Devon Energy Tower (Houston)

The Devon Energy Tower is a skyscraper in the U.S. city Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, which was completed in 2012. The building is the tallest in the city.

Description

The tower has a height of 259 meters, thus it is the tallest building in the city and the state, after its completion, he terminated the few hundred meters away Chase Tower (152 meters ), who was the tallest building in the city to date. With his height and his postmodern style, the skyscraper a new prominent landmark of the city skyline Represents the building is new head of the American oil company Devon Energy, which commissioned the construction of the skyscraper in order. Overall, the tower has 139,000 square feet of floor space, which is spread over 50 floors above ground. In the basement there are technical facilities for the commissioning of the building.

The facade of the Devon Energy Tower has been completely encased in glass. The architectural firm Pickard Chilton Architects has designed the design of the skyscraper. The structure of the tower is made entirely of reinforced concrete.

Construction work

The foundation stone for the building was laid in October 2009. In the same month, work began on the foundation of the tower. The foundation work was completed in the spring of 2010. Since the spring of the building street level has been reached. After the construction of the above-ground structure of the building began. In October 2010, the facade was started by the first disks were installed during the construction had grown to around 15 floors. In August 2011, the tower reached its final height. However, the work on the facade and the interior work in progress for this period.

Construction on the building was finally completed in May 2012 and moved into the building by the owner. After commencement of construction, completion date was estimated to be 2013, but the construction work went faster than expected so that the Genäude was opened one year before appointment.

Build status in August 2010

The construction of the tower in December 2010

The tower after reaching the final height, September 2011

View in the context of the city, February 2012

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