One Allen Center, Houston, Texas
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| One Allen Center | |
| Designer | Wilson Morris Crain and Anderson, Houston, Texas, USA |
| Location | Houston, Texas, USA |
| Date | to 1972 |
| Building Type | Skyscraper |
| Construction System | steel frame (stub-girder) |
| Climate | Hot Temperate |
| Context | Urban |
| Architectural Style | Corporate Modern |
| Builder | Linbeck Turner Joint Venture |
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| Building Details | |
| Stories | 34 |
| Other Details | Slab-to-slab heights on office floors average 12.3333 feet; Standard floor to ceiling height is 8.8333 feet |
One Allen Center was the first U.S. highrise building to employ a composite stub-girder steel-frame structural system, as designed in part by Joseph P. Colaco, then of Ellisor Engineers, Inc., Dallas, Texas[1].
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- Design Architect: Wilson Morris Crain & Anderson
- General Contractor: Linbeck Turner Joint Venture, Houston, Texas, USA
- Mechanical Engineer: Cook & Holle
- Structural Engineer: Ellisor Engineers, Inc., Dallas, Texas, USA
[edit] References
- ↑ Colaco, Joseph P. "A Stub-Girder System for High-Rise Buildings." Technical paper presented at the AISC National Engineering Conference, New York. May 1972. Retrieved on January 20, 2009.
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- "Stub-Girder Composite Structural System," by D. Matthew Stuart, ArchitectureWeek No. 459, 2010.0120, p B1.1.
