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The TC Energy Center is a highrise that represents one of the first significant examples of postmodern architecture construction in downtown Houston, Texas. The building has been formerly known as the RepublicBank Center, the NCNB Center, the NationsBank Center, and the Bank of America Center. The building was completed in October 1983 and designed by award-winning architect Johnson/Burgee Architects, and is reminiscent of the Dutch Gothic architecture of canal houses in The Netherlands.<ref name="Lorentz-Houston Arch-BoA Center">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It has three segmented tower setbacks, each with "a steeply pitched gabled roofline that is topped off with spires".<ref name=boac>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The tower was developed by Hines Interests and is owned by a joint venture of M-M Properties and an affiliate of the General Electric Pension Trust.
The banking center is housed in a separate building, due to construction problems, and has a three-story lobby.<ref>Bank of America Center, Houston, TX</ref> There are 32 passenger elevators each finished with wood panels that include Birdseye Maple, Macassar Ebony, Italian Willow, Tamo, and Kevazingo.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The building contains an art gallery in the lobby and plans to host curated exhibitions.<ref>An Exhibition of Works From Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts’ Template:Webarchive</ref>
The building was renamed for TC Energy in 2019, which serves as the company's US headquarters, and is the largest tenant in the building.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
BackgroundEdit
At 56 stories the TC Energy Center is the 101st tallest building<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> in the United States and is the eighth tallest building in Texas.Template:Citation needed
The northeast corner of the structure houses a building within a building. On the site is the main Western Union building and when relocation of the telegraph cables proved unfeasible, a new structure was built over the site and the existing structure was incorporated into the new building intact. The stone used for the exterior is red Swedish granite, giving the building a "dark pink" appearance.<ref name="Lorentz-Houston Arch-BoA Center" />
AccidentEdit
On June 9, 2001, the building was the site of an accident that took place during Tropical Storm Allison. Building security warned individuals that the below-grade parking levels were in danger of flooding and instructed persons working late in the building to move vehicles to upper levels of the garage. Kristie Tautenhahn, an employee of the law firm Mayer, Brown & Platt,<ref>Grossman, Wendy. "Looking for Higher Ground." Houston Press. October 9, 2003. Retrieved on December 17, 2009.</ref> went to move her vehicle parked on sub-level 3 at 10:30 UTC (05:30 CDT) which by that time was completely submerged. She drowned in an elevator car trying to escape water that had erupted out when a cinderblock wall that separated the parking garage from the tunnel system broke.<ref>Bernstein, Alan. "Catastrophic flooding brings dislocation, drama, 9 deaths." Houston Chronicle. June 10, 2001. Retrieved on December 17, 2009.</ref>
TenantsEdit
- Mayer Brown has its Houston office in Suite 3400.<ref>"[1] Template:Webarchive." Mayer Brown. Retrieved on December 17, 2009.</ref>
- TC Energy has its US Head Office in the building.
GalleryEdit
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External linksEdit
- Official Site - TC Energy Center
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