Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Building, Hartford

Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Building, Hartford

The Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Building, locally called the "Boat Building", is a notable modernist office premises located on Constitution Plaza in Hartford. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is the world's first two-sided building. It was designed by architect Max Abramovitz of Harrison & Abramovitz. The contractor was George A. Fuller Company. Groundbreaking was in 1961, with construction complete in November 1963.

The 13-story tower has only two curved sides, in an unusual and striking shape variously termed an elliptic lenticular cylinder or lenticular hyperboloid. Its height is 212 feet (65 meters); it measures 225 feet on its long axis, and 87 feet wide at its maximum width. The ends point east and west, with sides facing north and south.
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Sight Name: Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Building
Sight Location: Hartford, USA (See walking tours in Hartford)
Sight Type: Attraction/Landmark

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