H-Town Man Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 H-Town Man your story of the Chevron CEO telling you of the construction in a secret location in the Arctic, then flying the building in to Houston is totally believable. However, I gotta call BS on the playing golf this morning part. There's no way you could have made it to the golf course........ with all the traffic and all. Congrats on your first post and welcome to the forum. John S. Watson and I both live in Eastwood so it was only a walk to the golf course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 Anybody else think the first and only rendering we've seen is cheesy at best? Somebody said they saw more updated, realistic renderings! Please elaborate!!!! Chevron building gonna go away if you keep complaining about the renderings. Only complete faith in the unseen will bring Chevron building. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdottjones Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 (edited) this photo is taken from yates hs. it gives you a good ideal how the skyline will look with the chevron tower filling in the open spot to the left. Edited November 9, 2013 by sdottjones 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 this photo is taken from yates hs. it gives you a good ideal how the skyline will look with the chevron tower filling in the open spot to the left. I really like that virw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 someone just said this one will be 832'. has that been confirmed anywhere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangledwoods Posted November 20, 2013 Author Share Posted November 20, 2013 height is in flux, last I heard it was at 52 floors.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 height is in flux, last I heard it was at 52 floors....its really getting taller? or they were counting the bottom and top double high floors as 2 floors? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbates2 Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 See my post at #353. I knew my posts probably had that kind of pull. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 See my post at #353. I knew my posts probably had that kind of pull.I had them read your posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodToBeMe Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 H-Town Man your story of the Chevron CEO telling you of the construction in a secret location in the Arctic, then flying the building in to Houston is totally believable. However, I gotta call BS on the playing golf this morning part. There's no way you could have made it to the golf course........ with all the traffic and all. I find this, if not sarcastic, then totally unreasonable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBooze Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 I find this, if not sarcastic, then totally unreasonable. I have been accused of being unreasonable a time or two in my lifetime. However, my comment in post #447 was an attempt at subtle humor, with the use of both conspicuous and inconspicuous sarcasm. The conspicuous sarcasm is obvious since H-Town Man's comments were comically absurd. The reference to Houston's reputed traffic would be the part that was inconspicuous since my comment indicated I didn't have a problem with the absurd assertion but chose instead to challenge his ability to get to the golf course due to traffic, on a morning that Houston was also inundated by heavy rainfall and strong winds.I find this, if not sarcastic, then totally unreasonable. I have been accused of being unreasonable a time or two in my lifetime. However, my comment in post #447 was an attempt at subtle humor, with the use of both conspicuous and inconspicuous sarcasm. The conspicuous sarcasm is obvious since H-Town Man's comments were comically absurd. The reference to Houston's reputed traffic would be the part that was inconspicuous since my comment indicated I didn't have a problem with the absurd assertion but chose instead to challenge his ability to get to the golf course due to traffic, on a morning that Houston was also inundated by heavy rainfall and strong winds.oops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 I have been accused of being unreasonable a time or two in my lifetime. However, my comment in post #447 was an attempt at subtle humor, with the use of both conspicuous and inconspicuous sarcasm. The conspicuous sarcasm is obvious since H-Town Man's comments were comically absurd. The reference to Houston's reputed traffic would be the part that was inconspicuous since my comment indicated I didn't have a problem with the absurd assertion but chose instead to challenge his ability to get to the golf course due to traffic, on a morning that Houston was also inundated by heavy rainfall and strong winds. I have been accused of being unreasonable a time or two in my lifetime. However, my comment in post #447 was an attempt at subtle humor, with the use of both conspicuous and inconspicuous sarcasm. The conspicuous sarcasm is obvious since H-Town Man's comments were comically absurd. The reference to Houston's reputed traffic would be the part that was inconspicuous since my comment indicated I didn't have a problem with the absurd assertion but chose instead to challenge his ability to get to the golf course due to traffic, on a morning that Houston was also inundated by heavy rainfall and strong winds.oops No worries. Your comment was understandable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxman Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Can we expect a new rendering anytime soon? The first and only one they put out was lame-o at best. I hope there's more to it than just a four-sided tube. Would be somewhat disappointing, no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Hopefully when they finalize the design by the end of the year of whenever that is supposed to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangledwoods Posted November 25, 2013 Author Share Posted November 25, 2013 The renderings that I have seen look really good, unfortunately it is very unlikely that you will get to see them before chevron wants which could easily be mid 2014...