Pennzoil Place
Houston, TX

Completed in 1975, Pennzoil Place consists of two 36-story trapezoidal towers of dark bronze-tinted glass connected by a 115-foot-high, glass-enclosed courtyard. Pennzoil Place was dubbed the Building of the Decade in 1975 by famed New York Times architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable due to its dramatic sculptural silhouette. The building is also considered significant in architectural circles for breaking the modernist glass box made popular by followers of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and for introducing the era of postmodernism.

Address
711 Louisiana Street
Houston, TX

Location
The block bounded by Capitol, Rusk, Milam and Louisiana streets

Hines' Role
Developer

Architect
Philip Johnson/John Burgee

Net Rentable Area
Office:
1,356,100 sq. ft.
(125,982 sq. m.)

Retail space:
53,613 sq. ft.
(4,981 sq. m.)

Typical Floor Size
20,500 sq. ft.
(1,904 sq. m.)

Major Tenants
Pennzoil Co.
Bracewell & Patterson
Akin, Gump
Baker McKenzie
Protiviti
Bearing Point
Cheniere

Awards
AIA Awards 1977
Texas Corporate Recycling Council 1998
Texas Recycling Partnership Awards 1999

Sustainability
ENERGY STAR 2007, 2008