Bank of America Plaza (Dallas)
| Bank of America Plaza | |
|---|---|
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| Former names | Dallas Main Center Interfirst Bank Plaza Republic Bank Plaza First Republic Bank Plaza NCNB Plaza NationsBank Plaza |
| General information | |
| Type | Commercial offices |
| Location | 901 Main Street Dallas, Texas |
| Construction started | 1983 |
| Completed | 1985 |
| Cost | US$146,000,000 |
| Owner | Sunbelt Management |
| Management | Transwestern |
| Height | |
| Roof | 280.7 m (921 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 72 |
| Floor area | 1,844,000 sq ft (171,300 m2) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | JPJ Architects HLM Design |
| Structural engineer | Brockette Davis Drake LeMessurier Consultants |
| References | |
| [1][2][3] | |
Bank of America Plaza is a 72-story late-modernist skyscraper located in the Main Street District of downtown Dallas, Texas. Standing at a structural height of 921 ft (281 m), it is the tallest skyscraper in the city of Dallas. It is also the 3rd tallest in Texas and the 22nd tallest in the United States, while also being the 91st tallest building in the world. It contains 1,900,000 sq ft (180,000 m2) of office space. The building was designed by JPJ Architects, Inc. and Bramalea LTD. The original owner was a joint venture arraingement including Prudential Insurance, Bramalea, LTD and InterFirst Bank.[citation needed] Construction began in 1983 and finished in 1985.
Design
Lighting
The building's outline is accented at night by green argon lighting that runs along all of the building's edges.
The skyscraper was one of the first buildings in the United States to receive the Energy Star award for electrical efficiency.
Broadcast and communications center
The top two floors function as a broadcast communications tower using the building itself as a broadcast tower structure. ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX and WB-TV operate television transmission facilities on the 72nd floor and 74th level roof as well as most federal law enforcement agencies. All point-to-point microwave and fixed-service antennas are concealed within a specifically designed glass communications parapet on the top floor. The base of the 73rd floor parapet opens to the 72nd floor data and communications center below allowing for easy and safe access during installation and servicing of wireless devices. It also protects the hardware from weather. The building operates a sophisticated in-building distributed antenna system as well as a shared tenant data center. Telecommunication Properties, Inc. designed this facility in 1985.
Amateur radio operators also install repeater systems on this building. W5EBQ has a 2 meter and 70 cm repeater system installed on the top of this building.[4]
History
The development was originally called the Dallas Main Center, then InterFirst Bank Plaza, next Republic Bank Plaza, then First Republic Bank Plaza, followed by NCNB Plaza, NationsBank Plaza, and finally Bank of America Plaza in 1998.
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Bank of America Plaza at night -
The Bank of America Plaza -
Data Center on 72nd floor
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