The Humana Building, also known as the Humana Tower, [1] is a 1985 skyscraper in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, located at 500 West Main Street and headquarters of the Humana Corporation. It was built by the Auchter Company .

Humana’s exquisite use of colored granite is what sets it apart from other colorful Postmodern skyscrapers of the 1970s and 1980s, some of which, including Graves’ own Portland Building in Oregon, seem gaudy in comparison. The Humana Building, in contrast, is …

Unlike the steel and glass towers and wind-swept plazas that characterized the prior generation of corporate headquarters – and Graves’ competitors’ schemes – the Humana Building occupies the whole site and re-established the street edge as an essential urban form.

Mar 12, 2015 · The Humana Building, or sometimes called the Humana Tower, is a skyscraper in downtown Louisville, Kentucky. Standing at 26 stories tall, it is the headquarters of the Humana Corporation and known for its postmodern architecture.

Mar 13, 2024 · Humana’s site in Louisville Kentucky is between a row of low scale, landmark cast-iron buildings and an International Style glass tower, and Graves has attempted to mediate between the vastly different sizes of these buildings as …

Feb 9, 2024 · Announced earlier this week, health insurance behemoth Humana is vacating its headquarters at 500 Main Street in downtown Louisville in a large-scale consolidation maneuver prompted in part by the rise in remote and hybrid work following the COVID pandemic.

Feb 15, 2016 · The Humana Building is a sensory overload of color, shapes, materials, and experiences. And Louisville is fortunate to have it. Michael Graves created numerous iconic projects across the country and the world—at both large and very small scales.

…Oregon (completed 1982), and the Humana Building (or Humana Tower) in Louisville, Kentucky (1985). The Portland Building was the epitome of postmodernist architecture that, with its colourful structure and facades decorated with a stylized garland, defied the austere static steel and glass box of the Modernist sensibilities.

The 27-story structure is headquarters of the Humana Corporation and known for its postmodern architecture. It was designed by Michael Graves. Construction began in October 1982 and was completed in May 1985. Each side of the building is designed slightly differently, up to a sloping pyramid style for the upper few floors.

This 26 story post-modern skyscraper is one of Graves' best known projects; in addition to receiving national AIA awards, TIME Magazine listed it as one of the 10 best buildings of the decade. The Humana Building is the headquarters for the health care corporation of …