The Bank of the Southwest Tower was a proposed building located in Houston, Texas, at 1,404 ft tall.[1] It would have been the second tallest building in North America after the Willis Tower in Chicago.[citation needed] With an estimated construction cost of $350–400 million, the project was cancelled before construction commenced, due to lack of funds during the economic downturn.[2]
bank, southwest, tower, proposed, building, located, houston, texas, tall, would, have, been, second, tallest, building, north, america, after, willis, tower, chicago, citation, needed, with, estimated, construction, cost, million, project, cancelled, before, . The Bank of the Southwest Tower was a proposed building located in Houston Texas at 1 404 ft tall 1 It would have been the second tallest building in North America after the Willis Tower in Chicago citation needed With an estimated construction cost of 350 400 million the project was cancelled before construction commenced due to lack of funds during the economic downturn 2 Bank of the Southwest TowerGeneral informationStatusNever builtLocationLouisiana StreetHouston TexasHeightAntenna spire1 404 ft 428 m Roof1 275 ft 389 m Technical detailsFloor count82Floor area200 000 m2 2 200 000 sq ft Design and constructionArchitect s Murphy Jahn Inc Architects also Lloyd Jones Brewer and AssociatesThe design created by architect Helmut Jahn of Murphy Jahn Inc Architects was the winner of a design competition in 1982 2 References Edit Bank of the Southwest Tower Emporis com a b Strom Steven 2010 Houston Lost and Unbuilt Austin TX University of Texas Press pp 150 151 ISBN 978 0 292 72113 5 Further readingRamierz Fernando September 1 2016 How an oil bust robbed Houston of its tallest skyscraper Chron com Retrieved September 2 2016 External links EditBank of the Southwest Tower at SkyscraperPage s Forums 1982 New York Times Article 29 45 31 N 95 22 00 W 29 758631 N 95 366791 W 29 758631 95 366791 nbsp This article about a building or structure in Texas is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bank of the Southwest Tower amp oldid 1121908575, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
