Bank One Center
Dallas, USA

HEIGHT: 240m/787 feet
FLOORS: 60 floors
COMPLETION: 1987
ARCHITECT: Harwood K. Smith & Partners/ Johnson Burgee Architects

This striking granite and glass skyscraper has setbacks topped with vaulted shapes at the upper area of the tower, giving it a tapered appearance. The top of the tower is crowned with a cross vault similar to the base of the building's main entrance to the banking hall pavilion. The bank hall features a fascinating viewpoint with its' vaulted skylight. From the cross vault main entrance to the bank, you walk through a 55-foot granite arch into the atrium, across a bridge overlooking the bank-trading floor below.

http://www.dallasarchitecture.info/bankone2.jpg

http://img43.photobucket.com/albums/v133/RafflesCity/ROT/bank1.jpg

http://www.miduppertexas.com/dallas/bankone.jpg

http://www.dallassky.com/p5-2.h3.jpg

http://mywebpage.netscape.com/rotpics01/bank-one-center-1a.jpg

http://www.dallasarchitecture.info/bankone3.jpg

http://www.dallassky.com/bldg03.htm

Don't really like the base but the rest of the building's great.

8/10

btw was the base a pre-existing building with the tower built on top?

No, the base wasn't pre-existing. The base does happen to be a five-story banking hall.

I love how the building has a huge sheet of glass running up the centre of the building on all sides.

Very clean look, the shape is okay, but not as good as the facade.

8.5/10

It's a great building, and it has some cool features, but the one thing I never liked was the design inside the large arches, as seen below...
http://www.skyscrapers.com/files/transfer/6/2002/11/168212.jpg

I think it should look different, personally. It always looked like those "cement brick" walls from the '60s and '70s. But that's just me.

with that base, it looks like two buildings stacked on top of each other... but a damn fine building! 9

I kinda like it esp. from the 2nd and 3rd pics...8/10

I've always like the design of this one. 8/10

it's cool. looks ok

7/10

i dunno .. . i think it looks better from farther away .. the base does kind of spoil the design .. . 6/10

8/10

Weird and elegant at the same time. I love the huge vertical glass element.

It was designed to look old-school from the beginning. The ad
that ran in the papers in the mid-eighties stated the building was
being built on Texas Wall Street.

The top is copper which was treated with chemicals back in the 1980's to
'turn' the copper much sooner than with natural weather elements.
The 'greening' of the top of the building happened within the first year,
to avoid the unsightly slow and moderate changing that takes years.
Thus, making it look older - sooner.

Another photo of the imposing base:

http://skylinegruve2002.dallasmetropolis.com/P1010088-dal2preview.jpg

Looks a little wierd.
7/10

in a good way or a bad way?

You can definitely tell that Johnson had a hand in designing it. There seem to be some references to the work of Louis Sullivan in the design IMO...

This building happens to be one of my favorite towers in Dallas for a wierd reason. When I was in high school, I "designed" a tower very similar to this without having ever seen this building. So when I did see it, I naturally liked it...

8.0/10

8/10 - I like the broad strips of glass racing up the facade, and the way the entire facade dances with the light. And the romanesque detailing of the base blends in well with the rest of the tower, helped by the repeated arches.
But the tower is too chunky, broadside on - it needs some deeper setbacks to help its height. If it were slimmer, maybe the arch-shaped crown wouldn't look quite so awkward.

8/10

looks really grand and imposing from the bottom, but not as nice from far... i quite like...

very nice indeed

8/10

I agree with UrbanLandscape for the exact same reason! I really don't like those 60sish lookin brick things... not my taste at all.

The building facade is nice, and the center window running up the height is also quite nice.

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8/10
nice design;)

Actually......this building is ranked #113.

It looks OK and very nice
8/10

7/10

Nice shape and glass.

Never really liked this one. 6.5/10

I like the facade & the base but the top looks terrible...to blocky..it would have looked better if it tapered more towards the top.....7.5/10

I like some buildings where 1 section is glass and others arent. SOME. others kill this design. This building doesnt. I like it. very Nice! 8.5. :D

I like the base , but the top is less imposing

This building always looks to me like it belongs in New York City and not Dallas but it is a great design. I don't understand how anyone can call the tower chunky. If you have seen it in person you know It is slender and elegant. I give it an 8.5.

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<tr><td align=left valign=top>The top is copper which was treated with chemicals back in the 1980's to
'turn' the copper much sooner than with natural weather elements.
The 'greening' of the top of the building happened within the first year,
to avoid the unsightly slow and moderate changing that takes years.</td></tr>
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Sort of like "antiquing," huh? Sick!

However, since there is nothing boxy about this building, I'll give it a 7.

9 A beautiful building... love the copper... and the arches at the top... it really gleams in the sunlight... great vertical glass design too... classy!

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<tr><td align=left valign=top>This building always looks to me like it belongs in New York City and not Dallas but it is a great design. I don't understand how anyone can call the tower chunky. If you have seen it in person you know It is slender and elegant. I give it an 8.5.</td></tr>
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I think this building is 100 percent Dallas. Whenever I think of Dallas, I think of this building... and that ugly one with the crisscross light patterns.

7/10

Somehow a little Chinese looking.. Dont ask me why i feel that way.. :) The glass is just placed really awakwardly.. Looks weird.. :bash:

7.5/10

Well the contrast is rather cool.....like a huge waterfall plunging down the facade. :) 7.5/10.

this one is one of my favorite in the us! 10

BUMP! D|FW represent!

