The RJR Plaza Building (also known as the Reynolds American Plaza Building) is a 16-story

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Winston-Salem, North Carolina Winston-Salem is a city in Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States, and its county seat. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 249,545, making it the List of municipalities in North Carolina, fifth-most populous ...

which was completed in 1982 for

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, currently the second-largest tobacco manufacturer in the United States. In 2009, the RJR Plaza building became the headquarters for both Reynolds Tobacco and its parent company

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after Reynolds decided in 2008 to vacate its longtime headquarters, the Reynolds Building. The building, which has 449,150 square feet (41,726 square meters), was first planned in 1969 and would have been a pair of skyscrapers which would have been the tallest in the Southeastern United States. The FAA put an end to this plan. Hammill-Walter Associates served as the architect. The architectural style is

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, with a curtain wall facade and

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construction. A two-story galleria links this building and the Reynolds Building next door.

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* * Skyscraper office buildings in Winston-Salem, North Carolina R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Office buildings completed in 1982 {{NorthCarolina-struct-stub