Heritage Plaza, Modern skyscraper in downtown Houston, United States.
Heritage Plaza is a 53-floor, 232-metre office tower in Houston's Skyline District, designed by M. Nasr & Partners and completed in 1987. Its blue-grey glass shaft is capped by a stepped granite crown modelled on a Mayan pyramid, with a recessed central column of windows and round medallions above the top row. A skyway links it to the DoubleTree Hotel Houston-Allen Center.
Heritage Plaza was completed in early 1987, the last major office building finished in downtown Houston as the Texas real estate, banking and oil industries collapsed. It then stood as the city's newest major skyscraper for nearly 15 years, until 1500 Louisiana Street opened in 2002. Texaco leased 550,000 square feet in 1989 and made it its US headquarters for 12 years; in 2001 it became the US headquarters of ChevronTexaco.
The stepped granite crown was inspired by the architect's visit to the Mexican Yucatán Peninsula and is likened to a Mayan pyramid; some also read it as a bald eagle with wings spread. The lobby was designed with Mexican influences, and a multi-level marble waterfall drops from it into the food court below.
Heritage Plaza stands in the Skyline District of downtown Houston, at 1111 Bagby Street. It is one of the few downtown skyscrapers not linked to the Houston tunnel network; instead, a skyway connects it to the DoubleTree Hotel Houston-Allen Center. The lobby and lower-level food court are the areas a visitor can enter.
Heritage Plaza is one of the few skyscrapers in downtown Houston not linked to the Houston tunnel network; its only covered connection is a skyway to the DoubleTree Hotel Houston-Allen Center. The crown's stepped granite form, inspired by the architect's visit to the Yucatán Peninsula, is also said to resemble a bald eagle with wings spread.
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