Wow, cool building! 8/10

I've always loved the stone/glass combonations in any building that obtains it. This building has a kinda ugly bulky side to it and a slender, sleak, beautiful side to it just like fountain place and BoA. most people see it on the bulky side, but it still looks nice that way, it just looks WAY better on the other view.

http://skyscraperpicture.com/dallas13.jpg
http://www.dallasarchitecture.info/bankone2.jpg
http://www.dallassky.com/p5-2.h3.jpg
http://www.dallassky.com/photoa26.jpg

Wow,i never seen those last pics.I changed my mind a bit.It looks strange!But then it looks cool too.
8.0/10

6/10 hmm.. this one is kinda tacky. all those glass doesn't fit in.

does look nice from this pic tho
http://www.dallasarchitecture.info/bankone2.jpg

facade: cool mix
form: great idea
points: 9.5

7/10

The glass parts are too wide and there's a vague mix between glass and granite because of that. It also makes the design un-subtle and stupid.

3/10

9/10


Great tower.

it looks awesome from the narrow side, but the long side is too bulky. but still, it's one of dallas's best

8

Thought this would be a good place to show a historical 1987 Dallas Morning News insert/advert.

Here's the cover and back page of the insert. This was shortly after it opened.
The banking hall revealed in the second image.

http://forum.dallasmetropolis.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2529
http://forum.dallasmetropolis.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2530

7/10
It is alright.

9/10

Strange but I like it :)

6/10

mmm ....tried to be innovative...i think its kidna cheese...i don't like that much dallas' buildings...prefer houston's 6/10

Spectacular building! 10/10

8/10

10
I love it. Beautiful top, beautiful base. Love the color. Beautiful addition to downtown Dallas. :yes:

I think a 7 ... this building is too cluttered to me.

8/10

It looks good but if only it were taller because it doesn't really look like it soars because it's too fat for it's height. If every part of it was about 10 meters taller it would look a whole lot better. 6/10

8/10

7/10. Too chunkifed, but unique cross design.

8/10

Nice design. The curvy bits are very well done.

Overall, a very neat-looking skyscraper.

Nah 4/10

This building is huge. 7.5

7/10

the rounded top ruins the building

6/10

7/10 classy building

A very nice and unique building. I love the facade and the setbacks. I give it a 9/10. :okay:

Uhoh, I had never seen this one before ^^ It's pretty tall ^^
I like the unusual mix of cream and blue, the round shapes for the setback with the grid features. And it can look red sometimes. Cool !
Hmmm that being said, the podium entrance is absolutely awful of tackiness. Those lamps give the final blow.
Otherwise very good stuff. I want to see night pics ^^
8.5

7/10

8.5.

It's nice!:) 8/10.

5/10

Boring design

This is the only building I think it is too tall for its design. 8/10

7.5/10.

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8.5/10

I don't like it, looks quite kitschy IMO. 5/10

6.5/10

great building
9

don't like it

Not bad 7

5/10

7/10

I gave it a 10, but I'm a bit biased. This building is what I see out my loft window every morning. :) Also, it's beautiful inside, so that adds to my favorable image of it.

7/10

8/10

7/10 :)

7/10 looks a little malformed

8/10

6.5/10 Not my taste.

7/10.

8/10

Wow, Dallas has a lot of height. I had no idea. This is a an great building. The more I look at it, the better I like it. Very distinctive top. makes it an icon for Dallas i'm sure. If You can identify a city solely from a building, then its memorable and thats a good thing. Design is interesting. 8.5/10

5,5/10

6/10

5/10

7/10

great building 7/10

great design, i love it: 9/10

9.5

9/10

A skyscraper in Dallas.. ugh, 6/10

7.5/10

weak design for the base and entrance.

8.5/10

8/10 very nice

yep not bad 7.5/10

9/10

9/10

7/10

Dallas' best!! 9/10

big...6/10

If I didn't know where this tower is located I should guess somewhere in the middle east, don't know why but the design is multicultural in a way. Anyway I like it! 8/10

7/10

7/10.

not my type. but i like its uniqueness. and the patterns. yea. 8/10

8/10

8/10

Not so bad but i do not like it. A 6,5 out of 10.

5.5/10

9/10

8/10 - odd, but I like it.

7/10

It sures catches your attention. 9/10

9/10

great 8/10

6/10

10/10

6,5/10

10/10

This building has now been renamed Comerica Tower and is the new headquarters for Comerica Bank.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1007/626848513_fd0122ed5f_o.jpg

A PJ masterpiece.. 8/10

4,5/10

8/10

Looks a little wierd. 7/10.

8.5 icon!

4/10

8/10

8/10

not my type of tower 6/10

7,5/10

nice design 8/10

9/10

I like it.

9.5/10

This entry is for me very dirty. Similarly, I don't understand this roof. Matter of the taste as ever.

7/10

7/10 Not really my taste

8/10

8/10

Comerica Tower

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3223/3018336156_b5edd0e984_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2161/2742349193_0d9c2ee3e6_o.jpg

8.5

5.5

Original but not really amazing. 7,5.

7,5

7/10

that thing is massive ! O.O

8/10

9/10

I like the arch shape near the top, and the glass fits really well with the tower.

8.5/10

Nice !

7.0/10

9. Very good building. Regards.

9/10

8/10

7.5/10

Fakey Post Modernist crap. 4

7.5/10

6.5

Somehow interesting. 6/10

not my cup of coffee 7/10

8/10

ugly 3/10

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8/10

8.5

This building is now called Comerica Bank Center. Bank One went out of business in 2004.

7/10

7/10

6/10

I wanted to comment, but...

2/10

6/10

8/10 i like it

8/10

8/10

6/10

8/10 for this one.:cheers:

8/10 :)

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7/10