CenterPoint Energy Tower | |
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General information | |
Status | Completed |
Type | Office |
Location | 1111 Louisiana St. Houston, Texas, United States |
Coordinates | 29°45′26″N 95°22′05″W / 29.757214°N 95.367962°W |
Construction started | 1973 |
Completed | 1974 |
Opening | 1974 |
Height | |
Roof | 741 ft (226 m) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 47 |
Floor area | 1,399,986 sq ft (130,063.0 m2) |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Kendall/Heaton Associates, Inc. |
CenterPoint Energy Tower (formerly Houston Industries Plaza) is a 741 feet (226 m) tall building in downtown Houston. The original building, finished in 1974, stood at 651 feet (198 m), but a 90-foot (27 m) extension was added as part of a 1996 renovation. Designed by Richard Keating, this renovation dramatically changed the building, the Houston Skyline and the downtown. Keating was also the designer of the nearby Wells Fargo Tower.[ citation needed] It has the headquarters of CenterPoint Energy. [1] [2]
Historically the building housed the headquarters of Houston Industries (HI) and subsidiary Houston Lighting & Power (HL&P). [3] In 1999 Houston Industries changed its name to Reliant Energy. [4] When Reliant Energy moved out of the building and moved into the new Reliant Energy Plaza in 2003, the company left over 400,000 square feet (37,000 m2) of space vacant. [5]
Around 1995 the building owners added a circle-shaped canopy that is five stories tall, due to a business competitor down the street having a building taller than theirs. Clifford Pugh of the Houston Chronicle wrote that "It was meant to resemble a lantern, but at night the lit open space looks more like a hovering spaceship." [6]