Bank of America Tower (Jacksonville)

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Bank of America Tower
Bank of America Tower
Bank of America Tower
Basic data
Place: 50 North Laura Street , Jacksonville , Florida , United States
Opening: 1990
Architects : Helmut Jahn and Parmenter Realty Partners
Use / legal
Usage : office building
Technical specifications
Height to the roof: 188 m
Floors : 42
Usable area : 61,400 m²

The Bank of America Tower is a 188-meter skyscraper in the city of Jacksonville , Florida . It was the headquarters of Barnett Bank and was originally called Barnett Tower , but the name of the bank and building was changed in 1997 because the Barnett Group was bought by NationsBank , which in turn merged into Bank of America in 1998 .

When completed in 1990, the building was the tallest in Jacksonville and the tallest between Atlanta and Miami . The 42-story building was designed by the German-American architect Helmut Jahn , and consists mainly of reinforced concrete and glass .

Web links

Commons : Bank of America Tower  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

supporting documents

  1. a b Bank of America Tower ( English ) Emporis. Retrieved October 19, 2010.
  2. Bank of America Tower ( English ) SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved October 19, 2010.

Coordinates: 30 ° 19 ′ 36 "  N , 81 ° 39 ′ 35"  W.