JP Morgan Chase Tower
Dallas, USA

HEIGHT: 225m/738 feet
FLOORS: 55 floors
COMPLETION: 1987
ARCHITECT: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM)

This Post Modern skyscraper is another signature building on the Dallas Skyline. Many people call it the keyhole building because it has a rectangular hole in the center of the building near the top. The skyscraper has a red granite base with a pink granite middle and a glass vaulted top that includes a 7 story hole. At the center of each elevation is a 45 degree angled window, which helps to break up the facade in the granite mid section. The corners of the building are notched to provide additional corner offices. The mid section stops at varying heights on the north and south facades and terraces down to the starting point of the hole. The entire glass top of the building is also set back from the granite mid section on all four sides. The actual roof of the skyscraper is a vaulted top that runs entirely across the building, and even the vault is notched to provide additional interest. At night, the glass top is illuminated with spotlights set into the mid section of the building. On the 40th floor is a skylobby that offers good views of the Uptown area of the city.

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

http://www.dallassky.com/p5-3.h5.jpg

http://www.bayciti.net/ppo/dall/IMG_0847.jpg

http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/texas/dallas/chase/bottomshaft.jpg

http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/texas/dallas/chase/entrance.jpg

That first pic I like a lot, just an old and small building with this big tower behind it; cool! :)
The tower itself isn't too bad but I don't like it that much either so just a decent 7 for me. :)

it's ok...6/10

5/10..Don't like it. What was SOM thinking?!

8/10

I like it. In my opinion, they've used the 2 tone effect quite well and the whole thing looks like a very symbolic slab.

Reminds me of the Gas Co. Tower in LA but better.

Something different, which is alwayz nice in a skyscraper, so i give it a 10

This tower reminds me a bit of the Sony Plaza in NY.
It's quite a nice design imo.
7.5/10

Maybe the roof worked in the 80's, but not now. 4.5/10

8.5 One of Dallas's best scrapers... very effective two tone.... gorgeous colors... and the top is superb.... nice rounded top with that gap... and the step design below the gap...

Why is this particular thread a sticky?

Anyway, I quite like this building but the brown colours remind me of eighties-style buildings, making it look a bit dated but it's still ok. 7/10

7.5/10 - the two tone effect provides variety without chaos; the sections of the tower flow together well. The facade also catches the light well, and the projecting mullions and indentations at the corners add interest.

The shape of the round roof, however, doesn't really fit in the rest of the building, which doesn't have any other curves in its structure. And I can;t help but thnk it looks like a huge, round waffle! :D

lol @ waffle.

I have always really wanted to like this one, but it always looked incomplete to me. Sort of like the parallel universe version of the AT&T Building (now Sony Tower) in New York.

http://skyscraperphotos.com/cit/dny03/b/igny330.jpg

7

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Yeah I don't really like it either.

Pretty nice photos in and out of the JPM Chase (formerly Texas Commerce Tower):

http://skylinegruve2002.dallasmetropolis.com/P1010020-chasetower.jpg
http://skylinegruve2002.dallasmetropolis.com/P1010021-chasetower.jpg
http://skylinegruve2002.dallasmetropolis.com/P1010022-chasetower.jpg
http://skylinegruve2002.dallasmetropolis.com/P1010023-chasetower.jpg
http://skylinegruve2002.dallasmetropolis.com/P1010025-chasetower.jpg
http://skylinegruve2002.dallasmetropolis.com/P1010027-chasetower.jpg
http://skylinegruve2002.dallasmetropolis.com/P1010013-2chasetower.jpg
http://skylinegruve2002.dallasmetropolis.com/P1010016-2chasetower.jpg
http://skylinegruve2002.dallasmetropolis.com/P1010017-2chasetower.jpg

Those are awesome pictures CTroyMathis!

I love getting such detailed closeup and interiorshots of scrapers..was that the top floor you took the pics from? What part of the building is that?

Raffles, the interior shots were from the 44th floor skylobby gardens. It's a very pleasant and peaceful destination inside the tower. Open to the public still. From that point in the tower you have to decide whether to take the east or west set of elevators to go up the twin tower sections that are separated (creating that keyhole.)

I feel sorry for those living rite beside the tower...they wont be getting much sun..the hole near the root isnt going to benefit them much Im afraid. 6.5/10.

this building is awesome!

BUMP! D|FW represent!

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid74/pa141b42ee2ac30f9d3039b8b9a197371/fb60cee9.jpg
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The glass on the top makes it look...cool. 7.5/10

I LOVE THIS BUILDING! The hole just makes the building, without that hole and glass and stuff, it'd just be a box. but with the curved top and hole and all, it's gotta be one of the most unique scrapers around.

http://www.dallassky.com/wpe18.jpg

8.5

Me like Me like!:)

great shape. the colours too 8/10

something new..7/10

what the hell were they thinking with the top? 6/10 it would have been ok if it weren't for the hole

A 4/10 for its hight. IMO it so ugly, stupid top

5/10

I don't care for it.

its pretty good. 7.5

facade: ok
form: cool
specials: the top is maybe a bit too big
points: 8

9/10


I really like it

The idea comes across, but the execution lacks subtlety, although there's something Japanese about this design.

