1 Allen Center Designed by: Wilson, Morris, Crane and Anderson Construction Completed: 1972 Area: Downtown Post Code: 77002 City: Houston, Texas
Another one of Houston's workhorse office blocks, this building commands little attention, and gets it. Built on the concrete grid pattern used by so many buildings around the world, One Allen Ce...read more >>
1001 McKinney Designed by: Albert C. Finn Construction Completed: 1947 Area: Downtown Post Code: 77002 City: Houston, Texas
It's amazing that such a massive building becomes so easily lost in Houston's downtown. Barely visible in any skyline shot, the City National Bank Building boasts broad shoulders and vertica...read more >>
1400 Smith Street Designed by: Lloyd Jones Brewer and Associates Construction Completed: 1983 Area: Downtown Post Code: 77002 City: Houston, Texas
The textbook glass-and-steel American skyscraper slab takes a simple, yet elegant twist with this blue glass and white aluminum tower. At its heart it is another boring block, but with its leading and...read more >>
1801 Main Construction Completed: 1965 Area: Downtown Post Code: 77002 City: Houston, Texas
Another great example of how an old, sad looking building can become something new with just a little T.L.C. For years, 1801 existed as a dusty black block on the neglected southern end of downtown. I...read more >>
402 Main Designed by: James Bailey Construction Completed: 1925 Area: Downtown Post Code: 77002 City: Houston, Texas
402 Main is a plucky relic from a time when Houston's Main Street was the Bayou City's bustling center of commerce. A number of similar buildings were erected in the neighborhood; a collect...read more >>
701 North San Jacinto Construction Completed: 1920 Area: Downtown Post Code: 77002 City: Houston, Texas
Located in the downtown warehouse district, appropriately enough, the building started life as a warehouse. Today it warehouses life. The former cold-storage building now serves as one of the Harris C...read more >>