Bank of America Plaza (Atlanta)

Bank of America Plaza (colloquially called the pencil building) is a supertall skyscraper between Midtown Atlanta and Downtown Atlanta, Georgia, United States. At 1,023 ft (312 m), as of February 2024 the tower is the 23rd tallest building in the U.S, the tallest building in the Southeastern U.S., and was the tallest building in any U.S. state capital—overtaking the 820-foot (250 m), 50-story One Atlantic Center in height, which held the record as Georgia's tallest building—until August 2025 when the Waterline tower in Austin, Texas, was topped-out. It has 55 stories of office space and was completed in 1992, when it was called NationsBank Plaza. Originally intended to be the headquarters for Citizens & Southern National Bank (which merged with Sovran Bank during construction), it became NationsBank's property following its formation in the 1991 hostile takeover of C&S/Sovran by NCNB.