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[wernicke]

I gotta admit, the near-finished crown is looking better than I expected...

The pinstripes on the glass look nice. I still think the "spikes" or whatever look quite strange and robotic.

[citizen4rmptown]

The pinstripes on the glass look nice. I still think the "spikes" or whatever look quite strange and robotic.

Does anybody got any recent photo updates?

[Jim from Katy]

Is the Hotel being built next to the Memorial Hermann tower topped out?? It has been a couple of weeks since I've seen them build a new story. If it is then it doesn't look anywhere near as tall as they depicted in the renderings.

In the renderings they made it look like it was almost as tall as the 35 story Memorila hermann building but tight now it looks only about half as tall.

Edited by Jim from Katy, Saturday, November 15, 2008 at 5:32 PM.

[plumber2]

Is this the building that suffered severe interior water damage due to a roof failure?

[hldjhn987]

As of today.

[ChannelTwoNews]

Is the Hotel being built next to the Memorial Hermann tower topped out?? It has been a couple of weeks since I've seen them build a new story. If it is then it doesn't look anywhere near as tall as they depicted in the renderings.

In the renderings they made it look like it was almost as tall as the 35 story Memorila hermann building but tight now it looks only about half as tall.

I have a print version of the updated rendering (current color schemes) and it comes out to a 25 story building. My guess is there are another two large floors coming since the top two floors are set back and the main roof will overhang both the north and south sides. Some decorative red metal framework also (according to the renderings) should be added to the narrow side facing Gessner. Starting on the 3rd floor and running up that notch, extending outward at the 18th floor just above the condo/hotel split to meet the main roof at an angle.

I should scan it in when I get the chance...

Edited by ChannelTwoNews, Sunday, November 16, 2008 at 6:27 PM.

[Geoff8201]

Great quality photos. Always appreciate the visual update.

This building doesn't look as bad as I thought it would in the finished product. Rather unusual with the crown on top, but not all bad.

This has become quite a marker of the I-10 near Beltway 8 area... I can see it all the way from my building located near the Greenway and Upper Kirby area.

[CoolBuddy06]

Great quality photos. Always appreciate the visual update.

This building doesn't look as bad as I thought it would in the finished product. Rather unusual with the crown on top, but not all bad.

This has become quite a marker of the I-10 near Beltway 8 area... I can see it all the way from my building located near the Greenway and Upper Kirby area.

That's exactly what MH leaders want it to be. They always talk about a landmark and a Medical center outside of Texas Medical Center.

[marc]

Maybe this has already been addressed, but WHY is the crown off-center again? And why is it centered from that angle? i mean, wouldn't most people see it traveling on the I-10 FWY, so, to me, it would stand to reason that it should be positioned to look centered from that perspective. Any ideas?

m.

[rsb320]

When are the runways going in? That thing looks like an airport tower.

[TexasVines]

When are the runways going in? That thing looks like an airport tower.

if you can't land it on the Katy Freeway you should not be flying it

[The Great Hizzy!]

I'm sure that if the Wizard of Oz had a second home, it would be in the crown of Robot Tower.

[20sGirl]

I like the scary robot crown. It's the rest of the building I don't like. Another beige box. Yawn.

[Montrose1100]

You know, that color blue on the glass crown really works. Too bad the sides ruin the whole thing.

[wernicke]

Maybe this has already been addressed, but WHY is the crown off-center again? And why is it centered from that angle? i mean, wouldn't most people see it traveling on the I-10 FWY, so, to me, it would stand to reason that it should be positioned to look centered from that perspective. Any ideas?

m.

I'm thinking it has to do with elevator placement.

[GrandLakes]

That hotel has a ways to go - the big building is not actually 35 floors. I think it is 33 or 34 and that includes the crown. The actual "building" part is aroune 27 - 28 floors - meaning the hotel has a ways to go.

[Zippy]

Still an ugly crown air freshener topper..

Ready to implode..

[crunchtastic]

Still an ugly crown air freshener topper..

It could redeem itself by releasing big puffs of vanilla-citrus air freshener every 20 minutes.

[fatesdisastr]

say guys, what do you think about Hermann the robot and Rosie the maid hooking up

[Pumapayam]

I have a print version of the updated rendering (current color schemes) and it comes out to a 25 story building. My guess is there are another two large floors coming since the top two floors are set back and the main roof will overhang both the north and south sides. Some decorative red metal framework also (according to the renderings) should be added to the narrow side facing Gessner. Starting on the 3rd floor and running up that notch, extending outward at the 18th floor just above the condo/hotel split to meet the main roof at an angle.

I should scan it in when I get the chance...

Is this it?




Whole photo.

[swtsig]

it's crazy that it's taken this long to get a decent rendering of the westin on here... thanks puma. i love it, btw. they could've settled for something banal but didn't. more glass on the lower levels would have been nice, but it ties in very well with the MH tower.

[ChannelTwoNews]

Here's the more recent one I was talking about. It was included with a few of the other projects discussed here in the West Houston Chamber's annual booklet.

[Pumapayam]

Here's the more recent one I was talking about. It was included with a few of the other projects discussed here in the West Houston Chamber's annual booklet.

I am counting 24 floors. Not bad.

The previous rendering looked like 28 floors.

[treblelino]

I am counting 24 floors. Not bad.

The previous rendering looked like 28 floors.

Can Houston do anything besides boxy, beige, and twenty-something to thirty stories???????????

[swtsig]

Here's the more recent one I was talking about. It was included with a few of the other projects discussed here in the West Houston Chamber's annual booklet.

cant say i really care for that angle.

[mindo99]

It looks cartoonish, if this drawing is an accurate representation.

[Jim from Katy]

It looks cartoonish, if this drawing is an accurate representation.

The Hotel was changed since the renderings. I think it was shortened and lost a lot of the accents. Lets just say it was simplified. The rendering from channel2news reply is correct.

Edited by Jim from Katy, Sunday, December 14, 2008 at 9:58 AM.

[Jeebus]

Can Houston do anything besides boxy, beige, and twenty-something to thirty stories???????????

I agree in this particular case, but I'm not going to complain because in this town is seems us beggars can't be choosers.

[pm91]

took this on gessner, not bad lookin..

Edited by pm91, Sunday, December 14, 2008 at 5:47 PM.

[Pumapayam]

Sorry for the double post.

Found this here.

The Westin open November 15th, 2009.

Looks almost nothing like the original rendering.

Submitted a request to move Westin Hotel info here.

Edited by Pumapayam, Thursday, February 12, 2009 at 12:43 PM.