Arabella: Condominium High-Rise At 4521 San Felipe St.

[Dakota79]

On 5/28/2018 at 4:04 PM, mollusk said:

I hope that the drab appearance of the stucco is a factor of lighting and/or how those particular potatoes cameras captured colors.

There is no hope.  RD has Vegas taste.  He is always able to sell them though.  The most disappointing one to me is his Cosmopolitan. Ugly color and squatty. He should have put a spire or something on top.  It ruins the view of Post Oak from the south. Hopefully Hanover's (or whoever is building where Ninfas and ATT were) will completely block it.  

[Twitter1]

Trump was staying at St. Regis a few days ago. The freeways were shut down for his motorcade. Spent nearly an hour on the 610 feeder! Took this photo during the hour long wait.

[CaptainJilliams]

6 hours ago, Twitter1 said:

Trump was staying at St. Regis a few days ago. The freeways were shut down for his motorcade. Spent nearly an hour on the 610 feeder! Took this photo during the hour long wait.

Any word on if that plot of land next to Robbins Brothers is going to be utilized for some kind of development in the near future? 

[Twitter1]

^ Nope, I do not know anything.

 

 I've been wondering the same for years. For one, there could be a lawsuit regarding the height of the development blocking views from the 3 other residential towers. Just like the proposed tower drama at San Felipe & Post Oak. Could also make a nice green space or small park. Maintain the grass.  That costs money though.

[Dakota79]

On 6/2/2018 at 9:41 AM, Twitter1 said:

^ Nope, I do not know anything.

 

 I've been wondering the same for years. For one, there could be a lawsuit regarding the height of the development blocking views from the 3 other residential towers. Just like the proposed tower drama at San Felipe & Post Oak. Could also make a nice green space or small park. Maintain the grass.  That costs money though.

They can sue all they want for blocking their views but they won’t be successful. Every building blocks (or changes) someone’s view. 

[JJxvi]

I shake my head at this building every time I see it.  I guess the color scheme is to match the other two new buildings south of this site?  It looked much better when it was just bare cement gray  than it does since they painted it beige.  It doesn't read similarly overall like the other two where you have much more glass surface, so it ends up looking like a different color scheme design anyway.

Edited June 6, 2018 by JJxvi

[bobruss]

I agree. The color of the stucco is terrible with the color of the glazing. This is going to take the place of the skinny  apartment tower on Sage as the strangest building in Uptown.

At least Randall has been consistent. Its hard to imagine one developer creating so many near misses out of so many nice renderings. He never seems to get it all right.

Because of the pattern he has created it will always look a little unfinished.

Well he still has the Marlowe to come closer.

 

[Reporter]

Mother nature will tone down the bright beige in a few years. But don't worry, there will always be another new building to piss on.

[Dakota79]

On 6/2/2018 at 7:05 AM, CaptainJilliams said:

Any word on if that plot of land next to Robbins Brothers is going to be utilized for some kind of development in the near future? 

Whatever is built on this land will likely block the views of the galleria skyline from all 3 of those buildings.  

[Dakota79]

On 6/2/2018 at 1:04 AM, Twitter1 said:

Trump was staying at St. Regis a few days ago. The freeways were shut down for his motorcade. Spent nearly an hour on the 610 feeder! Took this photo during the hour long wait.

 Too bad The Wilshire wasn't about 10 stories taller.  It would have looked better instead of the stair stepping down in height between these 3 buildings.  Meanwhile, the lady in red is saying "I'm late for my shift to Target!"

[ArchFan]

Well, the sun is about to rise.  Time to put on my sunglasses so that the Arabella won't melt my eyeballs.  It has the highest reflection coefficient of any building I can see from where I live. 

[Twinsanity02]

Here are some reflection coefficent equations if any which to test ArchFan's contention. I for one will take his word on this.

 

Hemispheric Reflectance

The hemispherical reflectance of a surface, denoted R, is defined as^[1]

{\displaystyle R={\frac {\Phi _{\mathrm {e} }^{\mathrm {r} }}{\Phi _{\mathrm {e} }^{\mathrm {i} }}},}

where

• Φ_e^r is the radiant flux reflected by that surface;
• Φ_eⁱ is the radiant flux received by that surface.

Spectral hemispherical reflectance[edit]

The spectral hemispherical reflectance in frequency and spectral hemispherical reflectance in wavelength of a surface, denoted R_ν and R_λ respectively, are defined as^[1]

{\displaystyle R_{\nu }={\frac {\Phi _{\mathrm {e} ,\nu }^{\mathrm {r} }}{\Phi _{\mathrm {e} ,\nu }^{\mathrm {i} }}},}

{\displaystyle R_{\lambda }={\frac {\Phi _{\mathrm {e} ,\lambda }^{\mathrm {r} }}{\Phi _{\mathrm {e} ,\lambda }^{\mathrm {i} }}},}

where

• Φ_e,ν^r is the spectral radiant flux in frequency reflected by that surface;
• Φ_e,νⁱ is the spectral radiant flux in frequency received by that surface;
• Φ_e,λ^r is the spectral radiant flux in wavelength reflected by that surface;
• Φ_e,λⁱ is the spectral radiant flux in wavelength received by that surface.

