TowerSpotter Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 From the pdf: http://www.pinnaclealliancefund.com/downloads/news-1948129322.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Triton Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 What.... what is that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasGeneral Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 That stone obelisk thing is just awful. Terrible. Horrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Ladies and Gentlemen, the next Energy Corridor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxman Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Ladies and Gentlemen, the next Energy Corridor! Yup. In 10 years, it'll be nothing but mid and highrise office/condos along 45 from Louetta to 1488. Btw, I think the Pyramid is a nod to the Northgate community that used the Pyramid as symbol to represent their community much like The Woodlands uses the pinecone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arche_757 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 At least this area is more organized than the "energy corridor"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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arche_757 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Is it not a symbol of the "illuminati"? Perhaps Beyonce and J-Z are silent partners in this project? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Well, then that's where it should have stayed. I'm sure it will be fine up there and hats off to The Woodlands for another mid rise building.I just thank the architecture Gods for not putting that any where near downtown Houston.I'm happy with the likes of Regent Square and others.Hopefully no rogue suburban developers see that and decide to build their version over in the Waugh /Washington Ave. area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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H-Town Man Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 It's amazing the size of the concrete footprint that is needed for a 164,000 sf building. I hope that bayou there is thirsty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Yup. In 10 years, it'll be nothing but mid and highrise office/condos along 45 from Louetta to 1488. Btw, I think the Pyramid is a nod to the Northgate community that used the Pyramid as symbol to represent their community much like The Woodlands uses the pinecone.I was being sarcastic. This building is... well I won't tell you how stunning it is, just look at it. What can one expect on our 3rd beltway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 all that building is missing.. is a nice track and a few four legged champions... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Besides the tower and pyramid, I keep looking for the Dorothy and the munchkins! Could it be any greener? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 I wish that neighborhood could stay sort of small scale and genteel/Old Houston, and they could redevelop Shadyside like this somehow. But that is probably like wishing that Monday followed Tuesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arche_757 Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Who wants Monday to follow Tuesday? Wouldn't you rather Friday follow Tuesday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bachanon Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 more butt-ugly buildings for the woodlands area. anyone with a plan and financing can throw-up whatever they please. blech!! doesn't anyone study architecture anymore? is everything designed by builders, engineers, and construction companies these days? this building looks like someone's teenager with autocad "went crazy" adding cool stuff to a box. wrong. wrong. wrong. the pillar thing is just stupid; it's random, and not in an interesting deconstructivist way. absolutely bad. a plain glass box would have been more appealing. why do you think buildings that have no......class/style/proper context/elegance are getting built right and left? my guess is that he who holds the purse strings determines what gets built. am i overly harsh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arche_757 Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 is everything designed by [Developers]builders, engineers, and construction companies these days? why do you think buildings that have no......class/style/proper context/elegance are getting built right and left? my guess is that he who holds the purse strings determines what gets built. am i overly harsh? You are not overly harsh. Developers - which is a loose term mind you - determine what happens. In this economy I would imagine a lot of the developers who are producing buildings of this scale are not very experienced, or have some grandiose over inflated opinion of their own design prowess? Sadly, we're getting 3-4 ugly/bad buildings for every decent looking one that goes up. Oh well, the nasty ones will be the first to be replaced reclad... in 15 years or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Of course, lets all remember that Houston, and this particular time period is no exception lol. Every movement or style has it's hero's and imitators. Usually the ratio that arche_757 gave is true through each architecture era where for ever 2,3, or even 4 bad to ok buildings you get 1 decent to awesome building. I mean lets think about this. If every single building was super amazing....then all buildings would cease to be so. The buildings which we deem incredible, and awesome are so because they are at another level above everyone else. Just like not everyone can win or be successful. Not every building is going to be a pritzker prize winner Now before anyone says so, yes we do have a greater ratio of ugly to ok buildings than decent to awesome. When suburbia is all you know and low density is all you know then it's tough to really build a culture where you expect stellar architecture, or even buildings that are more urban in nature. We are getting there though. I would say that many of the latest developments are starting to fall into the decent territory rather than just plan ugly. Lets also remember that some of these developers are still strung up by a few ancient ordinances such as parking requirements and a couple others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Texasota Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 That's ...really not that ugly. It's actually almost sleek.Its biggest problem seems to be a lack of maintenance and cleaning. And yes, I think 800 Bell is attractive as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Awwww... that Springfield building's such a cute little thing. I wonder what it will look like when it grows up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 I wish that neighborhood could stay sort of small scale and genteel/Old Houston, and they could redevelop Shadyside like this somehow. But that is probably like wishing that Monday followed Tuesday.This post was meant for the Topaz Yoakum thread. Not sure how it got on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 I saw an ugly building driving to Kings Dominion from DC yesterday and snipped it from Google Earth.Ugly can be found up here in the DC area too.Address is 6320 Augusta Drive. This is at the Springfield Mixing Bowl I-95 and the Beltway, sure many of you have seen it in person.I remember in the 1990s there were some ugly office buildings near Greenspoint visible from 45 that got converted to Self Storage, right off the freeway, that was ugly too.Like ugly buildings up here like 800 Bell, this building has its defenders too."One of favorite modernist buildings. Springfield Tower (Va), 6320 Augusta Dr., intersection of 395 & 295. Feels like it was inspired by Kenzo Tange's Shizuoka Press Bldg. This building, decades old, survives as a cell tower. It has occupants, is underused, and thus, aging poorly. I hope for a preservationist renovation! Anybody have stories on this building?"http://christiankarkow.com/post/82932180392/one-of-favorite-modernist-buildings-springfieldNice building if restored. Condition has a strong impact on how people judge a design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 If it makes y'all feel any better, I'm sure 90% of the red brick warehouses going up in 1900 were considered ugly by the educated of the time, but today every one of them is considered worth preserving, often not despite but because of whatever kitschy ornamentation was tacked on. Time cures aesthetic ills. I'm more upset at the clear cutting that accompanies all these developments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specwriter Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 I'm more upset at the clear cutting that accompanies all these developments. I agree and that does seem like a large footprint for the total square footage. A six-story "class A" office building? Really? Does anyone really know what that means anymore? I am an architect and I've seen the term used rather loosely throughout my career. Let me just say if it is only six stories it may have an hydraulic elevator or two like your typical economy hotel. Having one of those slow, often jerky, and occasionally smelly things definitely precludes "class A" status IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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