Doppler (also known as Amazon Tower I and Rufus 2.0 Block 14)
is a
office building
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in
Seattle
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,
Washington, which is home to the
corporate headquarters of
Amazon
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. 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. The tower takes its name from the internal codename of the
Amazon Echo voice-controlled speaker, which launched in 2014.
Construction
The Amazon campus, designed by Seattle
architecture firm NBBJ,
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.
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
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,
Skillet Street Food, Marination, Mamnoon Street, Mamnooncita,
Potbelly Sandwich Shop, Cinque Terre Ristorante, and two restaurants from local chef Josh Henderson. The project, covering the entire three-block campus, is also on track to receive
LEED Gold certification.
The facade uses
dichroic glass to reflect light in varying colors dependent on the time of the day.
The site was once proposed for a 31-story
mixed-use
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high-rise, known as the Seventh at Westlake Tower. However, the plans were canceled in 2012 after being on hold for four years.
See also
*
Day 1 (building)
*
re:Invent
*
List of tallest buildings in Seattle
References
{{Seattle skyscrapers
Amazon (company) facilities
Skyscraper office buildings in Seattle
Buildings and structures in Denny Triangle, Seattle
NBBJ buildings
Office buildings completed in 2015
Retail company headquarters in the United States
2015 establishments in Washington (state)