One Shell Plaza

The One Shell Plaza is a skyscraper in the U.S. city Houston, Texas. The building is located at 910 Louisiana Street.

With a height of 218 meters, the tower is the 10 - tallest building in Houston. However, this official height comes about only by the height of the roof edge. By measuring the roof antenna (which is not officially a part of the building architecture) reached the skyscraper has a height of 302 meters and would be making it the third tallest building in the city, just a few meters lower than the JPMorgan Chase Tower and the Wells Fargo Plaza. One Shell Plaza has 50 floors of office space, which are accessible by 22 lifts that operate in the core of the building. Featuring a rectangular plan building was designed by the renowned architectural firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. Construction was begun in 1969 and completed in 1971. At the time of completion, the tower was the tallest in the city.