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 structure was built in 1968 on a site where an older utility company building once stood. Major renovation work transformed it in the late 1990s into Houston's central civic operations center.
The architectural design draws influence from Eero Saarinen's CBS Building in New York City, incorporating modernist elements into its structural composition.
The tower stands prominently in downtown Houston and is easy to locate near the city center. Visitors can access public areas and conduct business with municipal services during regular business hours.
In 1999, the structure underwent a $43 million renovation to transform the former Electric Building into a central administrative hub for city operations.
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