#131 l Bank One Tower l INDIANAPOLIS l 247m l 49fl

[RafflesCity]

Bank One Tower
Indianapolis, USA

HEIGHT: 247m/811 feet
FLOORS: 49 floors
COMPLETION: 1990
ARCHITECT: Stubbins Associates

Bank One Center is a 700' landmark skyscraper rising above the most prominent site in Indianapolis. The 1,000,000-square-foot office development is the tallest building in Indiana and serves as the new headquarters for Bank One Indianapolis.
Designed as a symmetrical and orderly form relating to its central location and the character of the city, the tower establishes a pivotal presence on Monument Circle and an axial anchor point on War Memorial Mall.

The 48-story office tower is flanked by two four-story low-rise wings enclosing skylit wintergardens. Completing the fourth quadrant of the city block, these garden wings surround and emphasize gateway entrances to Monument Circle, and correspond in height to the neighboring historic Christ Church and Federal Building on the Mall.

Four major entrances integrate the project into the streets of the city grid and open into a marble and granite, three-story lobby space connecting the public wintergardens and 20,000 square feet of retail space at street level. A parking structure of six stories above grade and two stories below grade accommodates 700 cars.

Capped by two communications masts terminating 800' above ground, the tower is visually heightened by its distinctive form. Carved, step-backed corners shape and articulate the tower and provide visual interest on the facade. A notch down the center of the north and south faces further accentuates the verticality and slenderness of the skyscraper when viewed from the Mall and Monument Circle.

Employing an efficient stacked truss system, the steel structure is clad in light-grey granite accented by a darker granite band beneath the windows to impart an elegant, dignified quality.


http://mywebpage.netscape.com/rotpics01/bankonetower01.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/3049/2251ind082.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/3049/2251dsc01142.jpg

http://e.1asphost.com/indyskyscrapers/ind16.jpg

http://images.fotopic.net/?id=2076347&outx=600&noresize=1&nostamp=1

http://e.1asphost.com/indyskyscrapers/indy08.jpg

http://e.1asphost.com/indyskyscrapers/indianap28.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/3049/2251ind005.jpg

http://www.tsa-arch.com/stubbinsraisin01%20folder/stubbinsraisin01.data/Designs/hrbankone.html

[SteelCity32]

Fits Indianapolis well...8/10

[SUNNI]

i like the building, 7 or 8 (forgot:D) but i like the skyline as well

[enzo]

Dull and with a silly top. I really don't like this building, it looks like an afterthought. Passé before it even opened. I can't believe Stubbins designed it since I'm a fan of their work!

4/10

[AG]

It fits both Indianapolis and it's skyline. The roof and two spires are excellent.

9/10

[JinStuttgart]

Not bad, and it looks good at night.

7.5/10

[Sunflower]

Not very exciting, but it fits in well with the other buildings in that area.

7.5/10

[cgrassham]

Not the most interesting but it fits the skyline well and has a nice colour. 6.5/10

[Jasonhouse]

A rather pleasant building, considering that it is really just a glorified corporate box (but how many highrises aren't?)...

I like the top and the double sprires play into the bi-axial/symmetrical look of the facade. It might be bland, but it is a well designed building IMO.


8.0/10

[Subdude]

The spires are a bit too heavy perhaps, but overall a nice competent effort for a nice competent city. I like it.
6/10.

[CTroyMathis]

Indianapolis should be proud to have this one. It's befitting of the city - great symmetry. 7.

[Pilot66]

Looking good in Indy. 9

[Go7SD]

Here's some that I've taken of the tower just recently.

http://images.fotki.com/v12/photos/4/42919/154394/IMG_1572-or.jpg
http://images.fotki.com/v9/photos/4/42919/151254/16070402-or.jpg
http://images.fotki.com/v8/photos/4/42919/151254/15070402-or.jpg
http://images.fotki.com/v8/photos/4/42919/151254/IMG_0174-or.jpg
http://images.fotki.com/v9/photos/4/42919/151254/IMG_0164-or.jpg
http://images.fotki.com/v9/photos/4/42919/151254/IMG_0162-or.jpg

[Pablo]

6/10 quite beautiful;)

[TYW]

7/10

nice, but doesn't look very tall

[SUNNI]

box with a thing on top

800 posts!

