Dominax Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 If yes If NO! YES OR NO or is this a imaging downtown of this building See image here (click below) http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/showphot...&papass=&sort=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 in that particular rendering, our city would appear to have some "size issues" if you know what i mean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominax Posted July 11, 2005 Author Share Posted July 11, 2005 in that particular rendering, our city would appear to have some "size issues" if you know what i mean <{POST_SNAPBACK}> No i don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YakuzaIce Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 I doubt it is real, but comparing it to the other buildings it seems to be around 2000 feet. You could try and contact the poster Vaidas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UrbaNerd Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 Dude, seriously, stop it with these "OOH HOUSTON MEGATOWERS!!!!1111" threads! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 Dude, seriously, stop it with these "OOH HOUSTON MEGATOWERS!!!!1111" threads!<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Why? what's wrong with that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjb434 Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 This one must be another dreamer. There would have been talk of this from other members on this board already.Cool concepts is one thing, but I like to see project proposals that look somewhat realistice by proffessional development companies.The scale is way off from the proposed building stats anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 It's not a real proposal. He's a guy in Lithuania who spends his spare time dreaming up skyscrapers and pasting them into skylines from different cities around the world. He contacted me yesterday trying to sell some of his "photos" and thought I should write about them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 If yes If NO! YES OR NO or is this a imaging downtown of this building See image here (click below) http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/showphot...&papass=&sort=1 <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I like the concept, but like other posters, i think the height is unrealistic. What do i mean? In Houston what would be the point of a tower that size other than to say "Houston has one of the tallest towers in the US" etc.? The design fits in with a 21st century look I feel Houston needs, but the key is to have it blend in with the other beautiful towers, yet stand out as unique. This technique is for master architects to achieve, not mere enthusiasts like me. So, the tower itself fits.........the size makes it seem unatainable. m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirzania Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 So, the tower itself fits.........the size makes it seem unatainable. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I think most of the guys here agree and us women will sit here and snicker like schoolgirls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 I think most of the guys here agree and us women will sit here and snicker like schoolgirls. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Ha ha, i completely walked into that one. m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonsemipro Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 This will never happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brijonmang Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 its just a building that someone made up on SSP like the editor said...all this guy did was paste it into our skyline...still it is interesting to see what houston could look like with all kinds of megastructures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Plastic Posted August 6, 2005 Share Posted August 6, 2005 It would be cool to see a supertall builing in our skyline.All the truely tall skyscapers in THe US are in New York and Chicago.Not that it's unrealistic but there's no space Downtown where that building is placed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arche_757 Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 All the truely tall skyscapers in THe US are in New York and Chicago.What do you consider truely tall --- a 1000 ft building or a 1100 ft building?Cities with 1000 ft+ buildingsHouston, L. A., New York, Atlanta, Chicago. I might be mistaken but isnt Philly getting a supertall soon?Cities with 900 ft + buildingsCleveland, Charlotte, New York, L. A., Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Philly, and Seattle. Miami, and Boston may also be getting 900 ft tall buildings shortly. Not sure - can anyone else check on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YakuzaIce Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 Cities with 1000 ft+ buildingsHouston, L. A., New York, Atlanta, Chicago. I might be mistaken but isnt Philly getting a supertall soon?<{POST_SNAPBACK}>If you are talking aabout comcast I think it is around 980 ft. SO not quite 1000. I will check and put the real height in a sec.EDIT: 975 ft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 Height isn't always absolute. It can be relative. After spending two weeks in Tokyo, I was convinced that its skyline was huge. But it was only after I got home that I realized it's actually tiny. The tallest skyscraper in Tokyo is only 799 feet. But the city feels big anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brijonmang Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 i know what you mean...honolulu has a very prominent and extensive skyline...however its tallest building is i think roughly 450 feet tall...but the skyline is much larger than houstons with all of the hotels and resort high rises Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arche_757 Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 The tallest skyscraper in Tokyo is only 799 feet. But the city feels big anyway.Of course it does - Tokyo's population: 12,527,115 (8,444,531 in 23 wards)"Greater" Tokyo has roughly 35 million people ~ around 30% of the entire population of Japan. Of course thats kind of like saying New York has 25 million (if you included Conn., N. J., and parts of Penn.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YakuzaIce Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 Just felt like putting this drawing by Vaidas from SSP. I actually think the building looks pretty good here.EDIT: I couldn't put the pic, but you can see it here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heights2Bastrop Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 Can you imagine the electricity bill to run that thing??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmm Posted September 2, 2005 Share Posted September 2, 2005 i like the enthusiasm you people show for awesome architecture in downtown; but you do realize that there has to be someoen working INSIDE the building right?Houston Downtown - with 40 million sq ft of vacant space, is NOT gonna build another commerical skyscraper until atleast 3/4 of that emptyspace gets coveredand with more and more companies opting to locate in one - three story complexes in West Houston: ConocoPhillips HQed off I-10 @ Dairy Ashford & Citgo HQed on Eldridgeits NOWHERE in sight. Devleopers dont build these things so they look pretty, they need people to move in. But new companies opt to move to Greesnpoint, Greenway, Galleria or off I-59 between Beltway 8 and 610 S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djrage Posted September 2, 2005 Share Posted September 2, 2005 in that particular rendering, our city would appear to have some "size issues" if you know what i mean <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I get it. It does look somewhat phallic.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eelimon Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 If this is proposed or not were would it get built? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YakuzaIce Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 I don't think it was ever even a real proposal so there was no specific block. I think it was just a building pasted into the skyline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonDowntown Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 On Skyscraper page is says "fantasy" but has construction dates.No mention of it on google either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eelimon Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 On Skyscraper page is says "fantasy" but has construction dates.No mention of it on google either.Those have to be "fantasy dates" too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YakuzaIce Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 On Skyscraper page is says "fantasy" but has construction dates.No mention of it on google either.I could delete those if it would make you feel better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonDowntown Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 Well its cool to have a drawing of building but having fantasy construction dates makes little sense, IMO. All it managed to do was make everyone think it was real. Either way, it would be cool if it was actually going to be built. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YakuzaIce Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 Check it now. No more dates (2006-2010). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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