Bank of America Center
700 Louisiana Street
Houston TX United States
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| Status: | built | | Construction Dates | | Began | 1980 | | Finished | 1983 | | Floor Count | 56 | | Floor Area | 139,350 m² |
|  | | Building Uses | | - office | | - parking garage | | Structural Types | | - highrise | | Architectural Style | | - neo-gothic | | - postmodern | | Materials | | - glass | | - steel | | - granite |
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| | Heights | | Value | | Source / Comments | | | | Spire | | 780 ft | | | | | The two cone shaped pinnacles | | | | | Roof | | 772 ft | | | | | Top ridge, under the spire | | | | | Lower roof | | 756 ft | | | | | Main roof, flat roof area | | | | | Banking hall | | 125 ft | | Hines Interests Limited Partnership | | | Adjacent 12-story banking hall. | | |
Description
Companies:
- Design Architect(s): Johnson/Burgee Architects, Kendall/Heaton Associates Inc.
- Owner/Developer: Hines Interests Limited Partnership
- Major Tenants: Bank of America, KPMG, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Connelly, Baker, Maston, Wotring, Jackson LLP, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Andrews & Kurth LLP, Dewey Ballantine
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Facts & Description
- Built around an existing 2-story building.
- In June, 2001, Tropical storm Allison flooded the Bank of America Center's parking garage fills with 80,000,000 gallons of water. Kristie Tautenhahn, an employee of a law-firm based in the building was trying to move her car to a safer location drowned when the elevator heading to the garage fills with water.
Awards
- Associated Landscape Contractors of America Awards, 1991
- BOMA Award, 1988
- BOMA Award, 1987
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