[NickT]

8/10 Looks Good in Indy skyline, like the two anntenes

[DrumCorpsAlum]

8/10. Not bad.

[Caledon1981]

dont like the spire on it . . .but the middle is ok. . 6/10

[Steven]

It looks like it has good lighting at night and I don't mind its colors.

Over all I say 8/10

[Jan]

That rooftop is a disgrace. What happened? Run out of money or something. Also considered the fact is opened up in 1990, this is foxy architectecture 'ensuite la lettre'. A 2/10 it is. Bah!

[Bobdreamz]

the design is ok, I like the setbacks but the roof just kills it...they could have done something more interesting with the top...gets points for height though....7/10.

[Liz L]

7.5/10 - Trying to be objective, even though I'm a native of Indy and was able to watch as this tower rose skyward.
The setbacks and indentations help the tower's height, especially the line of black glass running up the centers of the broader sides. There's good contrast between the stone and the glass of the facade, even though I might have given it more vertical emphasis.
The tower, IMO, is still a bit blocky, and could have used one or two larger setbacks near the ground.
THe biggest problem, though, which probably cost this one one point, is the crown - it just doesn't flow naturally from the tower, and really looks like a lid that doesn't quite fit. I really think they should have finished the building off with a series of small setbacks leading up to the antennas.
It's still a pretty nice tower, however, and makes a pleasant site from the interstate...
Trivia note - does anyone remember the Cylons from Battlestar Galactica, the robotic aliens in shining metal, with slots in their "helmets" where there eyes should be, and a sinister red light flickering back and forth in its depths? The funny thing is, this tower has has the same sort of red lights in those two long "windows" on its crown, so sometimes I can't keep from thinking of it as the "Cylon Bank Tower"...:D

[Muse]

LOL @ the Cylon analogy Liz L. Battlestar Galactica, one of the ten worst movies ever made.

As for Bank One Tower, hmmmmm. It's not necessarily a bad structure yet certainly not a masterpiece.

The vertical setbacks are my favourite part of this one. I prefer the slender black and white box about a block away; One Indiana Square.

Bank One Tower: 5.5

The sleek black 'n white One Indiana Square. Not bad for a modern building completed in 1970. - 8.5

.............http://www.skyscrapers.com/files/transfer/6/2001/07/104335.jpg

[Jeff from Winnipeg]

I like how it's lit at night and it's pretty nice... ->8/10

[mookiecece]

4/10 I don't understand what they were trying to do with the double antennas and the ugly spire, it's tall enough but that still doesn't make up for the silly top.

[SeeMacau]

8/10
Not bad

[The Messiah]

Like the colours,suits it's surroundings.
8.0/10

[KM1410]

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Im almost certain that the rooftop was designed the way it was, is to match the roof of the Indiana World War Memorial which is directly north of the Bank One Tower. Driving along I-65, north of the north split in downtown Indianapolis, you can see how the rooftops of the two buildings match up with each other.

http://www.cees.iupui.edu/project_images/Indy/Indy.jpg

Here is a larger picture of the memorial:
http://www.in.gov/iwm/images/iwm_exterior_arial.jpg

[Wu-Gambino]

10/10

No explaination! :guns1:

[Evergrey]

I think this building looks powerful. 8/10

[airsickpenthousedweller]

A boring roof that combines badly with the bland building underneath it.

[TropicalSQ744]

Indianapolis's best! I like! :) The crown looks very nice at night.. The facade fits the building well too :cool:

8/10

[rj2uman]

I like it. Pretty in a bland sort of way. The roof and spires really make it shine though. 8/10

[Indiana Boy]

looks good to me. If it wasn't for this building Indy's skyline wouldn't be much to see.

8.5/10

[Imperfect Ending]

7

Very _______ (Fill in the blank)

[james2390]

i like it alot! 10

[Wu-Gambino]

Some of my many pics

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid67/pa8712ae94a867979bfa05433286387c8/fbdb00cc.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid67/p01a08a52a59116fd1d849b48023eda27/fbdb00d3.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid67/pfed05b69becf17ceaa2a9ea6f1ad45ed/fbdb00d7.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid67/p24d9dec3a376de938adff1abfdf8cdd2/fbdb00db.jpg

[BGT]

http://home.indy.rr.com/srs2002/indy28.jpg

http://home.indy.rr.com/srs2002/indy22.jpg

http://home.indy.rr.com/srs2002/indy08.jpg

[New Jack City]

8/10..It's not that bad but nothing special, but fits Indy well. Though I think the colors are kind of dull.

