F5 Tower at 5th & Columbia

A 660-foot Tall Skyscraper in Downtown Seattle

This 44-story high-rise, with its graceful and elegant exterior design, its complementary mix of uses, and its ideal location, will reset the standard for excellence in Seattle. The office space features full-height windows providing spectacular water and mountain views. This unique feature allows for more natural light, resulting in a better working environment for employees. Each floor has been designed with no columns or obstructive bracing, allowing for open, creative plans or heavy build-outs.

F5 Tower has achieved LEED-Silver certification, thanks to sustainable features such as rooftop photovoltaic panels and a full-block rainwater reclamation system.

  • Address: 801 5th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
  • Status: Completed
  • Client: Daniels Real Estate
  • Architect: ZGF Architects
  • Structural Engineer: Coughlin Porter Lundeen
  • Size: 1,000,000 SF

At ground level, a travertine wall creates a podium of natural beauty, a sculpture sits for the public to enjoy, and an extensive living wall for Columbia Street pedestrians to experience.

The space connecting F5 Tower to the Sanctuary features travertine vertical stone quarried from Tivoli, Italy, and bronze paneling. The lobby and connector structural curtain-wall glass is supported by one-inch thick laminated glass fins.

The F5 Tower project also features a 175,000 square-foot, 184 room, contemporary hotel featuring a full luxury spa, 15,000 square feet of meeting space, a 5,000 square-foot ballroom, a sky lounge on the fifth floor, and two upscale restaurants.

After deconstruction of the tower crane running through the interior of the building, smaller cranes, each one smaller than the one before, but having the capacity to remove the preceding unit, were constructed on top of the 600′ structure.

This distinctive zig-zagging “mega-brace” was engineered to support the tower while also offering unobstructed panoramic views of the city; its blue-tinted curtain walls stretch from floor to ceiling with 9.5 foot-high windows.

Project Team

Martin

O'Leary

Benjamin

Coffman

Derek

Deeter

Philip

Dearing

Jimmy

Craig

Cohen

Morris

Matt

Wagner

Brian

Neal

Wes

Kennard

Jim

Pritchett

Justin

Paris