Houston Tower - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Houston Tower - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The Houston Tower was a plan for a 500-story skyscraper conceived in the 1970s to be built in Houston, originally designed as a research project for the feasibility of a 500-story building.Hinds, Michael deCourcy (30 September 1984). Supertall Buildings. Dreams and Realities, The New York Times American Architect Robert B. Sobel of Emery Roth & Sons, with engineer and fellow American Nat W. Krahl of Rice University, created a concept for a 500-story building made from 200-foot sided bundled triangular tubes.Binder, Georges, ed. 101 of the World's Tallest Buildings, p. 13 (2006)Huxtable, Ada Louise. The Tall Building Artistically Reconsidered: The Search for a Skyscraper Style, p. 116 (1986) Sobel had theorized the construction of a 500-story building as early as 1947.(3 June 1947). Toronto Plans New Building of 500 Stories, Nashua Telegraph Read more on Wikipedia
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