[AtlanticaC5]

Nothing special, 7/10

[Wu-Gambino]

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid69/p5150b0101b57c43b741b94cb833dd7d3/fbb159f6.jpg

^From the City-County Building.

[james2390]

great pics!

[BGT]

This thread is so messed up. Raffles edited his post and put Naptown's pics in it, but not before Naptown posted his pics in separate posts. In conclusion, we have Naptown's same pics posted 4 times each throughout the thread.

[Wu-Gambino]

Originally posted by BGT

This thread is so messed up. Raffles edited his post and put Naptown's pics in it, but not before Naptown posted his pics in separate posts. In conclusion, we have Naptown's same pics posted 4 times each throughout the thread.
Whatever. Repost your pics.

[HumbleHoosier]

I rate it an eight. It has a nice symmetry and it blends well with the rest of the Indy skyline. It also has nice symmetry within the skyline, being in the center with 500 footers on both sides east and west, and 400 footers on each side east, west and north.

It isn't terribly fancy, as others on this thread would like it to be, but this is Indiana. Hoosiers are famous for their practicality, and this builiding is very functional with plenty of large, easily leasable floor plates. You don't go from farmers working hard 14 hours a day; to building pure, aesthetically pleasing, work of art buildings wasting floor space in one generation.

http://www.equityoffice.com/images/BANKONEC_352.jpg

[de flatneuroot]

This tower is like a boring person in an idiot suit. 4/10

[SFtoBoise]

8.5/10

[Labrador]

5.5/10
In some of the photos, the building looks very ugly, and in some it looks average. I like it's night lighting though.
:)

[Patrick]

5.5

i don't like this type of facade

[UrbanDesigner]

Naptown,

First off, I'm a big fan of Indianapolis. I have to be fair though, considering all the bashing I've done of late of Atlanta's (sick) collection of 'scrapers. At a minimum, I really wish this building had more articulation at the corners...it looks like a really, really, really tall suburban office park building with a great cap. Unlike Atlanta, this building communicates with the pedestrian at the street level and that is it's best attribute.

[Wu-Gambino]

Bump, I updated the pics.

[Fabio]

7/10


on the average.

[manx_bkk]

7.5/10
Nice shape, the facade is okay. The roof looks good at night.

[MCC]

10/10

[Aquarius]

Correct, elegant skyscraper 8/10, I like the top part

[alex3000]

7/10

[mestalla]

7/10

[Jo]

7/10
It brings some height to the skyline but that's about the only positive thing I can say here.

[7 World Trade]

the creative setback styles helps to make the building's rather bland facade to look pretty good actually. man, indianapolis really need more tall buildings...

8

i wonder if you can tell which of the spires is the antenna?

[Schroedinger's Cat]

6.5/10

[Matt Dawg]

Great building 10/10.

[yoyo22]

7/10
Nice tower that suits the city well. The setabacks are great, the cap's ok. Its symmetry really fits in. On a personal note, I do not like how the corners and the colors and windows all fit together, but thats just my personal taste. Not bad consdering the size of the city its in, etc...

[luis]

i don't like it 7/10

[cwilson758]

I think that it is a good building for the City. I remember before the thing was built, the City looked too balanced with nearly identical AUL and One Indiana Square at opposite sides of downtown. The building is its best at night where the lighting give it a dramatic effect like it is even taller than it really is. I wish they would change the color of the top for various events though.

[Wu-Gambino]

I think that it is a good building for the City. I remember before the thing was built, the City looked too balanced with nearly identical AUL and One Indiana Square at opposite sides of downtown. The building is its best at night where the lighting give it a dramatic effect like it is even taller than it really is. I wish they would change the color of the top for various events though.
I was thinking the same thing, like:

Red, White, Blue: Fourth of July, Vetreans' Day, Memorial Day, Flag Day, Presidents' Day
Green, Red: Christmas
Orange: Halloween
Red: Valentine's Day
Yellow, Red, Purple: Thanksgiving
Green: St. Patick's Day
Purple and Yellow: Easter
Blue and White: Big Ten Tournament/RCA Tournament/Final Four
Black and White Checkard Flag: Indy 500, Brickyard 400, US Grand PRix

Pacers winning the NBA title: Yellow and Blue :D
Colts winning the Superbowl: Blue and White :D

Even if they just changed the light beams at the first setback, that would be better than nothing.

