Houston Tower

The Houston Tower was a plan for a 500-story skyscraper conceived in the 1970s to be built in Houston, originally designed as a research project for the feasibility of a 500-story building.^[1] American Architect Robert B. Sobel of Emery Roth & Sons, with engineer and fellow American Nat W. Krahl of Rice University, created a concept for a 500-story building made from 200-foot sided bundled triangular tubes.^[2][3] Sobel had theorized the construction of a 500-story building as early as 1947.^[4]

Houston Tower
General information
Status	Vision
Location	Houston, Texas
Cost	USD 1.5 billion
Height
Roof	6,863 ft (2,092 m)
Technical details
Floor count	500

According to Emery Roth & Sons, the project showed that the technology and materials existed to build a 500-story (or taller) building if someone wished to do so.^[1][5] Since its first inception, it has remained one of the tallest buildings ever fully envisioned, and would have taken up 16 city blocks of 250x250 feet if constructed.^[2] Its design features are reminiscent of the Sears Tower, which utilizes a similar construction pattern albeit on a smaller scale.

See also

• List of tallest buildings in Houston
• List of tallest buildings by U.S. state
• List of tallest buildings in Texas
• List of tallest buildings in the United States
• X-Seed 4000
• List of tallest buildings and structures in the world