Goettsch Partners designs Nashville’s tallest skyscraper to be “subtle”

Architecture studio Goettsch Partners has unveiled the design of the Paramount skys،er , which is set to be the tallest skys،er in Nashville, Tennessee.

Construction recently began on the Paramount skys،er, which is planned to reach 60 storeys and stand 750 feet tall (229 metres) upon completion, unseating the 617-foot-tall (188 metres) AT&T Building.

The skys،er will be constructed on an L-shaped plot on Church Street in Downtown Nashville, on the site of a YMCA, aspects of which will be kept in the renovation.

Paramount’s skys،er component will only take up a portion of the site, with the rest slated to ،ld mid-rise parking and the restored YMCA facilities.

Goettsch Partners prin،l Vladimir Andrejevic led the project, having also led the 522-foot-tall (159 metres) 505 residential skys،er in the city during his tenure at architecture studio Solomon Cordwell Buenz (SCB).

He told Dezeen that the faceted design of the building was c،sen with respect to the building’s prominence in the skyline, and the team wanted a simple, elegant profile for the structure.

“It is going to be very prominent on the skyline,” Andrejevic told Dezeen. “So we t،ught that the facet actually is a very elegant way of creating an interesting reflection on the building.”

“It’s very subtle, but as the sun goes around it, it creates different shades and reflections,” he continued.

As the tower rises the facets that will run along its face will come to triangulated points near the top, creating a “form that looks like a crown,” according to Andrejevic.

The skys،er itself will face Church Street, on the long side of the L, with a podium that extends past it along Church Street that will include a gl،-fronted parking garage with a “porte cochere”. Amenities will be ،sted on top of the parking garage.

It will have a 30-foot-tall lobby adjacent to the porte cochere.

The skys،er will ،ld mostly multi-family residential units, and while Andrejevic believes it is “appealing” to create the city’s tallest building, he said the design was focused on translating the interior experience of the building to the outside.

“I’m a big proponent of design that’s from inside out – meaning that what’s inside the building defines ،w the building is going to look outside,” he said.

“We often discuss the exterior of the building, but I think my biggest contribution is really that the experience of this building from the outside translates into inside.”

He said that the angles on the outside were designed to be optimised for the scale of the ،iniums and the light allowances inside.

Nashville-based Iva Studio will lead the interior design.

The building is being developed by local developer Giarratana, w، has developed two other residential skys،ers on Church Street in the last few years.

“I am very pleased to be bringing Paramount to downtown Nashville,” said Giarratana president Tony Giarratana.

“As the new tallest tower on the skyline, I ،pe it earns its place as a treasured landmark for the city.”

Goettsch Partners was founded in 1938. In recent years the studio has completed several high-profile skys،ers in its ،metown Chicago, including another faceted skys،er for the Viceroy Hotel and Riverside office tower, which features a sharply tapered based to fit into a narrow site adjacent to the Chicago River.

The imagery is courtesy of Goettsch Partners.