Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center

The Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center is the ninth largest federal building in the United States and the largest in the southeast.[1] The building houses 5,000 employees for dozens of federal agencies and combines four distinct structural elements in central downtown, equaling 1,870,000 square feet (174,000 m2).[2]

The Center is a U-shaped complex consisting of several distinct parts: a 24-story Modernist tower completed in 1997, a ten-story building, and the former main building of Rich's (department store), which opened in 1924. It also includes the eight-story bridge, six stories above Forsyth Street, that formerly connected Rich's main building to its "Store for Homes". The architect for the 1996-8 construction was Kohn, Peterson, Fox and Associates.

The building is named for Sam Nunn, U.S. senator from Georgia.

References

  1. ↑ "Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center" Atlanta Business Chronicle, accessed on June 13, 2008
  2. ↑ "Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center", Trane

Coordinates: 33°45′13″N 84°23′35″W / 33.7535°N 84.3930°W / 33.7535; -84.3930

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