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The hotel has Spanish Renaissance detailing and ornate metal canopies, which remain largely intact even though the building had, until recently, been vacant since the mid-1980s. The hotel is a designated City of Houston landmark, and with refurbished ornate terra cotta detailing on the façade, it has been returned to active use. [7]
One Shell Plaza (OSP) is a 50-story, 218 m (715 ft) skyscraper at 910 Louisiana Street in Downtown Houston, Texas.Perched atop the building is an antenna that brings the pinnacle height of the building to 304.8 m (1,000 ft).
A metal roof is a roofing system featuring metal pieces or tiles exhibiting corrosion resistance, impermeability to water, and long life. It is a component of the building envelope . The metal pieces may be a covering on a structural, non-waterproof roof, or they could be self-supporting sheets.
Heritage Plaza is a postmodern skyscraper located in the Skyline District of downtown Houston, Texas.Standing at 762 feet (232 m), [1] the tower is the 5th-tallest building in Houston, the 8th-tallest in Texas, and the 60th-tallest in the United States.
1000 Main was constructed from 2001 to 2003 and has 36 floors. It is the 25th tallest building in Houston. It is made out of glass, steel, and concrete. Lights atop the building and on the main street side flash in patterns of various colors at night. This building occupies the site where the Lamar Hotel stood before it was demolished in 1985.
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The Williams Tower, completed in 1982 and rising 901 feet (275 m), is the third-tallest building in Houston. [6] Seven of the ten tallest buildings in Texas are located in Houston. [7] The history of skyscrapers in the city began with the construction of the original Binz Building in 1895.
The new design replaced the metal-covered wood with a square metal pipe, braced at the sides. The new design was expected to be both water- and hurricane-proof. [ 11 ] The space was again closed and repaired between 2013 and 2015, because of flooding from a broken pipe. [ 14 ]