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| Bank of America Center | |
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| Alternative names | RepublicBank Center NCNB Center NationsBank Center |
| General information | |
| Type | Commercial office |
| Architectural style | Postmodern |
| Location | 700 Louisiana Street Houston, Texas |
| Coordinates | 29°45′38″N 95°22′00″W / 29.7605°N 95.3666°W |
| Completed | October 1983[1] |
| Owner | M-M Properties General Electric Pension Trust affiliate |
| Management | M-M Properties |
| Height | |
| Roof | 780 feet (240 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 56 |
| Floor area | 1,399,308 sq ft (130,000.0 m2) [1] |
| Lifts/elevators | 32 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Johnson/Burgee Architects |
| Developer | Hines Interests |
| Structural engineer | CBM Engineers, Inc. |
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 Johnson/Burgee Architects, 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".[1] 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.[2] There are 32 passenger elevators each finished with wood panels that include Birdseye Maple, Macassar Ebony, Italian Willow, Tamo, and Kevazingo.[3] The building contains an art gallery in the lobby and plans to host curated exhibitions.[4]
Background
At 56 stories the Bank of America Center is the 55th tallest building in the United States and is the seventh tallest building in Texas.
The northeast corner of the structure houses a building within a building. On the site is the main Western Union building and when relocation of the telegraph cables proved infeasible new structure was built over the site and the existing structure was incorporated into the new building intact.
On June 9, 2001, the building was the site of a tragic accident that took place during Tropical Storm Allison. Building security warned individuals that the below grade parking levels were in danger of flooding and instructed persons working late in the building to move vehicles to upper levels of the garage. Kristie Tautenhahn, an employee of the law firm Mayer, Brown & Platt,[5] went to move her vehicle parked on sub-level 3 at 10:30 UTC (05:30 CDT) which by that time was completely submerged. She drowned in an elevator car when it filled with water as it descended to the lower floor of the garage.[6]
Tenants
- Mayer Brown has its Houston office in Suite 3400.[7]
- Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP has its Houston office in Suite 4100
- TransCanada Corporation has its US Head Office in the building.
Gallery
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Bank of America Center-Houston". Bank of America Center. 2 September 2009. Archived from the original on 26 June 2009. Retrieved 2010-01-12.
- ^ Bank of America Center, Houston, TX
- ^ "Bank of America Center-Houston". TheSquareFoot. 10 May 2010. Retrieved 2012-05-12.
- ^ An Exhibition of Works From Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts’ Archived 2012-02-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Grossman, Wendy. "Looking for Higher Ground." Houston Press. October 9, 2003. Retrieved on December 17, 2009.
- ^ Bernstein, Alan. "Catastrophic flooding brings dislocation, drama, 9 deaths." Houston Chronicle. June 10, 2001. Retrieved on December 17, 2009.
- ^ "Contact Information Archived 2009-12-17 at the Wayback Machine." Mayer Brown. Retrieved on December 17, 2009.
External links
- Official Site - Bank of America Center
- The Bank of America Center at Glass Steel and Stone
