Museum Tower is a 42-story,

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in the arts district of Dallas,

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. 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.

Height

Museum Tower 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 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 the highest residence in Dallas, surpassing the Republic I. The Museum Tower is the 4th-tallest building in Dallas' Arts District, behind Chase Tower, Fountain Place, and the Trammell Crow Center; wit
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being the tallest building in Dallas.

Design

Museum Tower was designed by architect Scott Johnson, a member of the

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-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 a 20-story tower, the height was significantly increased to accommodate more residences. The glass-clad tower features an elliptical floorplan.

Location and features

Situated in the center of the Arts District, Museum Tower is located adjacent to the

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, the Meyerson Symphony Center, the Winspear Opera House and Wyly Theatre. The building consists of 115 residential condominiums, ranging from in area. Each condominium will feature direct-access elevators and private balconies. The Museum Tower's large site features a second story-level outdoor pool and public gardens. The structure is adjacent to

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and a performance park, which feature public fountains and a movie pavilion.

Groundbreaking

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 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.

Conflict with the Nasher

The Museum Tower's glass has reflected an undesirable glare into the nearby

, whose architect

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had specifically designed its roof to direct appropriate indirect sunlight into the galleries, based on the arc of the sun across the sky. Artist

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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

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who designed the Nasher's sculpture garden, has characterized the glare as "an attack on the garden and on the building and on 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.

In popular culture

Exterior and interior location shoots were used in ''

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'' (the 2012 revived series) as the residence of the fictional character Pamela Rebecca Barnes.

References

External links

Official site

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