{{Short description|521-foot-tall office building in the Denny Triangle neighborhood of Seattle, Washington}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox building | name = Day 1 | logo = | logo_size = | logo_alt = | logo_caption = | image = Day 1 Tower Seattle WA Jan 17.jpg | image_size = | image_alt = | image_caption = The northern side of Day 1 from 6th Avenue | alternate_names = Amazon Tower II<br/>Rufus 2.0 Block 19 | status = Completed | building_type = Office building | architectural_style = | classification = | address = 2121 7th Avenue<br />Seattle, Washington, U.S. | coordinates = {{coord|47.615868|-122.339850|type:landmark_region:US-WA|display=title,inline}} | pushpin_map = Seattle WA Downtown | map_caption = Location within downtown Seattle | current_tenants = | namesake = | groundbreaking_date = | construction_start_date = 2014 | topped_out_date = {{start date|2015|12|04}}<ref name="Sellen-Topped">{{cite news |date=December 8, 2015 |title=13 Million Pounds of Structural Steel Later… Block 19 Celebrates Topping Out |url=http://www.sellen.com/13-million-pounds-of-structural-steel-later-block-19-celebrates-topping-out/ |publisher=Sellen Construction |access-date=December 10, 2015 |archive-date=December 10, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210225006/http://www.sellen.com/13-million-pounds-of-structural-steel-later-block-19-celebrates-topping-out/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> | opened_date = {{start date|2016|11|07}} | cost = $250 million<ref name="Rosenberg">{{cite news |last=Rosenberg |first=Mike |date=March 10, 2017 |title=Record construction frenzy sweeps downtown Seattle; more building to come |url=http://www.seattletimes.com/business/real-estate/record-construction-frenzy-sweeps-downtown-seattle-with-more-building-to-come/ |work=The Seattle Times |url-access=limited |access-date=March 27, 2017}}</ref> | ren_cost = | client = | owner = Amazon | landlord = | affiliation = | height = | architectural = | tip = | antenna_spire = | roof = {{convert|521|ft|m}} | top_floor = | observatory = | diameter = | circumference = | weight = | other_dimensions = | structural_system = | material = | size = | floor_count = 37 | floor_area = {{convert|1,485,500|sqft|sqm|abbr=on}} | elevator_count = | grounds_area = | architect = | architecture_firm = NBBJ | developer = | engineer = | structural_engineer = | services_engineer = | civil_engineer = | main_contractor = Sellen Construction | parking = | url = | references = <ref name="CTBUH">{{CTBUH|id=17084|title=Amazon Tower II}}</ref><ref name="Emporis">{{Cite web |url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/1218725 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307041245/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/1218725 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=March 7, 2016 |title=Amazon Tower II |work=Emporis}}</ref><ref name="Sellen">{{cite web |title=Construction Updates for Blocks 14, 19 & 20 |url=http://www.sellen.com/blocks14_19_20/ |publisher=Sellen Construction |access-date=August 8, 2015 |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924100232/http://www.sellen.com/blocks14_19_20/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Sellen2">{{cite web |title=Rufus 2.0 Block 19 |url=http://www.sellen.com/project/rufus-2-0-block-19/ |publisher=Sellen Construction |access-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref> }}
'''Day 1''', also known as '''Amazon Tower II''' and '''Rufus 2.0 Block 19''',<ref>{{cite news |last=Pryne |first=Eric |date=June 8, 2012 |title=Amazon's 3-block complex has a timetable — and a name |url=http://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazons-3-block-complex-has-a-timetable-8212-and-a-name/ |newspaper=The Seattle Times |access-date=August 8, 2015}}</ref> is a {{convert|521|ft|m|adj=mid|-tall}} office building in the Denny Triangle neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, located at the intersection of Lenora Street and 7th Avenue.<ref name="Sellen2"/> It is part of the three-tower complex that serves as the headquarters of Amazon. The name "Day 1" previously belonged to two buildings on Amazon's South Lake Union campus, but both structures have since been renamed. The building's east facade features a large sign reading "Hello World".<ref>{{cite news |last=Levy |first=Nat |date=November 7, 2016 |title=It's day one at Day One: Amazon opens second huge office building at new Seattle campus |url=http://www.geekwire.com/2016/its-day-one-at-day-one-amazon-opens-second-huge-office-building-in-new-seattle-campus/ |work=GeekWire |access-date=December 11, 2016}}</ref> The construction project was the most expensive in the city to finish in 2016 amidst the recent downtown housing boom.<ref name="Rosenberg"/>
The building also houses the prototype Amazon Go location, which opened to a private beta in December 2016<ref>{{cite news |last=González |first=Ángel |title=Amazon unveils smart convenience store sans checkouts, cashiers |url=http://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/amazoncom-unveils-self-driving-brick-and-mortar-convenience-store/ |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=December 11, 2016}}</ref> and to the general public on January 22, 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.geekwire.com/2018/check-no-checkout-amazon-go-automated-retail-store-will-finally-open-public-monday/|title=Amazon Go is finally a go: Sensor-infused store opens to the public Monday, with no checkout lines|date=January 21, 2018|work=GeekWire|access-date=January 22, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>
