Republic Plaza

SOM; chief designer: Donald Smith
1983



View from 17th Street

 

The tower set back with a plaza or courtyard on both the 16th street and 17th street side

I believe this monolithic slab is the tallest building in Denver.
 
The cladding is made up of panels of light gray granite.
 

View from the 16th Street Pedestrian Mall

The plaza on this side of the building has a large retail mall.
 


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Work Quoted:
Michael Paglia, Rodd L. Wheaton, and Diane Wray. Denver: the Modern City. (Historic Denver Guide.) Denver: Historic Denver, 1999

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