Not too bad for Dallas.

8/10

8/10. Nice facade

Pretty good
8/10

7/10

ahh...another one of the dallas classics. should be less bulky though.

8.5

This is my favorite Texas skyscraper. I can't believe it's not higher. I could stare at this building for hours.

This is my favorite Texas skyscraper. I can't believe it's not higher. I could stare at this building for hours.
me too:drool:

6/10

The Keyhole rocks!
10/10

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1155/683225526_70f5da500a_o.jpg

8/10

8...I think it is a great addition to any skyline =) 8

Richly detailed tower, especially at the base and top. One of the best buildings in Dallas (Fountain Place is my favourite) 8.5/10

5.5

It looks much shorter than 225m - doesn't soar very well. It's also a bit "uncool" ... seems to be lacking style.

It really doesn't work for me because it's too fat and not tall enough for it's desighn and just really doesn't seem cool. I don't like how it's colours either. 4.5/10

The top is ugly

8/10. I like the Keyhole top to Chase as well. Not to boxy, not too bulky. I'm ready for JP Morgan Chase to allow auto companies to make keys that resemble the building. lol

10
Absolutely love it inside and out. Love the hole. Love the color too. Great addition to the Dallas skyline.

I give it 7 out of 10

6/10

8.0

get rid of the hole and it's gonna make a huge difference. i might give it 8.5 if it's not for that hole.

7/10

8 awesome

A nice tower in Dallas, but seems like it belongs more in Houston or Chicago. I give it an 8/10. :okay:

8/10

8.

4/10

Ugly...crapy 90's architecture.

argh! the top is hedious!!!6/10

Don't really like it- 6.5/10

The upper portion of the building has some interesting contours and setbacks. 7.5/10

7/10

6/10

8.5/10

7.5/10

Good height, good shape, good colours, and I like that hole in the top ;) 8/10

i don´t like 7/10

not bad !
7.5

Boring design. 6.5

3,5/10

I just don't like it.1/10

its okay 8/10

6.5/10

8.5/10

7.5/10

This tower's details are pretty good, in fact I like it from up close. Seen from far away, I don't think the shape is very nice and the color doesn't quite make it out. It looks black and brown.
Still some nice features.
6.

Don't like the body, just the base. 6/10

7.5/10.

7.5/10

Definately one of my favorites. 9/10.

7/10

7.5/10

8/10 good building. love the hole at the top

6/10

top's too busy.7

7/10

not bad, not that great also.
7.5/10

3,5/10

7.5/10

6/10

7,5/10

cool design and funny top, 8.5/10. the color of the facade could be in an other color

7.5/10.

One of the few Dallas skyscrapers I like.. 8.1/10

5.5/10

8/10

7.5

9/10 Cool building

mmm... nice design, 7/10

6/10 :)

Cool.......umm... 8/10

8/10

A bit strange. 5/10

Don't like it..4/10

8/10

8.5 nice top!

8/10 A bit weird but still pretty good

shanp lines and not so typical features in this boxy scraper. i like the color too. 8.5/10

7/10

8/10

7/10

I like the smaller building beside it. 10/10 for the smaller building.

7.5/10 for the big building.

9/10.

Nah i do not like it. A 5 out of 10.

8.5/10

I like it. A stong 8/10

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1336/539602422_35da334ece_o.jpg

7/10

8/10

9/10

6/10

distinctive 8/10

6/10

10/10

5,5/10

10/10

im biased, i love dallas architecture!

Chase Tower

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1141/627703704_11e1786e76_o.jpg

Not one of my favorites, perhaps too dark..6/10

4,5/10

7/10

Something different, which is always nice in a skyscraper.

7. its different

6/10

6/10

I like it, especially the top of the building 8/10

8/10

Interesting roof.

8/10

8/10:)

nice-lookin' tower.......8/10

5/10

2/10

stunning. i'd give it 24/10 if i could......10/10

9/10

6/10

7.5/10

7/10 details for postmodernism

6/10

6/10

6/10 the shape is a bit OTT! but i like the rest!

8.5

04/10

5/10

7.5/10

8/10

9/10

8/10

Nice shape

7.0/10

8. Good building. Regards.

8/10

9/10

8/10

Unique design for its time and excellent varigation of cladding and massing. 8.5

8/10

8.5

7.5/10

9/10

Classic example of postmodernist architecture. 7.5/10

8/10

8/10

8/10

7/10

7/10 :)

Impressive design! 8.5/10

7/10

7.5/10 not bad

5/10

8/10

Awesone...8.5/10

8.10

Hmm, 6/10

8/10

8.5

9/10

it's ok... 8/10

6/10

7/10.