==Design and construction== The Amazon campus, designed by Seattle architecture firm NBBJ and landscape architecture firm Site Workshop,<ref name="NBBJ">{{cite web |title=Amazon at Denny Triangle: Work Global, Live Local |url=http://www.nbbj.com/work/amazon/ |publisher=NBBJ |access-date=August 8, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.siteworkshop.net/copy-of-amazon-rufus-2-0-1|title=siteworkshop {{!}} Amazon Day One|website=siteworkshop|language=en|access-date=November 30, 2018|archive-date=December 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181201051309/https://www.siteworkshop.net/copy-of-amazon-rufus-2-0-1|url-status=dead}}</ref> was approved by the Seattle Department of Planning and Development in late 2012. Excavation on the 37-story Tower II began under the direction of Sellen Construction in 2014.<ref>{{cite news |last=Cohen |first=Aubrey |date=November 30, 2012 |title=Seattle OKs Amazon towers |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/realestate/article/Seattle-OKs-Amazon-towers-4081097.php |newspaper=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |access-date=August 8, 2015}}</ref> It opened on November 7, 2016.<ref>{{cite news |last=Coombs |first=Casey |date=November 7, 2016 |title=Amazon opens doors of 36-story 'Day One' tower |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2016/11/07/amazon-day-one-tower-jeff-bezos-microsoft.html |work=Puget Sound Business Journal |access-date=November 7, 2016}}</ref> The project, covering the entire three-block campus, is also on track to receive LEED Gold certification.<ref name="NBBJ"/><ref>{{cite news |last=Khaikin |first=Lital |title=Amazon's New Seattle Office Aiming For LEED Gold Status |url=http://www.ecopedia.com/design/amazon-new-seattle-office-aiming-for-leed-gold-status/ |work=Ecopedia.com |access-date=August 8, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151026063215/http://www.ecopedia.com/design/amazon-new-seattle-office-aiming-for-leed-gold-status/ |archive-date=October 26, 2015 }}</ref>
===Spheres=== {{main|Amazon Spheres}}
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The block also features three intersecting {{convert|80 to 90|ft|m|adj=mid|-tall}} glass-and-steel spheres facing Lenora Street that will house five stories of additional work space for 1,800 employees and retail, totaling {{convert|65,000|sqft|sqm|adj=off}}.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bhatt |first=Sanjay |date=August 19, 2013 |title=Amazon bubble building gets a cellular look |url=http://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon-bubble-building-gets-a-cellular-look/ |newspaper=The Seattle Times |access-date=August 8, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Stiles |first=Marc |date=December 9, 2013 |title=City signs off on design of Amazon's spherical building |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/techflash/2013/12/city-signs-off-on-design-of-amazons.html |work=Puget Sound Business Journal |access-date=August 8, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=March 8, 2016 |title=3 giant spheres on Lenora will offer 'relaxing getaway spot' for Amazon |url=http://www.djc.com/news/re/12087001.html |newspaper=Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce |access-date=March 8, 2016}}</ref> NBBJ intends the spheres to be the "new visual focus and 'heart'"<ref name="Klacza">{{cite web|last1=Klacza|first1=Patrick|title=Is Amazon's Dome Headquarters The Workspace Of The Future?|url=http://www.popsci.com/are-amazons-dome-headquarters-workspace-future|website=Popular Science|date=April 15, 2016 |access-date=March 13, 2017}}</ref> of Amazon's headquarters. The design was showcased by Amazon in 2013, thereby scrapping an earlier plan intending to construct a six-story rectilinear office building in that same location. The architects behind the organic design of the domes relied on the idea that better productivity can be initiated by introducing more sunlight and plants into the work space according to recent research.<ref name="Klacza"/>
When revealed in 2013, the planned design for the spheres, separated from the building by a lawn and dog park,<ref>{{cite news |last=Swisher |first=Kara |date=October 26, 2013 |title=Amazon Builds the Spheres, While Google Opts for the Hulk |url=http://allthingsd.com/20131026/amazon-builds-the-spheres-while-google-opts-for-the-hulk/ |work=AllThingsD |access-date=August 8, 2015}}</ref> was generally met with support and earned the project international press coverage.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Kirk |last2=Wingfield |first2=Nick |date=August 25, 2013 |title=As Amazon Stretches, Seattle's Downtown Is Reshaped |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/26/us/as-amazon-stretches-seattles-downtown-is-reshaped.html |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=August 8, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Wainwright |first=Oliver |date=December 20, 2013 |title=Amazon to build futuristic HQ of greenhouse domes in downtown Seattle |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/architecture-design-blog/2013/dec/20/amazon-futuristic-greenhouse-headquarters-seattle |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=August 8, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Belton |first=Padraig |date=May 1, 2015 |title=How the tech industry is redesigning the future workplace |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-32523448 |work=BBC News |access-date=August 8, 2015}}</ref> One of the few critics included Seattle city design review board member Mathew Albores, who compared its pedestrian hostility to the EMP Museum, offering no rain protection and little retail.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bhatt |first=Sanjay |date=May 21, 2013 |title=Amazon's plan for giant spheres gets mixed reaction |url=http://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazonrsquos-plan-for-giant-spheres-gets-mixed-reaction/ |newspaper=The Seattle Times |access-date=August 8, 2015}}</ref> The spheres opened on January 31, 2018.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ho |first=Sally |date=January 31, 2018 |title=Striking Amazon 'Spheres' landmark opens in downtown Seattle |url=http://www.latimes.com/sns-bc-us--amazon-spheres-20180129-story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219090617/http://www.latimes.com/sns-bc-us--amazon-spheres-20180129-story.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 19, 2018 |work=Los Angeles Times |agency=Associated Press |access-date=February 18, 2018}}</ref>
==See also== *Doppler (building) *re:Invent *List of tallest buildings in Seattle
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