monarch Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 totally cool video. best of luck at the new office! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metro West Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 (edited) Edited June 24, 2014 by Metro West 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 Oh my god I remember this!!! Damn nostalgia you crazy. What was this called again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 (edited) Oh my god I remember this!!! Damn nostalgia you crazy. What was this called again? Something about a steam shovel. EDIT: Edited June 24, 2014 by Nate99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 (edited) I have no clue what was up with the other number we were told. This is still officially 48-stories. The only other new building downtown that has started construction is Hines' 609 Main at Texas. The 48-story, 1.05 million-square-foot tower is expected to be complete in the fourth quarter of 2016. The tower was designed by New Haven, Connecticut-based Pickard Chilton Architects Inc. and is being built by D.E. Harvey Builders. Colvill Office Properties is in charge of finding the building tenants.http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2014/06/26/more-details-emerge-on-new-downtown-office-towers.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+vertical_30+%28Oil+%26+Gas+Industry+News%29&page=2 Edit: More confirmation from today from the new Development Map. This is 48-stories: http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/28590-development-list-for-buildings-in-houston-march-2014/?p=465814 Edited June 27, 2014 by Triton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Allen Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Okay! Okay! I'll relax after this. Just wanted to give one last big update before I start at my new office in Memorial City on Monday. It's like Tonka Trucks meet Legos! Very awesome! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasGeneral Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 I like the last picture with the market square tower included as well. Based on these renderings, it looks like this tower will be as tall as One Shell and First City Tower, if not taller. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 (edited) I like the last picture with the market square tower included as well. Based on these renderings, it looks like this tower will be as tall as One Shell and First City Tower, if not taller.Yeah. It's supposed to be 757' I believe.Awesome new renderings!Edit.. We still haven't seen what this building will look like at night, have we? Besides that first rendering a year or so back that swamplot called a "glowstick".. I'm interested to see how the building will be lit up/where these LEDs will be incorporated. Edited June 27, 2014 by cloud713 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arche_757 Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 (edited) I do think its taller than First City Tower - just off the height that was announced previously. I wish that last picture was higher resolution. Those are the type of renderings I like to see, the others are just purty looking illustrations. Man I love the Pilkington System! Pricey, but just a nice way to hang a sheet of glass. Edited June 27, 2014 by arche_757 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 I do think its taller than First City Tower - just off the height that was announced previously. I wish that last picture was higher resolution. Those are the type of renderings I like to see, the others are just purty looking illustrations. Man I love the Pilkington System! Pricey, but just a nice way to hang a sheet of glass.If you look at the rendering of the upper floors, it makes it look like the top portion of the crown will exceed First City Tower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsatyr Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 (edited) This building will be almost a hundred feet taller than First City Tower. Crown included obviously. Edited June 27, 2014 by xsatyr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arche_757 Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 The rendering shows the view from the upper floors to be taller than (or the same height as) One Shell Plaza roughly, and a little shorter than Republic Bank. Which are both taller than First City Tower. Makes me wonder if indeed the rumord 800' height was accurate, since the crown adds some addtional height? Guess we'll find out fairly soon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstontexasjack Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 The rendering shows the view from the upper floors to be taller than (or the same height as) One Shell Plaza roughly, and a little shorter than Republic Bank. Which are both taller than First City Tower. Makes me wonder if indeed the rumord 800' height was accurate, since the crown adds some addtional height? Guess we'll find out fairly soon. Good catch. I've been curious as to the amount of extra engineering and design it would take to add a few floors to this building. I'd think the primary limiting factor would be the foundation, which would have to support the additional weight of added floors. However, if a foundation were constructed with enough strength for some added flexibility, I could see an additional modest increase in height. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naviguessor Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Y'all do no that those pictures used as backdrops are pictures taken from something other than a floor on this building. Right? I wouldn't assume that they will be terribly accurate. Unless Hines sent a drone up with a panoramic camera and an altimeter to take shots at the exact height of eye as the floors shown in the rendering. Maybe...but I kind of doubt it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arche_757 Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 (edited) Well... my Dad worked for Hines back in the 1970s, and helped market One Shell Plaza back when that building was planned, and he suggested (and they did) go up in a helicopter and photograph views from various office heights. So... that was way back when; remote control devices allow the same thing to happen today with much greater ease. I wouldn't doubt a company like Hines (who is very detail oriented) would leave something like that out. In fact, I imagine they're quite the bear of a client. Probably very demanding. And I would bet if they told the architect "We want a rendering looking out from the 45th and 47th floors" the architect would provide that. Edited June 27, 2014 by arche_757 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 opulent, expensive, world class, extraordinary, maybe someone can help me here, but upon completion.. will this be the most beautiful building in houston... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naviguessor Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Cool info. Thanks arche. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fkp5 Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 opulent, expensive, world class, extraordinary, maybe someone can help me here, but upon completion.. will this be the most beautiful building in houston... I don't know about the most beautiful in Houston, but it will definitely be up there. I still like the old Gulf building and Bank of America better, but this might be my third favorite. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 opulent, expensive, world class, extraordinary, maybe someone can help me here, but upon completion.. will this be the most beautiful building in houston... No. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Pennzoil, Gulf, Williams, Esperson, Bank of America, and Tenneco/Kinder are up there pretty high on my list. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
On to the Next One Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 I think it is a great looking building. I'm very glad it is being built this cycle. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Pennzoil, Gulf, Williams, Esperson, Bank of America, and Tenneco/Kinder are up there pretty high on my list.so then this is the nicest building built in Houston since the 80s..? heh. i could possibly agree with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativehoustonion Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 I have too many favorites, but this will be one of them. Who many cranes you think they need? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 I have too many favorites, but this will be one of them. Who many cranes you think they need?I'm gonna throw out a controversial guess of at least one 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Cloud713I'd agree with that. I just think until we see it in its finished state we ought to wait to crown it, THE most beautiful.On a different note here is a link to several cities from birds eye views that are pretty incredible!NYC, Dubai, Barcelona, and on http://www.viralnova.com/cities-from-birds-eye-view/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasGeneral Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Y'all do no that those pictures used as backdrops are pictures taken from something other than a floor on this building. Right? I wouldn't assume that they will be terribly accurate.Unless Hines sent a drone up with a panoramic camera and an altimeter to take shots at the exact height of eye as the floors shown in the rendering. Maybe...but I kind of doubt it. Developers are all using drones now to capture views from specific floors as marketing tools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timoric Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 (edited) - Edited July 8, 2019 by Timoric 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Is it?It's perfectly fine, but Heritage Plaza *defines* our skyline in a way this just won't. I actually think One Park Place is a more important building that 609 Main. It's not a particularly inspiring piece of architecture, but it pushed the skyline east, defined that portion of downtown, and re-established residential skyscrapers a viable reality downtown.609 Main is just a pretty, yet bland, office tower in a sea of similar buildings. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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