Doppler (building)
{{Short description|Headquarters of Amazon}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2023}}
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| name = Doppler
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| image = Amazon Tower I topped out, June 2015.jpg
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| image_caption = The Doppler Building near completion in June 2015
| alternate_names = Amazon Tower I, Rufus 2.0 Block 14
| status = Completed
| building_type = Office building
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| address = 2021 7th Avenue
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
| coordinates = {{Coord|47|36|54|N|122|20|18|W|type:landmark_region:US-WA|display=inline,title}}
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| start_date = {{start date|2013|06|03}}
| topped_out_date = {{start date|2015|02|25}}{{cite news |date=February 25, 2015 |title=Beam Me Up, Rufus! Block 14 Tops Out |url=http://www.sellen.com/beam-me-up-rufus-block-14-tops-out/ |publisher=Sellen Construction |access-date=December 10, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210230238/http://www.sellen.com/beam-me-up-rufus-block-14-tops-out/ |archive-date=December 10, 2015 |url-status=dead}}
| opened_date = {{start date|2015|12|14}}{{cite news |last=Demmitt |first=Jacob |date=December 14, 2015 |title=Amazon launches new era with opening of first tower at new Seattle campus |url=http://www.geekwire.com/2015/amazon-launches-new-era-with-opening-first-tower-at-new-seattle-campus/ |work=GeekWire |access-date=December 14, 2015 |archive-date=December 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222152206/http://www.geekwire.com/2015/amazon-launches-new-era-with-opening-first-tower-at-new-seattle-campus/ |url-status=live }}
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| architecture_firm = NBBJ
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| main_contractor = Sellen Construction
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| website = {{URL| https://senecagroup.com/portfolio/amazon-block-14/}}
| references = {{CTBUH|id=17083|title=Amazon Tower I}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/1216719 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160106004131/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/1216719 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=January 6, 2016 |title=Amazon Tower I |work=Emporis}}{{cite web |title=Construction Updates for Blocks 14, 19 & 20 |url=http://www.sellen.com/blocks14_19_20/ |publisher=Sellen Construction |access-date=August 8, 2015 |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924100232/http://www.sellen.com/blocks14_19_20/ |url-status=dead }}
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Doppler{{cite news |last=Demmitt |first=Jacob |date=December 4, 2015 |title=Amazon to begin move into new Seattle campus next week, with rooftop dog park and indoor basketball court |url=http://www.geekwire.com/2015/amazon-to-begin-moving-employees-into-new-seattle-campus-next-week/ |work=GeekWire |access-date=December 5, 2015 |archive-date=December 4, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151204220134/http://www.geekwire.com/2015/amazon-to-begin-moving-employees-into-new-seattle-campus-next-week/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Amazon's artsy, amenity-packed tower marks a reshaped neighborhood |url=http://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/amazons-first-tower-of-its-downtown-campus-transforms-neighborhood/ |website=The Seattle Times |access-date=October 15, 2016 |date=May 7, 2016 |archive-date=October 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019002601/http://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/amazons-first-tower-of-its-downtown-campus-transforms-neighborhood/ |url-status=live }} (also known as Amazon Tower I and Rufus 2.0 Block 14) is a {{convert|524|ft|m|adj=mid|-tall}} office building in Seattle, Washington, which is home to the corporate headquarters of Amazon. It is located in the Denny Triangle neighborhood of the city, at the intersection of Westlake Avenue and 7th Avenue near the Westlake Center and McGraw Square.
Doppler is part of the three-tower campus that Amazon is developing in the area and is able to accommodate 3,800 employees.{{cite news |last=González |first=Ángel |date=May 7, 2016 |title=Amazon's artsy, amenity-packed tower marks a reshaped neighborhood |url=http://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/amazons-first-tower-of-its-downtown-campus-transforms-neighborhood/ |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=September 20, 2016 |archive-date=September 18, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918232604/http://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/amazons-first-tower-of-its-downtown-campus-transforms-neighborhood/ |url-status=live }} The tower takes its name from the internal codename of the Amazon Echo voice-controlled speaker, which launched in 2014.{{cite news |last=Greene |first=Jay |date=December 14, 2015 |title=Workers move in to the first of Amazon's downtown towers |url=http://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/workers-move-in-to-the-first-of-amazons-downtown-towers/ |newspaper=The Seattle Times |access-date=December 14, 2015 |archive-date=January 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105181501/http://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/workers-move-in-to-the-first-of-amazons-downtown-towers/ |url-status=live }}
Construction
The Amazon campus, designed by Seattle architecture firm NBBJ,{{cite web |title=Amazon at Denny Triangle: Work Global, Live Local |url=http://www.nbbj.com/work/amazon/ |publisher=NBBJ |access-date=August 8, 2015 |archive-date=December 7, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151207014037/http://www.nbbj.com/work/amazon/ |url-status=live }} was approved by the Seattle Department of Planning and Development in late 2012 and excavation on Tower I began under the direction of Sellen Construction in June 2013.{{cite news |last=Cohen |first=Aubrey |date=November 30, 2012 |title=Seattle OKs Amazon towers |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/realestate/article/Seattle-OKs-Amazon-towers-4081097.php |newspaper=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |access-date=August 8, 2015 |archive-date=December 8, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208172314/http://www.seattlepi.com/realestate/article/Seattle-OKs-Amazon-towers-4081097.php |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Pryne |first=Eric |date=February 14, 2013 |title=Excavation for first Amazon tower to begin in June |url=http://www.seattletimes.com/business/excavation-for-first-amazon-tower-to-begin-in-june/ |newspaper=The Seattle Times |access-date=August 8, 2015 |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924100012/http://www.seattletimes.com/business/excavation-for-first-amazon-tower-to-begin-in-june/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Stiles |first=Marc |date=December 5, 2012 |title=Amazon: Sellen will build first phase of downtown Seattle campus |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/techflash/2012/12/amazon-says-sellen-will-build-first.html |work=Puget Sound Business Journal |access-date=August 8, 2015 |archive-date=May 22, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130522151112/http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/techflash/2012/12/amazon-says-sellen-will-build-first.html |url-status=live }} The tower was topped out in February 2015 and opened on December 14, 2015.
