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Frost Bank Tower

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2004, Duda/Paine Architects and HKS. 401 Congress Ave.
  • (Photograph by Gerald Moorhead )
  • (The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division)

The dramatic crystalline spiked top of this thirty-three-story tower introduced a new period of high-rise architecture for Austin outside of the protected view corridors of the capitol. Developed by Cousins Properties, the tower briefly became the tallest building constructed in Austin.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Gerald Moorhead et al.
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What's Nearby

Congress Avenue Historic District
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Citation

Gerald Moorhead et al., "Frost Bank Tower", [Austin, Texas], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/TX-01-AU13.

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