Bank of the Southwest Tower

{{Short description|Proposed building in Houston}}

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox building

|name = Bank of the Southwest Tower

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|location = Louisiana Street
Houston, Texas

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|status = Cancelled

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|antenna_spire = {{convert|1,404|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|roof = {{convert|1,275|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|floor_count = 82

|floor_area = {{convert|200,000|m2|sqft|abbr=on}}

|architect = Murphy/Jahn, Inc. Architects, also Lloyd Jones Brewer and Associates

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The Bank of the Southwest Tower was a proposed building located in Houston, Texas, at 1,404 ft tall.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121022071120/http://www.emporis.com/building/bank-of-the-southwest-tower-houston-tx-usa Bank of the Southwest Tower]}}, Emporis.com. It would have been the second tallest building in North America after the Willis Tower in Chicago.{{citation needed|date=July 2012}} With an estimated construction cost of $350–400 million, the project was cancelled before construction commenced, due to lack of funds during the economic downturn.{{cite book|last=Strom|first=Steven|title=Houston Lost and Unbuilt|year=2010|publisher=University of Texas Press|location=Austin, TX|isbn=978-0-292-72113-5|pages=150–151|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UfjlqsiC-4cC&q=%22Bank+of+the+Southwest+Tower%22+Houston&pg=PA150}}

The design created by architect Helmut Jahn of Murphy/Jahn, Inc. Architects was the winner of a design competition in 1982.