Design
The 37-story building also has a five-story meeting room center, featuring an amphitheater and stage with stadium-style seating for 2,000, and six stories of underground parking with 1,064 spaces; there is also retail space at the ground level leased out to shops and restaurants, including a Starbucks, Skillet Street Food, Marination, Mamnoon Street, Mamnooncita, Potbelly Sandwich Shop, Cinque Terre Ristorante,{{cite news |last=Milne |first=Stefan |date=May 24, 2016 |title=Cinque Terre Ristorante Opens June 8 |url=http://www.seattlemet.com/articles/2016/5/24/cinque-terre-ristorante-opening-june-8 |work=Seattle Met |access-date=November 13, 2016 |archive-date=November 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114013421/http://www.seattlemet.com/articles/2016/5/24/cinque-terre-ristorante-opening-june-8 |url-status=live }} and two restaurants from local chef Josh Henderson.{{cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Kirk |last2=Wingfield |first2=Nick |date=August 25, 2013 |title=As Amazon Stretches, Seattle's Downtown Is Reshaped |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/26/us/as-amazon-stretches-seattles-downtown-is-reshaped.html |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=August 8, 2015 |archive-date=August 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130826221015/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/26/us/as-amazon-stretches-seattles-downtown-is-reshaped.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Stiles |first=Marc |date=December 14, 2015 |title=To feed the masses at its first tower, Amazon goes local |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/techflash/2015/12/to-feed-the-masses-at-its-first-tower-amazon-goes.html |newspaper=Puget Sound Business Journal |access-date=December 14, 2015 |archive-date=November 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108131643/https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/techflash/2015/12/to-feed-the-masses-at-its-first-tower-amazon-goes.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=http://seattlerefined.com/eat-drink/why-foodies-should-pay-attention-to-amazons-doppler-building |title=Why foodies should pay attention to Amazon's Doppler building |first=Frank |last=Guanco |website=Seattle Refined |publisher=Sinclair Broadcast Group|date=February 18, 2016 |language=en-US |access-date=May 7, 2016 |archive-date=May 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505164915/http://seattlerefined.com/eat-drink/why-foodies-should-pay-attention-to-amazons-doppler-building |url-status=live }} The project, covering the entire three-block campus, is also on track to receive LEED Gold certification.{{cite news |last=Khaikin |first=Lital |date=June 9, 2013 |title=Amazon's New Seattle Office Aiming For LEED Gold Status |url=http://www.ecopedia.com/design/amazon-new-seattle-office-aiming-for-leed-gold-status/ |work=Ecopedia.com |access-date=August 8, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151026063215/http://www.ecopedia.com/design/amazon-new-seattle-office-aiming-for-leed-gold-status/ |archive-date=October 26, 2015}} The facade uses dichroic glass to reflect light in varying colors dependent on the time of the day.{{cite news |last=Martin |first=Kate |date=September 20, 2016 |title=What do you think? Tacoma convention center hotel developer offers first look, delays project |url=http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/business/real-estate-news/article102975032.html |work=The News Tribune |location=Tacoma, Washington |access-date=September 20, 2016 |archive-date=September 22, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160922133649/http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/business/real-estate-news/article102975032.html |url-status=live }}
The site was once proposed for a 31-story mixed-use high-rise, known as the Seventh at Westlake Tower. However, the plans were canceled in 2012 after being on hold for four years.{{cite web |date=March 7, 2012 |title=Permit & Complaint Status: 2017 7th Avenue |url=http://web6.seattle.gov/DPD/PermitStatus/default.aspx?a=2017,,7TH,AVE, |publisher=Seattle Department of Planning and Development |access-date=August 8, 2015 |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305045811/http://web6.seattle.gov/DPD/PermitStatus/default.aspx?a=2017,,7TH,AVE, |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Pryne |first=Eric |date=February 29, 2008 |title=Downtown Seattle hotel-condo project put on hold |url=http://www.seattletimes.com/business/downtown-seattle-hotel-condo-project-put-on-hold/ |newspaper=The Seattle Times |access-date=December 14, 2015 |archive-date=January 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105181216/http://www.seattletimes.com/business/downtown-seattle-hotel-condo-project-put-on-hold/ |url-status=live }}
See also
References
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