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JPMorgan Chase Tower
600 Travis Street
Houston TX United States
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| Status: | built | | Construction Dates | | Began | 1978 | | Finished | 1982 | | Floor Count | 75 | | Floor Area | 120,773 m² |
|  | | Building Uses | | - office | | - observation | | - parking garage | | - restaurant | | - retail | | Structural Types | | - highrise | | - atrium | | Architectural Style | | - modern | | Materials | | - glass | | - steel | | - granite | | - concrete, reinforced |
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| | Heights | | Value | | Source / Comments | | | | Roof | | 1002 ft | | | | | | | | | | Main roof | | 993 ft | | '' | | | | | |
Description
Companies:
• Design Architect(s): I.M. Pei & Partners, 3D/International.
• Developer/Property Manager: Hines Interests Limited Partnership.
• Major Tenants: JPMorgan Chase Bank, Andrews & Kurth L.L.P, Cooper Industries Inc., Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP, American Express Business Finance.
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Facts & Description
• The JPMorganChase Tower is the tallest building in Texas and is also the tallest five-sided building in the world.
• There is a free, public observation deck on the 60th floor of the JPMorgan Chase Tower.
• The building lost over 50 of its windows during Hurricane Rita which hit Texas in 2005.
• It was originally planned to be 80 stories tall, but the FAA limited this and future buildings to 75 stories anything higher would be consitered hazardous to air navigation.
• The tower once had an emergency helipad on the rooftop, but has never been utilized and the rooftop is now an antenna site.
• When it was completed in 1982 it was the tallest building outside of New York and Chicago and the eighth tallest building in the world.
• Building Awards: American Consulting Engineers Council, 1981.
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