[cwilson758]

I was thinking the same thing, like:

Red, White, Blue: Fourth of July, Vetreans' Day, Memorial Day, Flag Day, Presidents' Day
Green, Red: Christmas
Orange: Halloween
Red: Valentine's Day
Yellow, Red, Purple: Thanksgiving
Green: St. Patick's Day
Purple and Yellow: Easter
Blue and White: Big Ten Tournament/RCA Tournament/Final Four
Black and White Checkard Flag: Indy 500, Brickyard 400, US Grand PRix

Pacers winning the NBA title: Yellow and Blue :D
Colts winning the Superbowl: Blue and White :D

Even if they just changed the light beams at the first setback, that would be better than nothing.


EXACTLY. They do it fo the Scottish Rite Cathedral and now the Circle, Bank One...erm...Chase should do the same.

[Wu-Gambino]

EXACTLY. They do it fo the Scottish Rite Cathedral and now the Circle, Bank One...erm...Chase should do the same.
:lol:

Anyways, doesn't the Monument change colors time to time?

[cwilson758]

:lol:

Anyways, doesn't the Monument change colors time to time?


Yes it does.

[Winus]

6/10

[Jheef]

8/10

[David3820]

Looks good for Indianopolis and I like it. 9.5/10

[Dubai-Lover]

nothing special! 5.5

[SChristopher]

I love this building and it is a great addition to the city...lets hope there are more talls for indy in the future!

[DamienK]

It's ok. 7/10.

[therock]

7/10!

[Imperial]

6/10

[Monkey]

Good height, but the design itself is rather unexciting. I've seen countless other towers that look just like this.
6.5/10

[Sitol447]

4/10 - I don't like it.

[Zuelas]

7

Not bad..... like the shape of the top but wish it was glass instead of that dull gray

[GetOnDaTrain]

7.5/10. For Bank One's height, I'm sure it improved Indy's skyline by that much. Points off for the crown; looks like a glowing shingle on a house. Other than that, nice building.

[andysimo123]

7/10

[LouisvilleJake]

bland building to fit an unusually bland skyline. 4/10

[empersouf]

7.0

[SkyHawk]

7/10

[Auxodium]

not ugly, but not awe inspiring either!

[Chibcha2k]

8/10...very simple yet amusing

[Camaway]

Butt ugly.

5/10

[Þróndeimr]

7/10

[MattSal]

Definitely an overrated skyscraper. Personally, I think the facade and antenna are very ugly. I give it a 5/10. :tongue:

[Medo]

5/

[get13]

Boring and Ugly spires. 6/10

[Pengui]

Oh my god. Such a waste.
The building would be worth 7 without the top.
Really the shape and cladding is not bad.
I mean without the top.
Bah.
3.5

[flatiron94]

I voted 1/10 on this one a while ago but now I regret it.

[Phobos]

too boring :(
5.5/10

[james2390]

Good height, but the design itself is rather unexciting. I've seen countless other towers that look just like this.
6.5/10
Really? Which ones?

[Latoso]

6.5/10

[Jules]

6.5. I saw it in person and it really didn't look its height.

[ROYAL BLUE]

8/10

[Indyman]

bland building to fit an unusually bland skyline. 4/10

Do you just not like your state'scapital or what?

[B@dGuYoM]

7/10

[Djoez]

Simple but nice, love the spires 8/10

[Reflex]

6.5/10.

[Zarkon]

It's a litte ugly.. 5.5

[CborG]

Don't like the roof. 7/10

[EarlyBird]

It's not bad, but it's just a glorified box... 6.5/10.

[真琴]

7/10 or less

[MIKI]

7/10

[jimm]

7/10

[Disneymustdie]

5 in my book

[SoboleuS]

Quite ordinary design, nothing special. 6,5/10

[El_Greco]

7/10

[Henk]

7,5/10 I don't like the top.