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 So is their anything beyond vertical set backs on the north and south sides? How about LEDs or some sort of illumination? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxman Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 The renderings that I have seen look really good, unfortunately it is very unlikely that you will get to see them before chevron wants which could easily be mid 2014...... Can you give us any sort of detail? Is it just a vertical tube with little detail to the curtain wall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 The renderings that I have seen look really good, unfortunately it is very unlikely that you will get to see them before chevron wants which could easily be mid 2014...... You can change that, tangledwoods. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 You can change that, tangledwoods.You saw them? Are there others? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangledwoods Posted November 27, 2013 Author Share Posted November 27, 2013 I am not an architect so let me try to describe this thing.... The tower has to vertical setbacks on two sides of the building. All four faces of the building have a slight curve to them (there are no straight sections). The coolest feature IMO is that the tower is smaller at the bottom. The lower few levels (i think its 1-3) are setback from the upper floors by 10-15 feet. There is a gentle slope up which will give a very cool view from the ground. Seeing 49 floors cantilevered above your head should be pretty cool. The podium portion of the tower will be crazy cool. It seems like this section is still in flux but everything that I have seen is awesome. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purdueenginerd Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 That would be pretty skyline changing if we have a reverse floorplate design here's a highrise in Charlotte, NC that "cantilevers" like that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangledwoods Posted November 27, 2013 Author Share Posted November 27, 2013 I do need to be clear the slopped cantilever is only a few floors. That being said depending on how they conceal the steel columns it could look sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxman Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Can you draw? lol. If so, draw it, take a picture and post!! Pretty please? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infinite_jim Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 A magnolia tree that was on the Southeast corner of the site has been cut down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Owl Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 (edited) If they're going to be up there at 800+ feet, may as well really create a stir by the ornamental top to make it the city's tallest! Maybe something like this building from China, but with the Chevron logo projected onto it (like how Continental used to do) http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=50 Would the sloped cantilever look like a muted version of this? Maybe without the fat base? Edited November 27, 2013 by King Owl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 (edited) Nah king owl. He said the sloped part only goes up a few floors, near the base. But I too wish they would slap a nice ornamental top on it for a new super tall. Heh. Edited November 27, 2013 by cloud713 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 I am not an architect so let me try to describe this thing.... The tower has to vertical setbacks on two sides of the building. All four faces of the building have a slight curve to them (there are no straight sections). The coolest feature IMO is that the tower is smaller at the bottom. The lower few levels (i think its 1-3) are setback from the upper floors by 10-15 feet. There is a gentle slope up which will give a very cool view from the ground. Seeing 49 floors cantilevered above your head should be pretty cool. The podium portion of the tower will be crazy cool. It seems like this section is still in flux but everything that I have seen is awesome. Is this a description of the same building in the rendering already made public? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodToBeMe Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 If they're going to be up there at 800+ feet, may as well really create a stir by the ornamental top to make it the city's tallest! Maybe something like this building from China, but with the Chevron logo projected onto it (like how Continental used to do) http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=50 Would the sloped cantilever look like a muted version of this? Maybe without the fat base? I am not sure modeling a Houston tower after one in China would be a good thing. I say this in consideration of the subpar standards of quality they appear to embrace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bachanon Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Just to play devil's advocate: where do you "see" subpar Chinese standards of quality? Isn't China shipping over American engineers and architects? I think, at minimum, we can be inspired by the creativity of the vanity structures the Chinese are building............ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 I am not sure modeling a Houston tower after one in China would be a good thing. I say this in consideration of the subpar standards of quality they appear to embrace.You clearly don't understand how China's cities are built. They're not designed by Chinese architects. They're designed by American and European architects. