Popular Post Urbannizer Posted July 16, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted July 16, 2016 http://www.laidesigngroup.com/single-post_coleman_center.html Quote Located in Houston, the Coleman Global Center will be the leading nonprofit development and think-tank for affordable housing design in the United States. As a research, learning, business and nonprofit link for policy makers in the region, CGC will work with regional, national and international leaders to 1) preserve existing housing resources 2) develop coordinated strategies for regional affordable housing development; 3) provide independent housing policy to stake holders and the community at-larger; and 4) serve as an international model for housing solutions for communities of need. The building is 35,000 square feet housed in five stories. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pragmatist Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 Looks like we have our own Epcot Houston. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerNut Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 Bold design for Houston. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 Where is this at? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdotwill84 Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 horrible design to build in historic 3rd ward. just my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intencity77 Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Interesting design. Finally something different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
towerjunkie Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 This is awesome! Striking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Triton Posted July 20, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted July 20, 2016 Quote THE GLASSY SPHERE shown in the rendering looks to be a design for a nonprofit workspace and affordable housing thinktank called the Coleman Global Center. An attached description of the project, from Colorado-based LAI Design Group, doesn’t specifically identify the location of the rendering (beyond noting that project is “in Houston”). But another rendered view shows the bubble right across Dowling St. from the almost-finished new community center atEmancipation Park (and its easy-to-identify reflection pool) at the corner withElgin. And Leah Binkovitz’s May interview with state representative Garnet Coleman and a set of collaborating Third Ward nonprofit directors ambiguously highlights that particular empty lot as playing an important role in plans to shift how gentrification unfolds in the neighborhood. 5 stories. http://swamplot.com/the-glittering-5-story-affordable-housing-thinktank-bubble-that-could-rise-by-emancipation-park/2016-07-19/ 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-TownChris2 Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 That's a cool looking building! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 ^^^ construct this! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tangledwoods Posted July 20, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted July 20, 2016 nothing says affordable housing like a giant faberge egg.... This is truly idiotic. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 1 hour ago, tangledwoods said: nothing says affordable housing like a giant faberge egg.... This is truly idiotic. Let's see how gentrification unfolds like a 5 story glass sphere. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DNAguy Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted July 20, 2016 Author Share Posted July 20, 2016 Threads merged Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerNut Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 On 7/20/2016 at 8:00 AM, tangledwoods said: nothing says affordable housing like a giant faberge egg.... This is truly idiotic. All it needs is a "The World is Yours" in neon on it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 A little overkill in terms of the sphere. Kind of jarring and the execution isn't every smooth. It makes me think that someone had idea for a sphere building and were like....well how do we make this thing touch the ground? and this was the result. Its at least something different, so I applaud the effort! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BeerNut Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 (edited) Well it's not Epcot... https://ccppi.org/news-updates/ Edited August 28, 2018 by BeerNut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennyc05 Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 15 hours ago, BeerNut said: Well it's not Epcot... https://ccppi.org/news-updates/ A million times better than the previous proposal haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intencity77 Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Another boring box. While I wasn't “in love” with the previous rendering at least it was something different. This town’s architecture is obsessed with straight lines and boxes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EllenOlenska Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 I'm gonna second intencity77. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pablog Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 I disliked the old one so much!! The new one is a lot better. The problem with the old design is that in 5 years it will look outdated. I have seen spherical buildings like that before and I always think they look old. The new one, although not different from other buildings, will still look nice come 10-15 years. Just my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennyc05 Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 New design has a parking garage now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BeerNut Posted January 11, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted January 11, 2019 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted January 12, 2019 Author Share Posted January 12, 2019 Bumped to going up 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EllenOlenska Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 11 minutes ago, Urbannizer said: Bumped to going up Deserves to be bumped. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naviguessor Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 Another one of those projects that doesn’t just make the city bigger...it makes it better. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatguysly Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 Fantastic project 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
