Jim from Katy Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plumber2 Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 Is this the building that suffered severe interior water damage due to a roof failure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hldjhn987 Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 As of today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChannelTwoNews Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff8201 Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolBuddy06 Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb320 Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 When are the runways going in? That thing looks like an airport tower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasVines Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great Hizzy! Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 I'm sure that if the Wizard of Oz had a second home, it would be in the crown of Robot Tower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
20sGirl Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 I like the scary robot crown. It's the rest of the building I don't like. Another beige box. Yawn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 You know, that color blue on the glass crown really works. Too bad the sides ruin the whole thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wernicke Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandLakes Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippy Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 Still an ugly crown air freshener topper..Ready to implode.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchtastic Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 Still an ugly crown air freshener topper..It could redeem itself by releasing big puffs of vanilla-citrus air freshener every 20 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatesdisastr Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 say guys, what do you think about Hermann the robot and Rosie the maid hooking up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumapayam Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swtsig Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChannelTwoNews Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumapayam Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treblelino Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 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??????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swtsig Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindo99 Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 It looks cartoonish, if this drawing is an accurate representation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim from Katy Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeebus Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pm91 Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 took this on gessner, not bad lookin.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumapayam Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChannelTwoNews Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Since the hotel and Hospital tower are still in the same thread, here are a few photos of the hotel construction from last week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumapayam Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Since the hotel and Hospital tower are still in the same thread, here are a few photos of the hotel construction from last week. Thanks for the updated photos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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