Sky-guy Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 What on earth is sky terrace? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClutchCity Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 What on earth is sky terrace?Maybe he meant SkyHouse. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Sorry! I hope you realize what I meant. SkyHouse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chi-Char-Hou-Dal Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 lol - maybe a Classy Whataburger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arche_757 Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 So BG Group Place is 46 floors and it is only 630" tall. If what someone said above is true, that this is going to be a 750' tall building, that would be more in line with towers that have 55 floors. Is there a way anyone can get an architectural height for us? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 ^ you need to think about the crown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arche_757 Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 That's what I'm asking for. How tall is that crown? And I wonder if they're using a 14'-0" floor-to-floor, or something less? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Is that the House of Pies at its base? From the press release it does not look like there will be any retail at the base, other than a cafe. Kind of disappointing, but I guess they're thinking this is the way they need to go to get it built. It looks like their residential tower will have retail - maybe they figure this is more appealing to residential customers than it is to office tenants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 I like it. Only four blocks from the other Whataburger though. Maybe they're going for Alonti-esque downtown density. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 That's what I'm asking for. How tall is that crown? And I wonder if they're using a 14'-0" floor-to-floor, or something less? From the other thread that went over the height for this project: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arche_757 Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Thanks Urbinnizer. Those were likely posted before I started signing in, and as such I couldn't clik on them/couldn't read them. Odd that even though it only has a few floors more than BG Group Place, that it will be so much taller. Granted the height of the "fins" add to the overall height, but the floor-to-floor height must also be considerably more? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 I like it. Only four blocks from the other Whataburger though. Maybe they're going for Alonti-esque downtown density. Thank you. It's been bothering me since it first came out... I just couldn't place it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 (edited) Thank you. It's been bothering me since it first came out... I just couldn't place it. In fairness, I was piggy backing off of Chi-Char-Hou-Dal's joke. The pitch of that inverted V is spot on though... Edited October 25, 2013 by Nate99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAC Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 609 has a bunch of retail spots. A large 7k-8k sf space along Main, and two medium size spaces on Capitol & Fannin. There will be a conference center on the 2nd floor overlooking Main and a fitness center overlooking the corner of Fannin & Capitol. As for the height - BG Group Place is 630' and 609 is ~750' tall. Love the Whataburger reference too! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Larger rendering of the base: 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HtownWxBoy Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Wow ... luv it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 609 has a bunch of retail spots. A large 7k-8k sf space along Main, and two medium size spaces on Capitol & Fannin. There will be a conference center on the 2nd floor overlooking Main and a fitness center overlooking the corner of Fannin & Capitol. As for the height - BG Group Place is 630' and 609 is ~750' tall. Love the Whataburger reference too! Larger rendering of the base: fantastic.. i can see where the retail is going much better now with the description and the close up of the base. great news that its still around. will the tower be all office floors or will the garage extend underneath the tower portion, encompassing the whole block? doesnt look like any cars in the lower portion of the tower, but from the side profile blue print view with the floor markings and height, it appeared there were garage floors at the bottom. is BG on top of a garage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 The Design of this tower is simple, yet very striking. I can't wait to see the final execution of it. Although, I'm sure we all wish it was 200' taller, I'm glad it will be built. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 This recent interview with Pickard, although it's about his new design for Milwaukee, gives some good insight into how he thinks. I thought his comments about 80's architecture vs. today resonate with Houston buildings. http://blogs.wsj.com/developments/2013/09/27/qa-architecture-with-midwestern-pragmatism/?mod=WSJBlog 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatesdisastr Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 This recent interview with Pickard, although it's about his new design for Milwaukee, gives some good insight into how he thinks. I thought his comments about 80's architecture vs. today resonate with Houston buildings. http://blogs.wsj.com/developments/2013/09/27/qa-architecture-with-midwestern-pragmatism/?mod=WSJBlog Really good Q and A article H-Town Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 The roof garden is awesome, although I wish all those people weren't all standing on the edge! Just inside the What-a-Burger, what is that dark rectangular patch? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClutchCity Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 550 ft in only 32 stories that is impressive. If 609 Main had those floor to ceiling heights it would be taller than Chevron's new tower! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 550 ft in only 32 stories that is impressive. If 609 Main had those floor to ceiling heights it would be taller than Chevron's new tower!..? what is 550 ft and 32 stories? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxman Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 ..? what is 550 ft and 32 stories? The new building in Milwaukee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 a'ight, y'all stop calling it the Whataburger or Hines will redo the entire tower, delaying it for a few years... lol 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 (edited) Hines buildings through the years, as called by Houstonians (a selection):1976 - The milk cartons1981 - The really tall one, but kinda ugly. Isn't the green one taller? No I think this is taller.1983 - The really awesome one. At sunset.1984 - The cute kind of gingerbread one2009 - The PEZ dispenser2014 - The Whataburger Edited October 27, 2013 by H-Town Man 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Allen Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Awesome! Only Houstonians would get the above analogies. Hilarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 I've always thought of the PEZ dispenser as more of a BIC lighter. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chi-Char-Hou-Dal Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Would love to see pics of all these - or at least the names so I can look some up I don't know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Would love to see pics of all these - or at least the names so I can look some up I don't know. Milk cartons - PennzoilReally tall one - TCB/Chase TowerAwesome - Williams/Transco TowerCute gingerbread - Bank of America (I think)Pez - BG Place It would indeed be quite a coup to get Whataburger to move their HQ from Corpus Christi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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