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    No worries. Wish I could talk about it more but unfortunately I can't..
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    Ha why would you assume that? I wouldn't mind if Dallas gets a supertall I'm just being realistic. I have a little bit of insight into this project which is what I'm basing my previous comment on.
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    I think the majority of the work left is interior finishes. I haven't seen the building in a couple months but I would assume the exterior is nearly finished.
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    2600 for a 1 bed seems pretty excessive for Houston. I paid 1600 for an 830 sf loft across the street from Hermann Park which is one of the pricier rental areas and that was still relatively expensive for a one bedroom in Houston. I just moved to Chicago and still pay less than 2600 and I'm just a few blocks from Willis Tower in a brand new building. I'm sure they'll get someone to lease at that price though.
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    I agree with you. I think they'll be conservative and not build the tower as opposed to a building that essentially will cost a lot and not yield enough space. If they don't build now I feel like it will be down the road a few years and it will be what they originally planned but there is plenty of office space to lease in adjacent buildings downtown until they think it's the right time to build.
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    I think it will be all or nothing. They'll build the tower they originally planned or they won't build a tower at all. I don't think they'll waste that lot on a scaled down building that won't serve their future needs.
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    I'm pretty sure it's not going to be redesigned. It's just on hold for the time being. It's the largest project in Houston in the last 30 years, let's just be happy there will be a new addition to the skyline.
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    I see that it says zoned for more than a 1.5M SF building but that more than likely means +/- 10% or 1.5M usable area excluding parking. The 1.5 figure came from somewhere and there's no minimum zoning requirement requirement. They aren't going to be putting up a 2M+ SF tower there.
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    Making slim buildings doesn't make for efficient floor plates unfortunately. Developers, especially in Texas, love big floor plates which doesn't help with height. This site that Perot owns is also zoned for 1.5M SF
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    I think Ross Perot Jr is doing just fine. He's Chairman of Hillwood which owns a fairly substantial amount of real estate.
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    I can't believe there are going to be three of these in Houston...
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    I'm not sure that uniformity or a prevailing style creates a neighborhood. I don't see anything wrong with grouping simalarly programmed buildings adjacent to each other or within the same district. That's how most cities do it. The theater district in Houston works fine But I wouldn't exactly call that architecture inspiring and I'm not saying it has to be done by some well known architect either.
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    Well 'starchitects' didn't get that title for no reason. They got if from years of producing great work internationally. They do research, they understand the neighborhoods. There isn't a local firm that would've produced a better design than Steven Holl did for the MFAH expansion. And the Menil is considered one of the great museums...architects and fans of architecture come from all over the world to visit it. Done by an Italian guy that lives 5000 miles away. He managed to understand the neighborhood fairly well. As for local architects, yes there are a lot of talented ones in Houston that don't always get these marquis projects but when you have $450 million to spend you go for the 'name brand'. That's the business
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    Rice also has the Brochstein Pavillion by Thomas Phifer and of course the Turrel Skyspace
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    Yeah Venturi is another one. I don't think that Children's Museum should be on any list the Menil is on though..not much of a fan of 80s/90s postmodernism
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    Well I'm not sure of a list but these are the Pritzker winners I can think of that have buildings in Houston IM Pei - Chase Tower Renzo Piano - Menil Rafael Moneo - Beck Building MFAH Philip Johnson - Throw a stone and see where it lands..probably hit one of his buildings I always assumed Steven Holl had won a Pritzker but I guess he hasn't. I'm sure he will at some point though.
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    Sorry...several 'works' by Philip Johnson. Yes, Crescent is uptown but still minutes from the Arts District. Long story short Dallas has some pretty respectable architecture within a very close area haha Rem is listed on the Wyly Theater site as an architect. OMA collaborated with REX on the project so maybe he was more of a consultant on the project, not sure.
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    I know you weren't referring to the Perot when you said tacky. The buildings are Winspear Opera House - Norman Foster Wyly Theater - Rem Koolhaas Perot Museum - Thom Mayne Morton H Meyerson Symphony Center - IM Pei Nasher Sculpture Center - Renzo Piano Pick any Philip Johnson building, there's several in downtown There's also the Rachofsky House just outside Dallas by Richard Meier who is also a Pritzker winner
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    I'm not sure what you were saying with the MoN&S but I don't think Dallas has much more tacky architecture than we have here in Houston. Dallas is the only place in the world where you have six different Pritzker Prize winning architect's buildings within walking distance of each other. I'm not a fan of Dallas just sayin'... I am a fan of the Perot though. I think it's a great building. Thom Mayne is a genius but his designs tend to be very polarizing. The concept for the Perot was to not be a neutral background for exhibits as most museums tend to be but to actively engage visitors which is why they placed it on top of a plinth that creates an artificial ground plane that tries to juxtapose nature and the city. It's meant to be explored not feel like you're walking through room after room of dinosaur bones.
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    Luminare, I know what an orthogonal grid is. I was sarcastically trying to point out your error but as it has many times before, sarcasm doesn't translate well through text. Anyway I think they chose the right architect for the project. All three of those are some of my favorite firms and do great design work. The Snohetta entry in this case was uninspiring to me. I love nearly everything Morphosis designs but I wasn't crazy about this one. The scale almost seemed too small for them and the work they've done recently. I think it also came down to the way the building was presented in the renderings..very conceptual and faint. Their plans and sections, because of the way they design, were probably a little hard to read for people not used to looking at them. I think Holl has the right balance of conceptual and at the same time presenting something that 'looks' like a museum; the plans and sections posted of the building are very clear. At the end of the day though they couldn't have gone wrong with any of the three.
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    Great lecture...never heard of an "orthagonal" grid before. The three finalists were Holl, Snohetta and Morphosis Here's a link to the Morphosis design: http://morphopedia.com/projects/museum-of-fine-arts-houston
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