Bank of America Center, San Francisco
http://www.som.com/resources/projects/2/bank_of_america_hq__exteri_1476.jpg

Three First National Plaza, Chicago
http://www.som.com/resources/projects/2/6/0/3fnpext2_678.jpg

Wachovia Financial Center, Miami
http://cache.corbis.com/compwm/10/75/91/10759160.jpg

1100 Louisiana, Houston
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/rotpics03/houston25.jpg

Vote for one of these four buildings. Since this could be among the first in a series of vs. threads involving buildings only -- and not the cities -- the reason for comparisons among these four buildings are: they were built by SOM, they have baay windows, they have ripple cutback settings, and they have been modeled after one another -- well, modeled after BofA more likely.

BoA San Fran because of its color. I think 1100 Louisiana gives a good feel from street level, but BoA also interacts well with the street because of its color and shape.

All four are pretty cool buildings, though.

Yeah, I agree. I don't think any one is that much better than the other, though I'm just the opposite of the BoA in San Francisco. Really not the big a fan of the color. And I've always been a bit put off by Wachovia in Miami looking disproportionately wide from certain angles and then disproportionately narrow at others.

1100 Louisiana has a good color scheme but no one side necessarily compliments the other(s). Lots of angles.

The overall effect of 3FN in Chicago is hard to guage because of the B&W photo.

In any case, I'll say:

1100 Louisiana
Wachovia
3FN
BoA

This is tough. I'l say:

Wachovia Financial Center, Miami: it's a Miami icon
Bank of America Center, San Francisco
Three First National Plaza, Chicago (it gets lost in the skyline)
Eleven Hundred Louisiana, Houston

They're all nice buildings.

I never notice the Three First National Plaza, which is sad, since I am a Chicagoan.

here's a more descriptive pic of three first national:

http://www.emporis.com/en/il/im/?id=203399




i voted for BofA san francisco. it's a very strong and powerful design. i don't know how well it fits in SF, but maybe that's part of the reason why it's so successful.

anyone know why som,did 4 nearly identical buildings?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/enyers/wachoviantowerd.jpg
anyways i've always admired wachovia or first union or southeast financial center as its been called in the past,in my opinion this will always be my favorite tower it may not be thAT tall and it not that beautiful but it always seems to DOMINATE over anybuilding in miami,i was a bit dissappointed when 4seasons surpassed it as the tallest in miami.i will always consider wachovia as the king of miami,

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/enyers/NewImage4.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/enyers/wach.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/enyers/p.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/enyers/AOL_5855.jpg

*thanks for the photos miami forum*

I like the Wachovia one, and the 1100 Louisiana ones the best (reminds me of Scotia Plaza in Toronto). The other two are nice. What is the common architectural feature of them called? Tiered? Ruffled?

wow, quadruplits.

Bank of America Center, San Francisco

3 First Nat'l

Wow, I'm surprised by the results since Three First National Plaza was able to have so many votes despite being in the shadow of the other scrapers in Chicago.

Anyways, my order of favorites is:
BofA Center
1100 Louisiana
Wachovia Financial Center
3 First National Plaza


I never notice the Three First National Plaza, which is sad, since I am a Chicagoan.
I felt the same way when I first came to Houston. From the west side view of DT Houston, I had no idea that 1100 Louisiana existed, but even after other views of it, I kept forgetting about it because Texaco Heritage Plaza, which is across the street, covers up the view of 1100.