Directional reflectance[edit]

The directional reflectance of a surface, denoted R_Ω, is defined as^[1]

{\displaystyle R_{\Omega }={\frac {L_{\mathrm {e} ,\Omega }^{\mathrm {r} }}{L_{\mathrm {e} ,\Omega }^{\mathrm {i} }}},}

where

• L_e,Ω^r is the radiance reflected by that surface;
• L_e,Ωⁱ is the radiance received by that surface.

Spectral directional reflectance[edit]

The spectral directional reflectance in frequency and spectral directional reflectance in wavelength of a surface, denoted R_Ω,ν and R_Ω,λ respectively, are defined as^[1]

{\displaystyle R_{\Omega ,\nu }={\frac {L_{\mathrm {e} ,\Omega ,\nu }^{\mathrm {r} }}{L_{\mathrm {e} ,\Omega ,\nu }^{\mathrm {i} }}},}

{\displaystyle R_{\Omega ,\lambda }={\frac {L_{\mathrm {e} ,\Omega ,\lambda }^{\mathrm {r} }}{L_{\mathrm {e} ,\Omega ,\lambda }^{\mathrm {i} }}},}

where

• L_e,Ω,ν^r is the spectral radiance in frequency reflected by that surface;
• L_e,Ω,νⁱ is the spectral radiance received by that surface;
• L_e,Ω,λ^r is the spectral radiance in wavelength reflected by that surface;
• L_e,Ω,λⁱ is the spectral radiance in wavelength received by that surface.

[ArchFan]

No need to get fancy.  The sun is far enough away to make it good enough to calculate plane-wave reflection coefficients and also it's not necessary to introduce frequency dependence.  In the past, I experimented with a lot of various equations for sound waves in the earth.  I imagine that for visible light this far from the sun, it would be sufficient to use an equation that allows for angle dependence and there is no mode conversion to speak of, as would be the case for sound waves.   In any case, just to my eyes, I don't need to fuss over which equation to use:  Randall's new building starts hurting my eyes once the sun comes up.   

 

Ultimately, its just another building that is better to live inside of, so that one doesn't have to look at it from nearby.

Edited June 7, 2018 by ArchFan

[Twitter1]

 

 

[Highrise Tower]

The glass has moods of color. Reflection of the sky I assume.  Dark today with some "white glaze" as well.

[Highrise Tower]

Really liking large, well manicured lawns these days. Very attractive to feature next to your tower

[Highrise Tower]

A type of tractor was spotted at (one) of the vacant grassy lots across the street. It's next door to the jeweler on the 610 feeder.

 

If this is developed it would be cool! It's not New Reginal Planning/Blake Tartt's land is it?

[Highrise Tower]

It's the land of Joe's Golf House

 

[InTheLoopFromNYC]

I had much higher hopes for Arabella based on the renderings but have been completely disappointed with with what we got. The first rendering, mostly glass on the west side, worked for me! The second, more like what we got, at least works to a degree since the glass as rendered doesn't contrast as much with the white stucco surfaces. The close to final product with the white stucco highly contrasting the glass just looks low-grade. Not making final judgement yet, but I'm not hopeful based on all the other garbage Randall Davis has graced Houston with, particularly over on Post Oak! Hard to believe (or maybe not so hard to believe) but the Wilshire and Skyhouse towers to the south of Arabella turned out much better and much classier! 

[MarathonMan]

This is just AWFUL!  Marlowe is turning out to be far better looking.

[Highrise Tower]

Such harsh criticism!  Can we all agree it's better than The Mercer Condos at least? 

[Reporter]

No. But I think its safe to say that nobody cares what anybody thinks. I know I don't.

[Highrise Tower]

 

I actually like it.

 

Edited July 15, 2018 by ekdrm2d1

[Naviguessor]

 

2 hours ago, Reporter said:

No. But I think its safe to say that nobody cares what anybody thinks. I know I don't.

Then why bother posting anything at all? 

[CaptainJilliams]

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[Reporter]

10 hours ago, Naviguessor said:

 

Then why bother posting anything at all? 

I mostly come to Haif for the photos, renderings, rumors, early announcements and inside info. No offense to anyone, but the opinions don't mean much to me. Don't worry, that's just an opinion.

 

About this building... I like it,  (4 stars out of 5). Bitching about the stucco where the glass should have been is pointless at this point. But for what its worth, I think they could have chosen a better color to paint the stucco too.  Luckily, mother nature will darken that bright white paint in no time, so relax.

Edited July 15, 2018 by Reporter

[Houston19514]

3 hours ago, Reporter said:

I mostly come to Haif for the photos, renderings, rumors, early announcements and inside info. No offense to anyone, but the opinions don't mean much to me. Don't worry, that's just an opinion.

 

About this building... I like it,  (4 stars out of 5). Bitching about the stucco where the glass should have been is pointless at this point. But for what its worth, I think they could have chosen a better color to paint the stucco too.  Luckily, mother nature will darken that bright white paint in no time, so relax.

 

Funny thing is, I believe someone else recently posted their complaint about the beige stucco.

[Highrise Tower]

No negativity this week? Good job. 

 

Waiting for them to peel off the glass film on the front.

Edited July 28, 2018 by ekdrm2d1

[Highrise Tower]

Oh my there is a project fence on that grassy land!  Anyone got the scoop on what’s happening here?

[thatguysly]

1 hour ago, ekdrm2d1 said:

Oh my there is a project fence on that grassy land!  Anyone got the scoop on what’s happening here?

 

 

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