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I think this Structure/Gardens has some synergy (pardon the term) with the Houston Endowment's new building and refurbished Spotts Park. 

Folks are all excited and I think we should be. Right down the street there's two massive towers. This spot is destined for a big development. 

I remember when 10 was a skyscraper! 16 seems to necessitate solid construction. 

Score one for the future island. 

Wouldn't the SA river walk portion of Houston be our future island north of downtown? 

I'm laughing uncontrollably at this thread 

I think it's safe. Something is offputting. 

And yet, I must admit I like it. I'm a sucker for the international style. I like particularly black glass. Two Houston Center for me is still a relatively unsung building. Even with the construction. (I'll admit, I personally have my fingers crossed that this begin soon.)

I'm actually interested in the trees? I've heard there are problems with trees on buildings beyond their unsubtle voguishness and ubiquity. Not only that they need so and so much steel and concrete to keep hoisted up there, but that they begin to die immediately. How true is this? 




 

Thank you @Tritonfor this. 

But...does anyone else find the perspective here extremely strange? 

I personally think it'll be nice when it's finally built out along 99 in Spring, Tx. 

I mean, I do see a lot of Game Stops in their portfolio. 

I also...am a fan. 

1 hour ago, Houston19514 said:

IIRC, Innovation Tower was originally presented as a two-phase project, with the upper, second phase, portion to be built depending on market demand (and could be residential or additional medical lab/office space).  This latest rendering looks quite similar to the Phase 1, Parking/lab structure in the original information.

Damn I thought it looked like that, I shoulda said so and made my post look prescient. 

It's funny. I like it. 

Is it a showy tower that'll change the perspective--no. 

Was the tower that interesting in itself other than being very tall--*squints*. 

Oddly, the massing in this case without the tower portion will make it quite idiosyncratic in that lot. 

I'm with @KinkaidAlum, handsome structures 

Gotta say if there isn't a more "Dallas" thoroughfare in Houston than this street. Sorry. 

Hey look it's Regent Square. 

I think the building is cool as hell and also that the treatment of adjuncts in the modern U is unjust. 

To me, if this is an open series of gardens and a cultural center that is mostly open to the public then this is the best thing for the land. 

9 minutes ago, mls1202 said:

 

I actually feel the opposite.  Part of the charm of Transco (will NEVER call it Williams) was that it stood out like a lighthouse.  In a way, it's why the Burj Khalifa looks so impressive in how it dominates the area with everything else looking up towards it.

Yes--and I've seen the argument (and parroted on here) that it was the fullest flowering of Frank Lloyd Wright's idea of a single huge tower dominating a deserted plain. 

Now I don't mind a large tower going beside it--but if it gains something, it also will lose something. 

Get in a time machine and give your outcry to the demolition of the super cool First State Bank Building in Pasadena 

Good, we need a little 1983's 1400 Smith St. in midtown. 

Damn it, don't make me love this building. 

On 6/30/2020 at 12:59 PM, mls1202 said:

I like how they perceive people dressing and acting in their rendering.  I'd be in sweatpants and a t-shirt...if they are lucky.

 

Frasier was more casual. 

I guess it also depends on how you define midrise. Above about 8 tend to be built to last. Below 4 look like tinderboxes. 

I'm here to say if in all of midtown there is one big grocery than that's three two few.