Wells Fargo Plaza

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building_name= Wells Fargo Plaza




caption2= Wells Fargo Plaza's Logo
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location= 1000 Louisiana Street
Houston, Texas
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constructed= 1983
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opening= 1983
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roof= 992 ft (302 m)
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floor_count= 71
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architect= Richard Keating of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, also Lloyd Jones Brewer & Associates
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owner=The Wells Fargo Plaza, formerly the Allied Bank Plaza and First Interstate Bank Plaza, is located at 1000 Louisiana Street in downtown Houston, Texas (USA).

This building is currently the 13th-tallest Building in the United States, and the second tallest building in Texas and Houston, after Houston's JPMorgan Chase Tower. It is tallest building named for Wells Fargo.

From street level, the building is 992 feet (302 m) tall and contains 71 floors. It extends four more stories below street level. [ [http://www.emporis.com/ Emporis] - [http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=wellsfargoplaza-houston-tx-usa Wells Fargo Plaza, Houston] . Retrieved 11 December 2006.] The Wells Fargo Plaza is the tallest composite building in the world.http://www.chasetower.com/buildinghistory.htm]

History

It was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and Lloyd Jones Brewer and Associates. In 1983 the building lost a large number of windows during Hurricane Alicia. [http://www.nd.edu/~nathaz/confs/(2003)Performance_of_building_cladding_in_urban_environments_under_extreme_winds.pdf]

Tenants

The Consulate-General of the United Kingdom in Houston is located in Suite 1900. At one point the Consulate-General of Japan in Houston was located in Suite 5300 and later Suite 2300; as of 2008 the consulate now resides in 2 Houston Center. [http://www.library.ohiou.edu/subjects/eastasia/diplomat.htm] [http://web.archive.org/web/20020804090635/http://www.houston.us.emb-japan.go.jp/] At one point the Consulate-General of Switzerland in Houston resided in Suite 5670; the mission, which at a later point moved to Two Allen Center, [http://web.archive.org/web/20040905173649/www.eda.admin.ch/houston_cg/e/home/houston.html] no longer exists. [http://iwcc7.web.psi.ch/travel/travel_links/General%20Information%20Switzerland.pdf] [http://web.archive.org/web/20021023150836/www.eda.admin.ch/washington_emb/e/home/consul/houston/locat.html]

Gallery

See also

* Tallest buildings in Texas
* Tallest buildings in the United States

References

External links

* [http://www.wellsfargoplaza.com/ Wells Fargo Plaza]
* http://houstonarchitecture.info/Building/2239/Wells_Fargo_Bank_Plaza.php
* [http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/AsrSearch/asrRegistration.jsp?regKey=615114 FCC-Entry]