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The three-story building rests on an elevated podium. The lowest level appears as an open loggia with slender aluminum-clad columns. Windows span from slab to slab at all three levels, more deeply inset at the first level to reveal the columns. An interior courtyard illuminates interior spaces. Deep
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The headquarters complex is set on a 121-acre (49 ha) site outside of Richmond, once a horse farm, that is now surrounded by suburban development. The Donovan Farm, also known as the "Horse Pen", gave its name to nearby Horsepen Road. The original site comprised the General Office Building (now
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The Executive Office Building uses a total of 1,235,800 pounds (560,500 kg) of aluminum, 400,000 pounds (180,000 kg) in the exterior cladding. The building retains much of its original furniture, such as built-in aluminum file cabinets, and other original furnishings are in use or in
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fixed overhangs on the south shade the windows from the sun, and are matched by non-functional overhangs on the north side. The east and west elevations feature bright blue adjustable aluminum louvers for sun control. The louvers are motorized to provide daylighting without direct glare.
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The four-story 1968 General Office Building, while sympathetic to the Executive Office Building, is not considered a contributing structure to the National Register property, nor are the 1978 Information Services Building and other support structures.
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the Executive Office Building), its podium, a service building and a greenhouse, as well as screened parking areas, formal gardens and a reflecting pool.
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The principal element of the Reynolds headquarters complex is the Executive Office Building. Intended as a showcase for the products of the
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University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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Accompanying four photos at Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission, undated
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Mary Harding Sadler and Peter McDearmon Witt (October 1, 1999).
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Reynolds Metals Company International Headquarters is located in Virginia
Reynolds Metals Company International Headquarters is located in the United States
Richmond, Virginia
37°36′03″N 77°31′01″W / 37.600875°N 77.516883°W / 37.600875; -77.516883
Bunshaft, Gordon
International Style
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International Style
Henrico County
Richmond, Virginia
Gordon Bunshaft
Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
Charles F. Gillette
National Register of Historic Places
Altria Group
University of Richmond
Reynolds Metals Company
aluminum
Eero Saarinen
Florence Knoll
Hans Wegner


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service
"Philip Morris USA Will Relocate Corporate HQ From New York to Greater Richmond"
"Philip Morris USA Starts Its Move to a Historic Building"

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