位于休斯顿市中心700 Louisiana的美洲银行中心大楼,近日被Business Insider网站读者评选为“全德州最美的建筑”。

Bank of America Center于1983年建成,目前在全美最高摩天建筑中排名第55,也是德州的第7高楼。

虽然不是最高的,但BOA Center独特的后现代哥特主义建筑风格,使其从downtown数十栋高楼中脱颖而出,成为休斯顿的地标性摩天大楼。
只要看到它,就能分辨出这是休斯顿的天际线。

BOA Center也是休斯顿downtown一个热门的instagram打卡地。
@jmbuytaert:休斯顿的BOA大楼

@wcjoslin:休斯顿downtown的这栋建筑,是典型的Dutch Gothic风格。

@parapluie1981:光与影

@camel_case:霍格沃兹in real life

@mabrycampbell:700 Louisiana, Houston Texas, 2018

@kinzelmanart:BOA中心正在举行的画展

BOA Center另一个有趣的地方在于,大楼东北角看上去像是附加的两层楼,实际上是一个“屋中屋”。

近40年前,这里是一栋叫做West Union Building的建筑。BOA Center在吞并它的过程中,发现地面下的通信线路非常复杂,所以决定保留原建筑,在它的外面加了一层大理石外壳。

如今,大楼内部仍旧可以清晰地看出原建筑的基本构造:

目前大楼正在对这栋历史建筑进行改造。今年年底,这一部分“屋中屋”将被改造成三层的新空间,一楼为对外开放的餐馆和咖啡厅,二楼三楼做办公室和会议室。


与BOA Center一同入选德州最美建筑的,还有莱斯大学的Lovett Hall、休斯顿的Pennzoil Palace,以及福特沃斯的Kimbell Art Museum。

而德州最高的摩天大楼前5名中,休斯顿的JPMorgan Chase Tower、Wells Fargo Plaza和Williams Tower分别位列第1、2、4名。

附:全美各州最美建筑精选
亚利桑那 — The Chapel of the Holy Cross in Sedona

阿肯色 — Mildred B. Cooper Memorial Chapel in Bella Vista

加州 — The Salk Institute in San Diego

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科罗拉多 — The Air Force Academy chapel in Colorado Springs

康涅狄格 —The Beinecke Rare Book & Manu Library at Yale University

特拉华 — The Grand Opera House in Wilmington

伊利诺伊 — The Bahá'í House of Worship in Wilmette

缅因 — Portland Head Light in Cape Elizabeth

马里兰 — The George Peabody Library in Baltimore

麻省 — Boston Public Library

密苏里 — The Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City

纽约 — The Ford Foundation Building in New York City

俄亥俄 — The Museum of Contemporary Art in Cleveland

俄克拉荷马 — Myriad Botanical Gardens in Oklahoma City

西弗吉尼亚 — Palace of Gold in Moundsville

怀俄明 — Old Faithful Inn at Yellowstone National Park
