Bank of Southwest Tower in Houston
Do you think that the Bank of Southwest Tower in Houston that was proposed in the early 1980's will ever be built considering that the proposed site is now a parking lot. I also know that an observation deck was proposed for the 79th floor.
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I wish it would be built. There were a couple of other buildings proposed in the early 80's, I think KPF may have been the architect. I came across them about 18 or so years ago while in college (old issue of Texas Architect?), and they were in the 1000' range. Block 152 Tower, maybe? Wortham and Van Liew (or something) was the developer. Imagine downtown with a couple of these unbuilt towers...or with regulations that would have forced anything over 500' to be built in the CBD! |
It was a gorgeous design. It would have been amazing, and at the time it would have made Houston's skyline famous.
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I know... one of the better designs.
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I believe there would be those that would complain that this tower looked far too similar to One (and/or Two...) Liberty Place in Philadelphia - in the U.S. at least. I think there are a couple of similar designs in Asia and possibly the Middle East.
That does not mean that this is not a striking tower, however. |
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Exactly. Bank of the Southwest Tower was first. Jahn then cut it in half (as it were) and stuck the two halves in Philly. |
Rest in Peace Helmut Jahn
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