Fountain Place

Fountain Place, at 1445 Ross Avenue in the Arts District of downtown Dallas, Texas is a 60-story modern-styled skyscraper. Standing at a structural height of 720 feet (219 m), it is the fifth-tallest skyscraper in Dallas. (If one were to exclude antennas and spires, Fountain Place is the fourth-tallest building in Dallas.) It is also the 15th-tallest building in Texas. It has the headquarters of Tenet Healthcare. The original plans for Fountain P... more

Fountain Place, at 1445 Ross Avenue in the Arts District of downtown Dallas, Texas is a 60-story modern-styled skyscraper. Standing at a structural height of 720 feet (219 m), it is the fifth-tallest skyscraper in Dallas. (If one were to exclude antennas and spires, Fountain Place is the fourth-tallest building in Dallas.) It is also the 15th-tallest building in Texas. It has the headquarters of Tenet Healthcare. The original plans for Fountain Place called for a twin tower, rotated 90 degrees from the original, to be built on an adjacent block. Due to the collapse of the Texas oil, banking and real estate industry in the 1980s (the savings and loan scandal) the development was never completed. The building was designed by the award winning architects I.M. Pei and Partners and was completed in 1986. The landscape and namesake fountains were designed by the Office of Dan Kiley. The building is known for its unique architecture—it was designed as a large, multi-faceted prism. Its... less