Modernism defines the 16-story RJR Plaza Building, also called the Reynolds American Plaza Building. This 16-story skyscraper in Winston-Salem was completed in 1982 for R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, which the source notes is currently the second-largest tobacco manufacturer in the United States. In 2009 the Plaza became the headquarters for both Reynolds Tobacco and its parent company Reynolds American, after Reynolds decided in 2008 to vacate its longtime headquarters, the Reynolds Building next door.
The structure contains 449,150 square feet (41,726 square meters) of space. The tower was first planned in 1969 as a pair of skyscrapers that would have been the tallest in the Southeastern United States, a plan the FAA ultimately ended. Hammill-Walter Associates served as the architect; the style is Modernism, with a curtain wall facade and concrete rigid-frame construction.
A two-story galleria links this building to the Reynolds Building beside it. There is even a photo of the building under construction in 1979. Picture the curtain wall rising above the galleria that links this tower to the neighboring Reynolds Building.