Museum Tower is a 42-story, 173.43 m (569.0 ft) skyscraper in the arts district of Dallas , Texas . Completed in January 2013, the building is the tallest new structure to be built in the city in recent years, and is now the second-tallest all-residential building in Dallas, behind Gables Republic Tower .
9-618: Museum Tower may refer to: Museum Tower (Dallas) , Texas Museum Tower (Miami) , Florida Museum Tower (Charlotte) , North Carolina Pinnacle Marina Tower , formerly the Pinnacle Museum Tower in San Diego, California St. Regis Museum Tower in San Francisco, California Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
18-833: A 20-story tower, the height was significantly increased to accommodate more residences. The glass-clad tower features an elliptical floorplan. Situated in the center of the Arts District, Museum Tower is located adjacent to the Nasher Sculpture Center , the Meyerson Symphony Center , the Winspear Opera House and Wyly Theatre . The building consists of 115 residential condominiums, ranging from 1,650 to 8,700 square feet (153 to 808 m ) in area. Each condominium will feature direct-access elevators and private balconies. The Museum Tower's large site features
27-501: A second story-level outdoor pool and public gardens. The structure is adjacent to Klyde Warren Park and a performance park, which feature public fountains and a movie pavilion. Originally proposed on June 15, 2007, developers released a tentative groundbreaking date of late 2007, but the 2008 recession put plans on hold until 2010. As reported by the Wall Street Journal on June 15, 2010, developers had secured financing through
36-642: Is the 15th-tallest structure in Dallas, tied with both the Reunion Tower and Cityplace Center in height. Among all-residential buildings in Dallas it is surpassed in height only by the Republic Center Tower I , with its 184 m (604 ft) spire. However, if measuring by roof height, and thereby excluding the Republic Center Tower I's spire, Museum Tower is taller. It also breaks the record for
45-681: The Dallas Police & Fire Pension System to move ahead with Museum Tower. A subsequent review of the Pension System's meeting minutes indicates that the pension fund is the owner of the entire project. The project broke ground on Thursday, June 24, 2010. The building was completed in January 2013. The Museum Tower's glass has reflected an undesirable glare into the nearby Nasher Sculpture Center , whose architect Renzo Piano had specifically designed its roof to direct appropriate indirect sunlight into
54-503: The art." In August 2015, Museum Tower's owners declared that they would no longer consider responsibility for the glare created by the tower, citing the expense and logistical difficulties of proposed solutions. Exterior and interior location shoots were used in Dallas (the 2012 revived series) as the residence of the fictional character Pamela Rebecca Barnes . Nasher Sculpture Center Too Many Requests If you report this error to
63-465: The galleries, based on the arc of the sun across the sky. Artist James Turrell considers his work Tending (Blue) to be effectively destroyed by the glare, and the museum has closed the interior of the sculpture to the public at his request. Peter Walker , the landscape architect who designed the Nasher's sculpture garden, has characterized the glare as "an attack on the garden and on the building and on
72-733: The highest residence in Dallas, surpassing the 138 m (453 ft) Republic I. The Museum Tower is the 4th-tallest building in Dallas' Arts District, behind Chase Tower , Fountain Place , and the Trammell Crow Center ; with Bank Of America Plaza being the tallest building in Dallas. Museum Tower was designed by architect Scott Johnson , a member of the Los Angeles -based Johnson Fain architectural firm and executed by Dallas based architect of record GDA Architects, LLC (formerly known as Gromatzky Dupree & Associates). Originally proposed as
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