Pennzoil Place, Houston, TX - Skyscrapers on Waymarking.com

Long Description:
The chairman of Pennzoil instructed Johnson and Burgee to design a building that did not look like the towering, plain One Shell Plaza. What they came up with were two off-set buildings, connected by a glass atrium at the bottom. The design took into account the building’s environment – both the atrium roof and the narrow, vertical slit between the two structures frame other buildings in the city, most notably the cupola of the Esperson Building and the Bank of America Center across the street.

In the tunnel level of the building is a Pennzoil store, selling all kinds of things with the Pennzoil logo emblazoned on them. One of the building’s more notorious tenants was the Houston office of Arthur Anderson, accountants to Enron Corporation.

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Skyline District
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Building Name: Pennzoil Place Structure Height: 523 Number of Stories: 36 Year Built: 1976 Architect/Design Firm: Philip Johnson and John Burgee Style: Post-Modern Use: Office Building Publicly accessible areas: Lobby and tunnels are open to public. Hours: Monday-Friday, 7am-6pm. Cost: None. Address: 711 Louisiana Houston, Texas 77002 Building Website: [Web Link] Emporis link: [Web Link]

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