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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Houston, Texas, United Statesen_US
dc.coverage.temporalcompleted 1983 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorJohnson & Burgeeen_US
dc.date1983en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-06T15:12:08Z
dc.date.available2013-09-06T15:12:08Z
dc.date.issued1983en_US
dc.identifier233586en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 2615en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/141032
dc.descriptionInterior, cafe area inside glass atrium of Science Mall, facing base of Glasgow Tower; Philip Johnson worked with John Burgee (born 1933) from 1967 to 1991. During in the 1980s Johnson’s penchant for extreme variety of form reasserted itself followed by a group of structures variously indebted to the historicism of the post-modernist movement. The RepublicBank Center, Houston, is abundant in [Dutch] Gothic guildhall allusions. It has three segmented tower setbacks, each with a steeply pitched gabled roofline that is topped off with spires. The northeast corner of the structure houses a building within a building. On the site is the main Western Union building and when relocation of the telegraph cables proved infeasible new structure was built over the site and the existing structure was incorporated into the new building intact. Currently the 7th tallest building in Texas. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/ (accessed 7/20/2012)en_US
dc.format.mediumbrick; aluminum; steel; glassen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectureen_US
dc.subjectbusiness, commerce and tradeen_US
dc.subjectcityscapeen_US
dc.subjectcontemporary (1960 to present)en_US
dc.subjectRestoration and conservationen_US
dc.subjectTwentieth centuryen_US
dc.subjectPostmodernen_US
dc.titleBank of America Center, Houstonen_US
dc.title.alternativeRepublicBank Centeren_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A1-JP-BAB-A9en_US
vra.culturalContextAmericanen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypeoffice buildingen_US
vra.worktypeskyscraperen_US
dc.contributor.displayJohnson & Burgee (American architectural firm, 1967-1991)en_US


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