TC Energy Center

{{short description|Skyscraper in Houston, Texas}}

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

{{More citations needed|date=December 2009}}

{{Infobox building

| name = TC Energy Center

| image = Bank of America Center Houston 1.jpg

| image_size = 200px

| alternate_names = RepublicBank Center
NCNB Center
NationsBank Center

| location = 700 Louisiana Street
Houston, Texas

| coordinates = {{coord|29.7605|-95.3666|region:US-TX|display=inline,title}}

| start_date =

| completion_date = {{Start date and age|October 1983}}

| opening =

| building_type = Commercial office

| roof = {{convert|780|ft}}

| floor_count = 56

| elevator_count = 32

| cost =

| floor_area = {{convert|1,399,308|sqft|abbr=on}}

| architectural_style = Postmodern

| architect = Johnson/Burgee Architects

| structural_engineer= CBM Engineers, Inc.

| other_designers = Gensler (interior architecture){{cite web |last1=Meeker |first1=Martin |title=Bancroft Library Oral History Project - Arthur Gensler |url=https://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ROHO/narrators/gensler_arthur.html |website=Bancroft Library Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley |publisher=The Regents of the University of California |access-date=23 May 2020 |pages=199 |date=2015}}

| developer = Hines Interests

| owner = M-M Properties
General Electric Pension Trust affiliate

| management = M-M Properties

}}

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. The building was completed in October 1983 and designed by award-winning architect Johnson/Burgee Architects, and is reminiscent of the Dutch Gothic architecture of canal houses in The Netherlands.{{cite web |last1=Lorentz |first1=Wayne |title=The Bank of America Center-Houston Architecture |url=https://www.houstonarchitecture.com/Building/523/The-Bank-of-America-Center.php |website=HoustonArchitecture.com |publisher=Draloc LLC |access-date=23 May 2020}} It has three segmented tower setbacks, each with "a steeply pitched gabled roofline that is topped off with spires".{{cite web | title=TC Energy Center-Houston | url=http://www.bankofamericacenterhouston.com/building.html | publisher=Bank of America Center | date=2 September 2009 | access-date=2010-01-12 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090626054934/http://bankofamericacenterhouston.com/building.html | archive-date=26 June 2009 }} The tower was developed by Hines Interests and is owned by a joint venture of M-M Properties and an affiliate of the General Electric Pension Trust.

The banking center is housed in a separate building, due to construction problems, and has a three-story lobby.[http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMZQR_Bank_of_America_Center_Houston_TX Bank of America Center, Houston, TX] There are 32 passenger elevators each finished with wood panels that include Birdseye Maple, Macassar Ebony, Italian Willow, Tamo, and Kevazingo.{{cite web | title=Bank of America Center-Houston | url=http://www.thesquarefoot.com/buildings/Houston/TX/77002/Downtown/700_Louisiana_Street/Bank_of_America_Center | publisher=TheSquareFoot | date= 10 May 2010 | access-date=2012-05-12}} The building contains an art gallery in the lobby and plans to host curated exhibitions.[http://www.bankofamericacenterhouston.com/pdf/200992410238Lincoln%20Center%20Art%20Show%20September%202009.pdf An Exhibition of Works From Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts’] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223081432/http://www.bankofamericacenterhouston.com/pdf/200992410238Lincoln%20Center%20Art%20Show%20September%202009.pdf |date=2012-02-23 }}

The building was renamed for TC Energy in 2019, which serves as the company's US headquarters, and is the largest tenant in the building.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tcenergy.com/stories/2019/2019-10-15-a-significant-milestone-for-our-us-headquarters/|title=Iconic Houston building renamed: TC Energy Center|last=Energy|first=T. C.|website=www.tcenergy.com|language=en|access-date=2019-10-27}}