The Conoco-Phillips Building is the tallest building in the U.S. state

U.S. state

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 of Alaska

Alaska

Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...

 at 90.2 m (295.9 ft). Located in downtown Anchorage

Downtown (Anchorage)

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 at 700 G Street, it has 22 floor

Storey

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s and was completed in 1983. The Conoco-Phillips Building, along with the nearby Robert B. Atwood Building

Robert B. Atwood Building

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, predominantly defines the center of the skyline of Downtown Anchorage.

The actual building is more of a complex, composed of the atrium

Atrium (architecture)

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, connecting with a smaller office tower. The main tower houses the Alaska regional corporate headquarters

Headquarters

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 of ConocoPhillips

ConocoPhillips

ConocoPhillips Company is an American multinational energy corporation with its headquarters located in the Energy Corridor district of Houston, Texas in the United States...

, while the smaller tower consists of local branches of major companies, including the New York Life Insurance Company

New York Life Insurance Company

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 and KPMG

KPMG

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The sky-lit atrium is open to the public, and has a small food court, as well as a water fountain. Sometimes public events are held here, notably the annual summer Wild Salmon on Parade local art auction.