202 m/662 ft
49 floors
completed in 1981
designed by Morris-Aubry

One way to outlive your name is to build an architectural legacy to yourself. That is what First City has achieved with this building. The staircase cut along the side gives this building the illusion of two giant puzzle pieces locked together, but not quite aligned. More importantly, it impresses the letter F for "First City" on those who gaze at its 49-stories of aluminum panels and green tinted glass. The tower creates the illusion of being on a larger piece of property than it actually is by rotating diagonally away from the downtown street grid, which is itself, rotated diagonally away from the traditional north-south layout.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/rotpics03/houston34.jpg

http://www.houstonmetropolis.com/images/FirstCityTower_8_9_2.jpg

http://www.glasssteelandstone.com/Images/US/TX/IAH/FirstCityTower-001.jpg

http://img43.photobucket.com/albums/v133/RafflesCity/ROT/firstcity2.jpg

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

7/10...The cut in the side looks quite cool, even though it's still very boxy...

Don't really like the cuts in the sides (the way they were done here). That's a pity because it seems the only distinctive aspect.

5/10

6/10

I don't care for it, but it looks like it fits Houston.

6.5/10

The holes help to break the monotony of the horizontal stripes, but overall they still dont change what is still an uninspiring design.

pretty boxy. I don't like it. 5/10

6/10

I don't like it much

6/10

10/10 for the photographers. the boring building looks neat. but the building gets 3.5/10 for being so :colgate:. even the colour is :bash:

6/10 those depressions in the sides make it a bit more interesting.

Plain but not ugly 7/10. Are the elevators see-out??

I'll give it more points if it has more cut-outs. 6/10

5/10...The architect committed a HUGE mistake in making the mid level setback on the facade, really what the hell were they thinking and who would approve of such a design?!

6/10 I don't like how the windows are in horizontal columns on one side and how they're in separate columns on the other.

8.5/10. Cmon, it's good!!!!!!!

7/10
it's OK

i like the set backs, 9

7/10

6.5/10. The indentations add little interest to this boring box.

6.5/10

The setbacks are not really well done.
6.0/10

7

Don't really like the cuts .. but everything remains OK

7/10

8/10

Creative design
but kinda boxy

A bit boring, but cool.

The setbacks make a forced impression.

7.5 nice tower.

6.5/10

7/10. The zigzags keep 1st City from being another box.

The 'cuts' are an interesting concept, but otherwise the building is fairly unremarkable.

6/10

Yuck . . . who's idea was it to build this one? I give it a 4.5/10. :puke:

I love Houston towers, they are so unique and shiny, 8

7/10

7/10.

6.5.

8/10

http://www.photohome.com/pictures/texas-pictures/houston/first-city-tower-1a.jpg

I like the white facades and the cuts are curious, but its other box.
7/10

7.5/10

It kind of gives you an illusion that one of the setback is sticking out. 7/10

7.0/10

7/10

8/10

7/10

8/10 ;)

The cut in the side is interesting, but it's still quite boring box. 6,5/10

8.

nothing special although I like it´s height. 7/10

I like the cleaness and sleakness of it

7/10

8/10

Shiny 7.0

8/10

7/10

10/10

I loved it!:D

9/10

8/10

6.5/10

Plain but not ugly 7/10.

8/10

7/10

8/10

8. Good building. Regards.

7/10

6/10

202 m/662 ft
49 floors
completed in 1981
designed by Morris-Aubry

One way to outlive your name is to build an architectural legacy to yourself. That is what First City has achieved with this building. The staircase cut along the side gives this building the illusion of two giant puzzle pieces locked together, but not quite aligned. More importantly, it impresses the letter F for "First City" on those who gaze at its 49-stories of aluminum panels and green tinted glass. The tower creates the illusion of being on a larger piece of property than it actually is by rotating diagonally away from the downtown street grid, which is itself, rotated diagonally away from the traditional north-south layout.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/rotpics03/houston34.jpg

http://www.houstonmetropolis.com/images/FirstCityTower_8_9_2.jpg

http://www.glasssteelandstone.com/Images/US/TX/IAH/FirstCityTower-001.jpg

http://img43.photobucket.com/albums/v133/RafflesCity/ROT/firstcity2.jpg

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

i like this tower 9.5/10

8/10

10/10!

7/10

8/10

7.5/10