Fountain Place
Dallas, USA
Data
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Completion:
1986
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Height:
219.46 meters
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Floors:
62
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Elevators:
28
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Facade:
glass
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Usage:
commercial office
Facts
- Half of the building site is set aside as a two-acre downtown water garden and fountain plaza, a wet and very shady destination for pedestrians in a city of automobiles.
- The elevators go to the 62nd floor; a stairway leads up to a 63rd floor for mechanical equipment and storage.
- The architects were recognized with an Honor Award from the American Institute of Architects in 1990.
- Fountain Place is located at the end of the northwest branch of the downtown tunnel system, and connects directly to the Fairmont Hotel to the east.
- Fountain Place is the world's tallest building to be glazed with four-sided structural silicone.
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