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KAPLA was invented in 1987 by Dutchman Tom van der Bruggen. A student of art history, Van der Bruggen had hopes of building a castle from an early age. Inspired by an old abandoned farm on the river Tarn in the South of France, Van der Bruggen converted the farm into his dream castle, complete with carriage entrance, fountains, and towers.
When Reliant Energy moved out of the building and moved into the new Reliant Energy Plaza in 2003, the company left over 400,000 square feet (37,000 m 2) of space vacant. [ 5 ] Around 1995 the building owners added a circle-shaped canopy that is five stories tall, due to a business competitor down the street having a building taller than theirs.
The TC Energy Center is a highrise that represents one of the first significant examples of postmodern architecture construction in downtown Houston, Texas.The building has been formerly known as the RepublicBank Center, the NCNB Center, the NationsBank Center, and the Bank of America Center.
Greenspoint Mall was a shopping mall located in the Greenspoint neighborhood of Houston, Texas, at the northeast corner of Interstate 45 and Beltway 8 (also known as the Sam Houston Parkway/Tollway). The only remaining anchor is Fitness Connection, which occupies half of the former Lord & Taylor / Mervyn's store on the west side of the mall.
The George R. Brown Convention Center (GRB), opened on September 26, 1987, [2] is located on the east side of Downtown Houston, Texas, United States.. The center was named for internationally recognized entrepreneur, engineer, civic leader, philanthropist and Houstonian George R. Brown (1898–1983).
During the Houston Astros' 2004 NLCS run (playoffs), the top of the building was crowned by hundreds of tiny blue lights while an enormous Astros star (logo) made of white lights was hung on the south side of the building. [7] In 2011 the company announced they would relocate all employees in the building to a new ExxonMobil office in Spring. [8]
Fortune 500 companies based in Houston [1] Rank Company name 12: ExxonMobil: 48: Phillips 66: 60: Sysco: 105: Enterprise Products Partners: 106: Hewlett Packard ...
Houston, the largest city in Texas, is the site of 58 completed skyscrapers over 427 feet (130 m), 50 of which stand taller than 492 feet (150 m). [1] [2] [3] The tallest building in the city is the JPMorgan Chase Tower, which rises 1,002 feet (305 m) in Downtown Houston and was completed in 1982.