[Azn_chi_boi]

8/10 fits Indy but looks funny

[Dancer]

Its nothing special but not bad 6.0

[Indyman]

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/2995/skyline71kd.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

I love this picture of Indianapolis and Bank One.

[Accura4Matalan]

6/10

[wardrobes]

5/10

[www.sercan.de]

5/10

[Skylandman]

6/10

[Sinjin P.]

7/10 ;)

[lancetop]

I give this one an 8.5. Nice design, although uninspiring. The top of the tower and it's spires are nice. There is still something rather ungraceful about it though.

[forvine]

7/10

[warnings]

6/10

[Scruffy88]

looks good in indy alone. wouldn't fit in anywhere else really that i can think of. Not that big a fan

6.5/10

[Cabman]

Not very interesting average at best. 4.5/10

[FROM LOS ANGELES]

Nothing special, in fact kind of bad. 7/10

[CorrND]

Dull and with a silly top. I really don't like this building, it looks like an afterthought. Passé before it even opened. I can't believe Stubbins designed it since I'm a fan of their work!

4/10


The top is meant to mimic the top of the Indiana War Memorial, a couple blocks directly north of this tower. I think it's an excellent building for the character of the Indianapolis skyline. 9/10

[sharpie20]

What a bland looking building, there's nothing special about this, just another box building with a shaped crown 5/10

[FJP]

6.5/10

[JV_325i]

5.5/10

It's all very cliche and uninspired, and this hurts for being the tallest building in the city.

[USS Yankee]

Well proportioned, but forgettable. Dual towers lends a pleasant aire of symmetry.

7/10

[Bisong]

:sleepy: 4/10

[AndySocks]

Boring. 4.5 I'm sure Indianapolis has its fortes... skyscrapers sadly isn't one of them.

[LouisvilleGuy05]

3/10

Absolutely hideous design. Wouldn't even be in the top 100 without the cheating antennas.

Boring. 4.5 I'm sure Indianapolis has its fortes... skyscrapers sadly isn't one of them.
You can say that again. I don't think there is one skyscraper I like in Indy.

[mektwist]

This is one ugly building :runaway:

[broadie]

4/10

[clarky]

Nice scraper 8/10

[dżimi pejdż]

I don't like it 6/10

[marpa]

3/10

[NaptownBoy]

9/10
A little too oblong

[anakin]

6,5/10

[LAYZIEDOGG]

5/10

[Woko]

too simple. 7/10

[runway whore]

just adding to the collection..http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b177/fashionking615muah/3-19-2006-084.jpg

[ZZ-II]

6.5/10. the Design is ok but not really fantastic.

[mtt16]

7/10 it's not bad

[virarch]

4/10

[gutooo]

7.5

[Mosaic]

6/10

[Dreamlıneя]

5/10

[weirdo]

6/10

[(((myx)))]

8. nice.

[Skyman]

7/10

[Chinky Orz]

6/10 Nothing exciting about it

[W!CKED]

7/10

[shctaw]

6/10

not nice.

[Kelsen]

7.5/10.

[Ralphkke]

Nothing special. 6 out of 10.

[Aliya]

7/10

[mobyhead]

10

[Rizzato]

man its a joke when you spit
go back to second grade, recess rap battles would be a betta fit

[Rizzato]

^^ I would have thought it was ideal to be neutral when voting

[LMCA1990]

7/10

[kon133]

3/10 :down: :ohno:

[Sound.]

6/10

[DetKing111]

is the height you posted 811 ft counting the big spire roof, or the actual last floor.

[Slodi]

not bad 6/10

[Astralis]

5/10

[newyorkrunaway1]

3/10

[MasonicStage™]

6/10

[RON-E]

3.5/10

[velut arbor aevo]

7/10

[Truva]

8/10

[DragonAnime]

Love it in person. 10/10

[Nikkodemo]

Nothing special.

7.5/10

[krzewi]

8/10

[incognito_rn]

Unique, but I dislike the spires.

[Halabalooza]

5 .. meh

[WAuzzie]

5/10

[Fundador]

7/10 not bad

[anotacao]

7/10

[stasiua]

8/10

[Rutger1991]

6/10

[Kawasaki_Kragujevac]

5/10

[Nielsiej13]

6,5/10

[briker]

6/