The JPMorgan Chase Tower, formerly Texas Commerce Tower, is a 305.41m, 75-story, 2,243,013 sq.ft skyscraper at 600 Travis Street in Downtown Houston, Texas. It is currently the tallest building in the city, the tallest building in Texas, the tallest five-sided building in the world, the 15th tallest building in the United States, and the 107th tallest building in the world.OverviewThe tower was built between 1979 and 1981 as the Texas Commerce Tower. It was designed by noted architects I. M. Pei & Partners. In some early plans, the building reached up to 80 stories; however, the FAA expressed concerns that additional height was a risk for aircraft going into and out of nearby William P. Hobby Airport. Nonetheless, when it was completed, it was the eighth tallest building in the world. The building was developed as part of a partnership between Texas Commerce Bank and Khalid bin Mahfouz. It was built on the site where the Uptown Theatre, demolished in 1965, once stood.Upon its completion, the building surpassed Aon Center in Los Angeles to become the tallest building in the United States west of the Mississippi River, a title it held until Los Angeles's Library Tower, now known as the U.S. Bank Tower, was built in 1990.
The Wells Fargo Plaza, formerly the Allied Bank Plaza and First Interstate Bank Plaza, is a skyscraper located at 1000 Louisiana Street in Downtown Houston, Texas in the United States.This building is currently the 16th-tallest Building in the United States, the second tallest building in Texas and Houston, after Houston's JPMorgan Chase Tower, and the tallest all-glass building in the Western Hemisphere. It is the tallest building named for Wells Fargo.From street level, the building is 302.4m tall and contains 71 floors. It extends four more stories below street level. Only the Wells Fargo Plaza offers direct access from the street to the Houston tunnel system (a series of underground walkways connecting many of downtown Houston's office towers); otherwise, entry points are from street-level stairs, escalators, and elevators located inside buildings that are connected to the tunnel.Wells Fargo Plaza features a wide variety of fine amenities for its tenants including The Houstonian Lite Health Club located on the 14th floor.Sky lobbies on the 34/35th and 58/59th floors are not publicly accessible and offer views of Downtown Houston. These sky lobbies are served by double-decker elevators and primarily serve as transfer floors to local elevators.
The Bank of America Center is a highrise representing one of the first significant examples of postmodern architecture construction in downtown Houston, Texas. Formerly known as the RepublicBank Center, the NCNB Center, and the NationsBank Center, the building was completed in October 1983 and designed by award winning architect Philip Johnson and partner John Burgee, and is reminiscent of the Dutch Gothic architecture of canal houses in The Netherlands. It has three segmented tower setbacks, each with "a steeply pitched gabled roofline that is topped off with spires". The tower was developed by Hines Interests and is owned by a joint venture of M-M Properties and an affiliate of the General Electric Pension Trust.The banking center is housed in a separate building, due to construction problems, and has a three storey lobby. There are 32 passenger elevators each finished with wood panels that include Birdseye Maple, Macassar Ebony, Italian Willow, Tamo, and Kevazingo. The building contains an art gallery in the lobby and plans to host curated exhibitions.BackgroundAt 56 stories the Bank of America Center is the 55th tallest building in the United States and is the seventh tallest building in Texas.
1600 Smith Street es una torre de oficinas de 51 plantas y situada en Downtown Houston, Texas, Estados Unidos. El edificio contiene oficinas de United Airlines, y fue la sede de Continental antes de su fusión con United Airlines. En cierto momento sirvió también como la sede de ExpressJet Airlines. Es parte del complejo Cullen Center .El edificio de 51 plantas tiene de espacio de oficinas alquilable de clase A. El arquitecto fue Morris Architects, el contratista general fue Linbeck Construction Company, el ingeniero mecánico fue I.A. Naman, y los ingenieros estructurales fueron CBM Engineers. El edificio fue completado en 1984.La torre es de estilo postmoderno. Es actualmente el octavo edificio más alto de Houston. Continental opera una oficina de billetes en la planta baja.HistoriaBruce Nichols de The Dallas Morning News dijo a principios de 1984 que 1600 Smith Street "estaba tan vacía que se convirtió en un símbolo de la sobreexpansión de Houston." En 1987 la compañía canadiense Trizec Group compró obligaciones con la opción de comprar partes de Cullen Center, incluido 1600 Smith Street. En 1997 subcomités de la Junta de Regentes del University of Houston System celebraron reuniones en 1600 Smith Street.