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Pennzoil Place: Exterior · Pennzoil Place in Houston
1/6 · Exterior · Pennzoil Place in HoustonPhoto: Agsftw · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Pennzoil Place: Exterior · Pennzoil Place in Houston
2/6 · Exterior · Pennzoil Place in HoustonPhoto: Agsftw · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Pennzoil Place: Exterior · Exterior gap between the towers of Pennzoil Place (1976), by Philip Johnson/John Burgee Architects , Houston
3/6 · Exterior · Exterior gap between the towers of Pennzoil Place (1976), by Philip Johnson/John Burgee Architects , Houston Photo: Bobak Ha'Eri · CC BY 3.0 · source
Pennzoil Place: Exterior
4/6 · ExteriorPhoto: Anders Lagerås · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Pennzoil Place: Interior · Atrium ceiling of Pennzoil Place (1976), by Philip Johnson/John Burgee Architects , Houston
5/6 · Interior · Atrium ceiling of Pennzoil Place (1976), by Philip Johnson/John Burgee Architects , Houston Photo: Bobak Ha'Eri · CC BY 3.0 · source
Pennzoil Place: Interior · East lobby of Pennzoil Place (1976), by Philip Johnson/John Burgee Architects , Houston
6/6 · Interior · East lobby of Pennzoil Place (1976), by Philip Johnson/John Burgee Architects , Houston Photo: Bobak Ha'Eri · CC BY 3.0 · source
Photo 1: Exterior · Pennzoil Place in HoustonPhoto 2: Exterior · Pennzoil Place in HoustonPhoto 3: Exterior · Exterior gap between the towers of Pennzoil Place (1976), by Philip Johnson/John Burgee Architects , Houston Photo 4: ExteriorPhoto 5: Interior · Atrium ceiling of Pennzoil Place (1976), by Philip Johnson/John Burgee Architects , Houston Photo 6: Interior · East lobby of Pennzoil Place (1976), by Philip Johnson/John Burgee Architects , Houston

Office & tower · Late modernism

Pennzoil Place

Philip Johnson and John Burgee · Houston, United States · 1975

Key featuresTwo trapezoidal dark-glass towers with sloped tops nearly touch across a narrow slot.

Architect
Philip Johnson and John Burgee
Place
Houston, United States
Year
1975
Typology
Office & tower
Movement
Late modernism
Region
Americas
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