htownbro Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 I liked the sphere... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 I'm sure they have good intentions, but this is the same Midtown TIRZ group that has been buying up all of the property in the 3rd ward to supposedly build new housing and help keep the third ward livable. So right out of the box they go out and spend a bunch of money on office space and some community space, and all they can show for housing is 27 units. Looks a little like someone is building themselves a fancy new office building but not much for housing. A little like putting the cart before the horse. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for improving the 3rd ward, but I cant help but think that Garnet Coleman will probably have an office on the top floor and we won't see much in housing built. I still don't like that they have taken money from the Midtown TIRZ, to do all of this in the 3rd ward. I do like the building over the sphere. The original design would have been out dated before it was finished and I'm sure it would have been value engineered into a poorly crafted project. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 (edited) 58 minutes ago, bobruss said: I'm sure they have good intentions, but this is the same Midtown TIRZ group that has been buying up all of the property in the 3rd ward to supposedly build new housing and help keep the third ward livable. So right out of the box they go out and spend a bunch of money on office space and some community space, and all they can show for housing is 27 units. Looks a little like someone is building themselves a fancy new office building but not much for housing. A little like putting the cart before the horse. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for improving the 3rd ward, but I cant help but think that Garnet Coleman will probably have an office on the top floor and we won't see much in housing built. I still don't like that they have taken money from the Midtown TIRZ, to do all of this in the 3rd ward. I do like the building over the sphere. The original design would have been out dated before it was finished and I'm sure it would have been value engineered into a poorly crafted project. Its almost like....government has a difficult time putting their money where their mouth is. I'm shocked. Completely shocked. (I know this is a strawman, and over simplification, but the point still stands.) Edited January 15, 2019 by Luminare 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerNut Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 (edited) https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2019/01/17/318457/housing-center-hoped-to-balance-tradition-and-gentrification-in-third-ward/ Edited January 19, 2019 by BeerNut 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted June 13, 2019 Author Share Posted June 13, 2019 Foto updates? How far along is this one? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 39 minutes ago, Urbannizer said: Foto updates? How far along is this one? Walked this part of the area a few weeks ago and they hadn't even started digging yet. Don't know why. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post thedistrict84 Posted June 13, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 13, 2019 @Luminare is right, no activity as of today. You can’t even tell where the ceremonial groundbreaking occurred. 9 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 Just now, thedistrict84 said: @Luminare is right, no activity as of today. You can’t even tell where the ceremonial groundbreaking occurred. haha actually you can. Look a little closer at the center behind the sign. See where there is extra tall grass? Thats the fresh dirt/mulch they used for the groundbreaking that caused that. Its the grass growing on top of the mound along with the fresh dirt/soil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timoric Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 (edited) - Edited July 12, 2019 by Timoric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedistrict84 Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 1 minute ago, Luminare said: haha actually you can. Look a little closer at the center behind the sign. See where there is extra tall grass? Thats the fresh dirt/mulch they used for the groundbreaking that caused that. Its the grass growing on top of the mound along with the fresh dirt/soil. Good point, didn’t think of that. My avid-gardener mother would be disappointed to know that I missed that detail. Was expecting something a little closer to the street. Huh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted August 29, 2019 Author Share Posted August 29, 2019 Dirt being moved now https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2019/08/29/houstons-first-central-hq-for-affordable-housing.html 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Urbannizer Posted September 4, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 4, 2019 https://www.arch-con.com/division/affordable-housing-operations-center/ 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 Emancipation/Elgin St. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bobruss Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Its amazing how much activity is taking place from Elgin to 45 and west of emancipation to 59. Also drove down Gray yesterday and saw the new protected bike lanes. Pretty exciting. They still had some orange barricades around but cyclist were on the trails anyway. Every little bit helps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 2 hours ago, bobruss said: Its amazing how much activity is taking place from Elgin to 45 and west of emancipation to 59. Also drove down Gray yesterday and saw the new protected bike lanes. Pretty exciting. They still had some orange barricades around but cyclist were on the trails anyway. Every little bit helps! Saw that as well. I hope they finish that all the way to Bagby St. I really wonder what kind of impact this will have. Emancipation has a lot of potential to be the next big thing, but hasn't really taken off like I thought it would. Yeah there has been more residential coming online, but not the retail explosion like we've been seeing in the heights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 I think they're going to need to see more new residential before we see much growth in retail. I also think that McGowen has a whole lot of promise in the future. The section in Midtown is really developing a nice vibe and I see it moving east. I know it will be a long time before it happens, but keep an eye out for McGowen and Emancipation to come on strong in the future. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 ArchCon is the main contractor so it will get done quickly, these guys seem to do good, quick work on their projects. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerNut Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Midtown TIRZ has committed to pay to move utilities underground due to setbacks. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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