andre154 Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Urbannizer is correct, and I believe that is my photo from one of my tweets. The rendering in the middle is actually a rendering of the Camden Toyota Center project. The one on the right I believe was the Randall Davis project. I should have gotten a better shot. Someone can stop by the Central Houston offices for a better look. http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/29372-camden-conte-21-stories-x2-2-phases-downtown/page-8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Triton Posted November 13, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 13, 2014 (edited) Hopefully someone can get a higher res than me. Edited November 13, 2014 by Triton 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 You might be able to get a high res, but to be honest this is clearly VERY early in the process. That's literally a Sketchup model thrown onto a google maps plane. I will admit. For a Randall Davis project it's certainly an improvement.....so far. This one has a long way to go, but it's going in the right direction. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 I'm a wee disappointed in the lack of gargoyles, but life goes on, one supposes. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arche_757 Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 The name... conjures up an image of a sleezy detective carelessly puffing away on a cigarette. Smoke thick in the air, blinds tilted revealing only that its dark and raining outside...and then there's a neon light from the diner across the street casting a red glow across the room 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asubrt Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 So based on this rendering/the development map this will only be taking up a little over 1/4 of the block next to Dirt Bar along Caroline? I thought it would take up the rest of the block, but I guess not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Awful 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 ok randall davis, i get it... you've been sipping a few... as opposed to lying down upon the proverbial couch. therefore, i shall in earnest.. try and give you the benefit of the doubt upon your quest to bring forth some new condos upon the downtown houston cbd district... now dearest randall, you and i as well as all of houston knows... that you are not going to put up that shockingly ugly building right next to GREENSTREET! randall, i shall never ever forgive you. randall, please do not do this... please randall, i beg you to think this over. heck, i shall even take a monster, a demon, chuckie, or even a gargoyle of two.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 I think it looks okay, but as Luminare said, the rendering suggests that it's still in the design phase. We'll see a better rendering closer to when the project begins construction (2Q 2015). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 I...I like it.. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 I hope the facade turns out as shiny and crisp as the Cosmopolitian. It's a decent little condo tower... I REALLY hope they don't cheap out on the garage like history has taught us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-TownChris Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 I like it, more density added 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shasta Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 (edited) Wow....I would much rather have the design of the Astoria, or the Titan, or a number of the other buildings that some people here think are poor designs OVER this bland design. I thought this was supposed to be a design that RD was waiting to unveil in a place like downtown. Hopefully (fingers crossed) that is just an initial massing model to get the square footage right and to give the city an idea of the scale and then RD will surprise everyone with a much better design. Edited November 14, 2014 by shasta 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota79 Posted November 14, 2014 Author Share Posted November 14, 2014 Wow....I would much rather have the design of the Astoria, or the Titan, or a number of the other buildings that some people here think are poor designs OVER this bland design. I thought this was supposed to be a design that RD was waiting to unveil in a place like downtown.Hopefully (fingers crossed) that is just an initial massing model to get the square footage right and to give the city an idea of the scale and then RD will surprise everyone with a much better design.Be careful what you wish for. A surprise from RD is likely, but not usually in a good way. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterlyUrban Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 It will be interesting to see the final design. I will be curious how they intend to have ingress/egress for automobiles. It looks to me that this first rendering has them entering on Caroline near the bars and across the street from HOB. Caroline gets quite congested during a large HOB event and the area can see a ton of traffic with a large event also at the Toyota Center. I would think that access on Polk would be preferable but, we shall see! It's workable in any event. Just curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 Polk access would be much better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstontexasjack Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 This looks itty bitty on the Downtown Development Map: http://www.downtownhouston.org/site_media/uploads/attachments/2014-11-14/141105_Double_Sided_Development_Map_Renders_Map_Small_11x17_cond.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fernz Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 It looks plain and boring; which is actually a good thing for a RD project. Who's the designer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Huge Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 It looks plain and boring; which is actually a good thing for a RD project. Who's the designer?MS Paint 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 i have been somewhat perplexed every since the unveiling as per randall davis's marlowe. sure, none of us are exactly novices here.. and we certainly understand that his prospective rendering / concept is just upon it's initial stages. however, randall has been contemplating venturing forth back into the downtown cbd market for quite some time now... why on earth would he arrive with such a demure / unattractive / small in scope and scale, at a time when everyone is projecting larger edifices that are practically SCREAMING please rent or buy one of me / strangely introverted totally non glamorous edifice right beside GREENSTREET? this is just so very perplexing to me after witnessing what all that he has contributed as per the galleria post oak area. why randall? why so very demure / quiet / non glamorous now... especially upon the downtown cbd district where you have the utmost capability to showcase your overall developmental strength? i just do not get it... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 MS Paint The amusing part to me is that this, like the geocities-esque Market Square condo, could be a definite go while pipe dream never-gonna-happen projects get 3-D animation and visual effects by ILM in their YouTube video. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZKB9 Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 This looks itty bitty on the Downtown Development Map: http://www.downtownhouston.org/site_media/uploads/attachments/2014-11-14/141105_Double_Sided_Development_Map_Renders_Map_Small_11x17_cond.pdfThis really saddens me. This lot always felt special to me, like it deserves something grand coming out of Green Street, not a dinky highrise on a parking lot. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryDierker Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 This really saddens me. This lot always felt special to me, like it deserves something grand coming out of Green Street, not a dinky highrise on a parking lot. I like that it doesn't take the whole block. Leaves half the block for future development. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterlyUrban Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 I like that it doesn't take the whole block. Leaves half the block for future development.And, it's going to make the condos on the east side of the building be a bit more troubling to sell. Folks understand about losing a view when a building across a 4 lane street goes up. Par for the course. But, a building on the same lot? That may be troubling. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 And, it's going to make the condos on the east side of the building be a bit more troubling to sell. Folks understand about losing a view when a building across a 4 lane street goes up. Par for the course. But, a building on the same lot? That may be troubling.This is the case in pretty much every city. Not sure why it's a surprise to anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Purify Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 @Avossos Yeah. Houston has small, square blocks in its CBD, and rarely do Houstonians see multiple highrises go up on the same block. It's such a foreign concept here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naviguessor Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Me thinks that there will not be primary views facing east. Bet the elevator shafts/stairwells run up the back side, specially for this reason. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purdueenginerd Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 If I recall correctly, Houston's CBD blocks are 330' x 330'. Which is about average for a lot of cities. I think the reason so many high rises take up the full block in houston is because they can. Plenty of space to build what you want when the existing structures that were there were leveled 30 years ago. That being said, I would opine that once space starts running out in downtown, you'll start seeing less "full block" construction. Thats my 2 cents at least. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 Houston's are square. The part of NY on a grid is rectangular, as are the blocks in Dallas (which are not many). I think Chicago is largely rectangular, as well. Square city blocks seem to be common in small towns that were laid out a long time ago, and Houston was fortunate it keept its grid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 100 units (1 to 3 bedrooms)909 to 2500 square feet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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