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|   Continental Center I, Houston, Texas
in Skyscrapers Added to the Houston skyline in 1984 was the post-modern headquarters of Continental Airlines, designed by Morris*Aubry Architects. The sharp angles create optical illusions, making the 732-ft. skyscraper seem one-dimensional when viewed from the south. posted by:  JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 6/18/2007 last visited: 7/13/2008 |
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| 1500 Louisiana, Houston, Texas in Skyscrapers Designed as ‘Enron II,’ this 600-ft. building wasn’t complete by the time of Enron’s collapse. Cesar Pelli & Associates designed a cylinder sheathed in glass jutting out of a seven-story base to create one of the most gorgeous buildings in Houston. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 6/18/2007 last visited: 7/13/2007 |
 view galleryNE0.1 mi | 1400 Smith, Houston, TX in Skyscrapers Most people will recognize this 691-feet, post-modern glass tower built in 1983 by its former name – the Enron Building. The company is gone, but the cool circular skywalk over Louisiana Street is still in place. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 11/26/2006 last visited: 7/13/2008 |
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| Wedge International Tower - Houston, Texas in Skyscrapers Nasr/Penton & Associates designed this Post-Modern, 550-foot building in 1983. It now houses the offices of yet another energy-related company - the relatively mysterious holding company of Wedge International. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 5/25/2008 last visited: never |
 view galleryE0.2 mi | ExxonMobil Building - Houston, Texas in Skyscrapers Built in 1963 at 606 feet, Welton Becket & Assoc. infused Exxon’s divisional headquarters with all the utilitarian flair and subtle sculptural qualities of the best international-style buildings. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 5/25/2008 last visited: 7/13/2008 |
 view galleryNE0.3 mi | 1100 Louisiana, Houston, Texas in Skyscrapers Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM) used elements from their 1969 design of the Bank of America Center in San Francisco when designing 1100 Louisiana in 1980. The side profile of this 756-ft. pink granite skyscraper forms an ‘L’ when viewed from Dallas Street. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 6/18/2007 last visited: 2/13/2008 |
 NE0.3 mi | CenterPoint Energy Plaza, Houston, Texas in Skyscrapers Originally just a plain glass box built in 1974, Richard Keating sheathed the base of the building in black granite and topped it with a 6-story open crown in 1996. With its circular opening, the crown might look like a heliport, but it's not. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 6/18/2007 last visited: 2/13/2008 |
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| Heritage Plaza, Houston, TX in Skyscrapers A 53-story, 1987 Mayan mirage towering over the western edge of downtown, Heritage Plaza’s Mayan-inspired theme, developed by M. Nasr & Partners, carries into the lobby. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 11/26/2006 last visited: 2/14/2008 |
 view galleryNE0.4 mi | El Paso Energy Building, Houston, Texas in Skyscrapers This was Skidmore, Owings and Merrill’s first Houston skyscraper, built in 1963. As with the Exxon Building, the windows are recessed to aid interior climate control. The building is most noted now for its waterfall fountain fronting Louisiana Street. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 6/18/2007 last visited: 2/14/2008 |
 view galleryNE0.4 mi | Wells Fargo Plaza, Houston, TX in Skyscrapers The second-tallest building in Houston (and Texas) at 992 feet, this green glass tower, designed by the firm of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill in 1983, easily outdoes the JPMorgan Chase Tower with its two stunning, two-story sky lobbies. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 11/26/2006 last visited: 7/23/2008 |
 view galleryNE0.5 mi | One Shell Plaza, Houston, TX in Skyscrapers In 1971, this 50-story, concrete skyscraper designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill was an engineering marvel – the tallest concrete building in the world built with poured-in-place concrete. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 11/26/2006 last visited: 2/13/2008 |
 view galleryE0.5 mi | First City Tower - Houston, Texas in Skyscrapers Morris*Aubry Architects designed this 662-foot tower in 1983 for First City Bank. The black-and-white horizontal bands and off-set vertical cuts - creating the letter 'F' for First City - makes this one of the most prominent buildings in the skyline. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 5/25/2008 last visited: 2/28/2009 |
 view galleryE0.6 mi | 2 Houston Center, Houston, TX in Skyscrapers Wandering along the third-story terrace of this 40-story, 1974 skyscraper, you can piece together some of the original plans hatched by William L. Pereira Associates for their 75-acre, city-within-a-city project. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 11/26/2006 last visited: 2/28/2009 |
 view galleryNE0.6 mi | Bank of America Center, Houston, TX in Skyscrapers This post-modern Gothic 1983 creation of Phillip Johnson and John Burgee soars 56 stories with a stepped, gabled roof. The lower portion of the building was built over a pre-existing two-story Western Union Building, creating a huge banking hall. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 11/26/2006 last visited: 2/14/2008 |
 view galleryNE0.6 mi | Pennzoil Place, Houston, TX in Skyscrapers Philip Johnson and John Burgee designed these two, 36-story, off-set buildings connected by a glass atrium in 1976 specifically to not look like One Shell Plaza. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 11/26/2006 last visited: 2/14/2008 |
 view galleryE0.6 mi | 1 Houston Center, Houston, Texas in Skyscrapers Built after 2 Houston Center in 1978, 1 Houston Center abandoned all the plans that had been developed for Houston Center four years before. It is simply a tall, 678-ft., horizontally striped glass box designed by S.I. Morris Associates. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 6/18/2007 last visited: 2/28/2009 |
 view galleryNE0.7 mi | JPMorgan Chase Tower, Houston, TX in Skyscrapers Designed by IM Pei in 1981 the tallest building in Texas at 1,002-ft. is one of his plainer creations. The ceiling-to-floor windows in the 60th-floor sky lobby come equipped with plaques identifying the various buildings below. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 11/26/2006 last visited: 7/13/2007 |
 view galleryE0.7 mi | Fulbright Tower - Houston, Texas in Skyscrapers Caudill Rowlett Scott designed this 725-foot, post-modern office tower for Gulf Oil in 1982, as part of Houston Center. After a stint as headquarters for Chevron, the building’s major tenant now is the law firm of Fulbright & Jaworski.
posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 5/25/2008 last visited: 2/28/2009 |
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| Williams Tower in Skyscrapers A tall skyscraper in Houston, TX that is not in the down town area. posted by:  ggmorton location: Texas date listed: 8/20/2007 last visited: 8/19/2007 |
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