Koppers Inc
436 Seventh Avenue
Saturday: 10am-4pm
Neighborhood: Downtown
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Restrooms Available: Yes
Design Matters
The 34-story Art-Deco Koppers Building was designed in 1927-29 by Chicago architecture firm Graham, Anderson, Probst and White. This firm was the successor to D.H. Burnham & Company. Commissioned by Andrew Mellon, it is made of limestone with a copper chateauesque roof and was named after the Koppers Chemical Corporation.
Your Experience:
Located on the 29th floor of the Koppers Building in downtown Pittsburgh, The ATTIC is Koppers newly created innovation space. The ATTIC represents an entirely new communal space for the company, where any employee or guest of Koppers, can visit, relax, confer, work alone or in teams, play, and even grab a cup of coffee along with a healthy snack.
The ATTIC offers a modern, open workspace conducive to open collaboration and engagement, all the while incorporating design elements honoring the longstanding Koppers legacy of breakthrough ideas and products.
The Koppers Building was commissioned by Andrew Mellon whose family had controlling interests in Koppers Company (now Koppers Inc.).
The Building was designed by the architectural firm of Graham, Anderson, Probst & White in 1927-29. The 35-story limestone building, with its external chateau roof (made of copper), its interior decorative bronze work, and colorful veined marbles. was designed in the Art Deco-style.
It has been referred to as one of the largest and best examples of Art Deco architecture of the 1920s and 1930s.
Groundbreaking took place in November 1927, and the building was ready for occupancy in the spring of 1929. Originally owned and occupied by the Koppers Company, it became a multi-tenanted building in 1990.
It continues to serve as the headquarters location to Koppers Inc - now a market-leading wood-based technologies company - who occupies eight floors of the building.