Capella Tower

Postmodern architecture stands as the second highest skyscraper in downtown Minneapolis with the Capella Tower. Completed in October 1992 the tower rises 330 feet above the streets. The building has an L-shaped footprint, occupying the entire length of the block between 2nd and 3rd Avenues on 6th Street South and between 6th and 7th Streets on 3rd Avenue South. The tower's shape and typical floor plans change at the 15th, 27th, and 45th floors. Seen for miles the unique 45 foot tall semi-circular steel crown serves as a screen for cooling towers and antennae.

Structural material: composite structure
Foundation system: pile foundation
Facade material: glass/granite
Facade system: curtain wall
Facade color: light brown/blue
Architectural style: postmodernism

Height (tip): 776.01 ft
Height (architectural): 776.01 ft
Height (roof): 732.01 ft
Height (top floor): 692.01 ft
Length: 157.50 ft
Width: 157.50 ft
Floors (above ground): 56
Floors (below ground): 4
Construction start: 1989
Construction end: Oct 1992
Floor-to-floor-height: 13.00 ft
Floor-to-ceiling height: 9.00 ft
Elevators: 33
Escalators: 2

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Postmodern architecture stands as the second highest skyscraper in downtown Minneapolis with the Capella Tower. Completed in October 1992 the tower rises 330 feet above the streets. The building has an L-shaped footprint, occupying the entire length of the block between 2nd and 3rd Avenues on 6th Street South and between 6th and 7th Streets on 3rd Avenue South. The tower's shape and typical floor plans change at the 15th, 27th, and 45th floors. Seen for miles the unique 45 foot tall semi-circular steel crown serves as a screen for cooling towers and antennae.<br />
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Structural material: composite structure<br />
Foundation system: pile foundation<br />
Facade material: glass/granite<br />
Facade system: curtain wall<br />
Facade color: light brown/blue<br />
Architectural style: postmodernism<br />
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Height (tip): 776.01 ft<br />
Height (architectural): 776.01 ft<br />
Height (roof): 732.01 ft<br />
Height (top floor): 692.01 ft<br />
Length: 157.50 ft<br />
Width: 157.50 ft<br />
Floors (above ground): 56<br />
Floors (below ground): 4<br />
Construction start: 1989<br />
Construction end: Oct 1992<br />
Floor-to-floor-height: 13.00 ft<br />
Floor-to-ceiling height: 9.00 ft<br />
Elevators: 33<br />
Escalators: 2