Pennzoil Place
- Architects
- Philip Johnson John Burgee
- Year
- 1975
- City
- Houston, TX
Pennzoil Place, completed in 1975, was designed by Philip Johnson and John Burgee as a pair of twin towers with distinctive angled tops, a departure from the flat-roofed skyscraper conventions of the day. The trapezoidal massing became one of downtown Houston's most recognizable skyline forms.
the building
Twin angled towers. The 1975 design pairs two towers whose tops are sliced at an angle rather than flat, giving Pennzoil Place its bold trapezoidal massing and making it highly visible within the downtown skyline.
the architect
Pennzoil Place was designed by Philip Johnson together with John Burgee, and the pair's 1975 twin-tower design was an influential typological departure in skyscraper design.
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