One Shell Plaza
| 910 Louisiana | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Commercial offices |
| Architectural style | Modernism |
| Location | 910 Louisiana Street Houston, Texas, United States |
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| Completed | 1971 |
| Height | |
| Antenna spire | 304.8 m (1,000 ft) |
| Roof | 218 m (715 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 50 |
| Floor area | 113,900 m2 (1,226,000 sq ft) |
| Lifts/elevators | 22 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill |
| Developer | Hines Interests Limited Partnership |
| Engineer | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill |
| Main contractor | W. S. Bellows Construction |
| References | |
| [1][2][3][4] | |
910 Louisiana formerly One Shell Plaza (OSP) is a 50-story, 218 m (715 ft) skyscraper at 910 Louisiana Street in Downtown Houston, Texas. Perched atop the building is an antenna that brings the pinnacle height of the building to 304.8 m (1,000 ft). At its completion in 1971, the tower was the tallest in the city.
Designers
[edit | edit source]910 Louisiana was designed by the architectural firm of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. Associate architects were Wilson, Morris, Crain & Anderson, and the landscape architects were Sasaki Associates.
The Hancock Whitney Center in New Orleans and Republic Plaza in Denver, also designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, have designs very similar to that of 910 Louisiana. Like 910 Louisiana, the Hancock Whitney Center also has Shell Oil as a major tenant, and was previously named One Shell Square.
History
[edit | edit source]At its completion in 1971, the tower was the tallest in the city. The building was renovated in 1994.[5] The $80 million in major renovations included an updated lobby and plaza, elevator modernization, upgrades to the buildings EMP systems, new lighting, and ADA modifications.[6]
In December 2011 910 Louisiana renewed the lease for 804,491 ft2 (74,739.7 m2). The new lease retroactively had the start date of January 1, 2011, and will last for 15 years, ending in 2025.[7]
In June 2012 910 Louisiana, together with 26-story Two Shell Plaza at 811 Louisiana Street, were purchased by Enterprise Products Partners, which is owned by the family of Dan Duncan, Houston's wealthiest man.[8] The two buildings sold for a reported $550 million.[8]
Tenants
[edit | edit source]Shell Oil Company, a subsidiary of Shell plc, was headquartered in this building until 2016.[9][10][11][12]
Baker Botts, one of the largest law firms in Houston, has been a tenant in the building since it opened in 1971.[13][14][15] Baker Botts renewed its eight-floor, 172,301-square-foot lease in 2022, making it a tenant for over 50 years.[13]
As of 2018, NRG Energy occupied the bottom 22 floors of the building.
The Houston Club, on the 49th floor of the building, has dining, entertainment, and meeting facilities.[5]
Antennas
[edit | edit source]The 170 ft mast atop the building has carried various television and radio signals since the building's completion. The mast supported 1971 start up channel 26 KVRL (later KDOG, now KRIV) and a mast that simultaneously radiated signals for eight FM stations KYND (then 92.5, now KKBQ on 92.9 MHz), 93.7 KRLY (now KQBT), 95.7 KIKK-FM (now KKHH), 99.1 KODA, 100.3 KILT-FM, 101.1 KLOL, 102.1 KLYX (now KMJQ), and 104.1 KRBE. The combiner and antenna was supplied by Electronic Research Inc. One Shell was used until the completion of the then Texas Commerce Tower and Allied Bank Plaza in 1982–1983, creating a skyscraper canyon that causes multipath distortion, and necessitated the move to the Houston antenna farm in Missouri City.
Gallery
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Houston skyline in 1971 shortly after completion of the building
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Entrance on Smith Street
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In popular culture
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The building was used as the fictional "World Building", the setting of fictional oil company "World Oil", a fictional Houston-based firm, as part of initial storylines presented on the former NBC soap opera Another World. It featured even more prominently on spinoff series Texas, set in Houston.
See also
[edit | edit source]- List of tallest buildings in Texas
- List of tallest buildings in Houston
- List of tallest buildings in the United States
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References
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- ^ a b "One Shell Plaza." Hines Interests Limited Partnership. Retrieved on January 17, 2009.
- ^ TheSquareFoot "910 Louisiana Street." November 15, 2013. November 15, 2013.
- ^ Patel, Purva. "Shell renews downtown lease." Houston Chronicle. December 5, 2011. Retrieved on December 5, 2011.
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- ^ "Shell Wind Energy offices Archived 2008-12-27 at the Wayback Machine." Royal Dutch Shell. Retrieved on January 14, 2009.
- ^ "Request for a Grant from Shell[permanent dead link]." Royal Dutch Shell. Retrieved on January 14, 2009.
- ^ "Privacy Policy Archived 2011-01-29 at the Wayback Machine." Royal Dutch Shell. Retrieved on January 14, 2009.
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- ^ "Baker Botts hires corporate partner." Austin Business Journal. Wednesday January 21, 2004. Retrieved on August 25, 2010.
- ^ "Houston, Texas Archived 2010-08-31 at the Wayback Machine." Baker Botts. Retrieved on August 25, 2010. "One Shell Plaza 910 Louisiana Street | Houston | Texas..."
