New Mexico Bank & Trust Building

New Mexico Bank & Trust Building
Alternative namesBank of New Mexico Building
First Interstate Bank Building
Gold Building
Record height
Preceded bySimms Building
Surpassed byBank of the West Tower
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeCommercial offices
Architectural styleModernism
Location320 Gold Avenue SW
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Coordinates35°04′59″N 106°39′05″W / 35.083182°N 106.651452°W / 35.083182; -106.651452
Construction started1959
Completed1961
Cost$4 million
Height
Roof62 m (203 ft)
Technical details
Floor count14
Floor area108,000 sq ft (10,000 m2)
Design and construction
Architect(s)W.C. Kruger & Associates
DeveloperBank Reality Company
Main contractorGeorge A. Fuller Construction Company
References

The New Mexico Bank & Trust Building is a 14-story, 62 m (203 ft) office skyscraper on Gold Avenue in downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico. It is the sixth-tallest building in the city. When completed in 1961, it surpassed the Simms Building to become the tallest building in the state, and was itself surpassed by the Bank of the West Tower two years later.

The building's main 12-story block has black tinted glass curtain walls on the north and south sides, while the windowless east and west sides and the protruding elevator shaft on the south side are faced with brick. It sits atop a larger one-story base, with a recessed second story in between. The architect was Willard C. Kruger.