Bob Lanier Public Works Building, Public administration skyscraper in Houston, United States

The Bob Lanier Public Works Building is a municipal office tower in Houston designed with clean, modernist lines and vertical emphasis. Inside, it houses multiple city departments that manage public infrastructure and citizen services from a single location.

The building was completed in 1968 as the Houston Lighting & Power office building, known as the Electric Building. The Rice Hotel Family Laundry had stood on the site before. In 1999 the City of Houston, which had acquired it, renovated it for $43 million under Mayor Bob Lanier to house city government offices.

The architectural design draws influence from Eero Saarinen's CBS Building in New York City, incorporating modernist elements into its structural composition.

The building occupies a full block bounded by Louisiana, Rusk, Smith and Walker Streets, one block from Houston City Hall and Hermann Square. It is a working municipal office tower, not a tourist site: Houston Public Works and the Mayor's Office divisions, including 3-1-1 on the 5th floor and the Office of Business Opportunity on the 7th floor, are reached here. Approach from the Rusk or Walker Street side, where the base opens past the street trees.

In 1999, the structure underwent a $43 million renovation to transform the former Electric Building into a central administrative hub for city operations.