The Textron Tower is a modern skyscraper located at 40 Westminster Street in downtown Providence, Rhode Island. It is the world headquarters of Textron. At , the Textron Tower stands as the 5th-tallest building in the city and the state.
Architecture The Textron Tower was designed for Textron Corporation by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon, architects of the Empire State Building. The structure is set back some from the building line and raised above the street on a podium. The first story is marbled sheathed and serves as a base for the concrete-grid curtain wall.Woodward, Wm McKenzie. Guide to Providence Architecture. 1st ed. United States: 2003. . p. 80. The building features deep reveals attached to a reinforced concrete frame and is clad with deeply exposed aggregate precast panels., Accessed August 11, 2006
The structure was included in a 2020 Business Insider article entitled The ugliest skyscraper in every state, adding that its "grid-like exterior is reminiscent of prison architecture."
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