Status Complete Completed 1987 Roof 390 ft (119 m) Floors 30 | Type Office Opening 1987 Height 119 m, 127 m to tip Opened 1987 | |
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Location 111 Congress Ave
Austin, Texas Architects Susman Tisdale Gayle Architects, Inc., Taylor/Lundy Architects Architecture firms HKS, Inc., Skid, Owings & Merrill Similar One American Center, Bank of America Center, Frost Bank Tower, Brown Building, 360 Condominiums | ||
One Congress Plaza is a skyscraper in Downtown Austin, the state capital of Texas in the United States. Standing 390 feet (119 meters) tall and containing 30 floors, standing as the eighth tallest building in Austin. One famous feature of the building was its sunken plaza, which included trees and park benches, as well as the location for the AMOA Art Show. The plaza was razed in 2016 and is being rebuilt as a food court.
Map of One Congress Plaza, 100 Congress Ave, Austin, TX 78701, USA
Built in 1987, the building was one of the skyscrapers built during the 1970s and 1980s boom Austin had at the time, and still is one of Austin's most famous buildings. Norwest Plaza, and Franklin Federal Plaza have been other names for One Congress Plaza.
One Congress Plaza stairsteps back from Congress Avenue as part of a 1931 height restriction.
The building is owned by Cousins Properties of Atlanta, Georgia.
One Congress Plaza has 548,823 square feet (50,987.3 m2) of space and is one of Austin's waterfront skyscrapers.