UAB administration building
The UAB administration building was built in 1967 as the headquarters of Central Bank and Trust. The 13-story, 165-foot tall building is located on 20th Street South between 7th Avenue South and University Boulevard. The building is in the modern style with pronounced vertical ribs on the brick-veneer facade. A rendering (right) shows a dark glass cladding in place of the brick. The building steps back dramatically from its footprint at the fourth floor, creating broad roof terraces facing 20th Street and 7th Avenue. A 5 story parking garage is attached to the rear (east side) of the building. The rest of the building continues up another 10 floors as a wide slab shape. The central circulation core and elevator penthouse are expressed on the roofscape.
After the bank, which changed its name to Compass Bank, relocated to the Daniel Building in midtown, the building was purchased by UAB in the mid-1990s and renovated for use as an administration building. Large illuminated signs with UAB's logo replaced the Central Bank logo at the top of the building, and the exterior walls were painted. The building still houses a banking branch on the ground floor with drive-through windows in the parking garage.
External links
- UAB administration building at Emporis.com
- 3-D model of the UAB administration building by Jordan Herring