-story podium clad in red brick up to the fourth floor with large window bays and facades from historic buildings on Main Street and Parish Street integrated into the exterior, and a rooftop terrace with planters, with the podium housing commercial office space, multiple retail spaces, the building's lobby, and a parking garage. Above the fifth floor is a more slender 23-story tower with a glass curtain wall on the exterior, curved facades, multiple balconies, and a rooftop deck with a pool, which houses 23 residential condominiums and 117 apartments. The building, upon its completion, became the tallest building in Downtown Durham, and filled a vacant lot that had been mostly empty since the majority of the Geer Building was demolished in 1972, and the remaining section of the building, which formerly housed the Durham Woolworth's, was demolished in 2003 after it was damaged in a fire. The building is, so far, the tallest structure built during the construction boom in Downtown Durham that has transformed the area in the past 20 years.