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonIsHome Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 I think he is confusing buildings with the mass-produced-outsourced-to-China-made-for America goods Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 I may have an inside scoop on the tower.. Just found out my buddies dad works for a contracting company that won one of the bids so I'm going to try and find out the height later today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxman Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 I thought it was already determined to be 832 feet. Was that only a speculative height? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 I believe so. I was the one that mentioned that. I heard it on another page (skyscraperpage?) by a random forum member. I don't mean to start any unconfirmed speculation but word from my buddy is that they added another 10 stories!!! He couldn't remember the height though but if that's the case this could be around 960'. He's going to check out the blue prints tomorrow and lmk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky-guy Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Would that make it taller than Williams (Transco) Tower? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
por favor gracias Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Transco Tower is 901 ft tall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonBoy Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 If it is expanded 10 floors and reaches 960ft then it'd be about 8 meters short of supertall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 The 960' is just a random guesstimate I came up with. Assuming the previous 832 number was right and the floors are around 13'. Tomorrow I should find out for sure But yeah, I was thinking that too that it's not far off from a supertall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxman Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Wowzers! I hope it's true. A supertall would look great in that location!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClutchCity Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 If they add 10 more floors it'd probably be close to 2 million sq ft in the entire tower. That's a lot of space to fill. Hopefully it just shows how optimistic their growth expectations are and doesn't take anything out of their possible(probable?) 4th tower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 (edited) They still have corporate HQ to fill the 4th tower. heh.. That's merely speculation. My buddy said it would have 2 penthouse floors..? I wonder if the Petroleum Club plans to move to that other place long term or just temporary, or who the top floors would be for Edited December 16, 2013 by cloud713 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 The 960' is just a random guesstimate I came up with. Assuming the previous 832 number was right and the floors are around 13'. Tomorrow I should find out for sureBut yeah, I was thinking that too that it's not far off from a supertall Just for fun... If the building was going to be 832 feet with 50 stories, assuming the same average height per floor and adding 10 additional stories would give us a total height of 998.4 feet = 304 meters = supertall. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Just for fun... If the building was going to be 832 feet with 50 stories, assuming the same average height per floor and adding 10 additional stories would give us a total height of 998.4 feet = 304 meters = supertall.haha, i like your thinking. the only thing is im assuming the 832' was counting the 3 level podium with double height floors, whereas the podium isnt included in the "50 story" figure. which makes me wonder if the "64 stories" i heard included the podium or not. if it doesnt, this thing should break the supertall barrier.. i was assuming it did include the podium and that the podium was 4 stories (making for 10 additional floors), but the 4th story of the podium is the first floor of the tower, so i guess they possibly added 11 stories to the tower..? if all goes well ill have more details tomorrow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ltlftc Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Chevron is very unlikely to allow another tenant in the building for security reasons. The penthouse floors are likely to be conference rooms with higher ceilings. Both 1500 Louisiana and 1600 Smith have large conference rooms on the top floors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greens! Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Just for fun... If the building was going to be 832 feet with 50 stories, assuming the same average height per floor and adding 10 additional stories would give us a total height of 998.4 feet = 304 meters = supertall. Now all they need is a large antenna to attach to the top and voila! New tallest in the city. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxman Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Now all they need is a large antenna to attach to the top and voila! New tallest in the city. Sorta, but not really. Antennas don't mean squat in my opinion. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfastx Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Any news?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 (edited) Any news?!Right?? I feel like a kid who can't wait for Christmas to open his presents.. Hopefully soon.. He hadn't double checked the blueprints yet when I asked earlier. I hope he's right about this. He seemed pretty sure about 64 stories though. Edited December 16, 2013 by cloud713 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Someone IM hitherpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAC Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Rumors are rampant that this project is on hold for at least 12 months.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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