- Gold Building
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building_name= Gold Building
caption= Gold Building, north elevation
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location= 320 Gold Avenue SWAlbuquerque
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groundbreaking= 1967
constructed= 1968
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use= Office
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roof= m to ft|61.9|abbr=yes|precision=0
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floor_count= 14
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architect= W.C. Kruger & Associates
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owner=The Gold Building (also known as the New Mexico Bank & Trust Building) is a 14-story office building located at 320 Gold Avenue SW in downtown
Albuquerque ,New Mexico . When the building was completed in1968 it was one of the tallest in the city at 62 m (203 ft). It now ranks sixth.The building is rectangular in plan and sits on a larger one-story base. The east and west walls of the Gold Building are windowless expanses of reddish brick, much like the neighboring
Simms Building . The north facade is clad in dark glass that neatly reflects the image of the Bank of Albuquerque Tower a few blocks away. The south elevation, also glass, is punctuated by a protruding brick-faced elevator shaft. The architects were W.C. Kruger & Associates.External links
* [http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=129663 Gold Building] (Emporis)
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