Four Leaf Towers, Residential skyscraper in Houston, United States.
Four Leaf Towers is a residential complex in Houston, Texas, made up of two parallel glass and steel high-rises, each rising 40 floors. The two towers stand close together and form a recognizable pair on the Houston skyline.
The towers were designed by architect César Pelli in 1982, at an early point in his international career. The project belongs to a group of residential high-rises that Pelli developed in the United States during that period.
The complex's name comes from the four-leaf clover, and its grounds are planted with trees and lawns that residents use as shared outdoor space. At the front stands "Polygenesis", an outdoor sculpture by Beverly Pepper, which passers-by on San Felipe Street can see without entering the property.
The complex sits in a central part of Houston and can be reached by car or public transit. Since the buildings are purely residential, the interior is not open to visitors, but the towers can be seen clearly from the surrounding streets.
The outdoor sculpture "Polygenesis" by Beverly Pepper stands at the front of the complex, a work most passers-by take for part of the landscaping. On October 13, 2001, a fire broke out at 4:15 AM in a fifth-floor unit of the west tower; more than 175 firefighters responded, and Captain Jay Jahnke and resident Charles Harrison Dill died.
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