Popular Post Urbannizer Posted April 29, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted April 29, 2015 From Reddit: 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 By Javi Kawai on Flickr 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 Is there any smaller 45-100 unit high rise that isn't selling out? That seems to be the sweet spot or market void or whatever you call it. It seems like the large projects do worse. What large projects are you referring to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 That 33 story San Felipe? Lol, I can't think of many condo towers with hundreds of units. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 Details on the base coming together. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmitch94 Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 Just saw those on the web cam. Hopefully there will be more but if not this is still better than the Cosmos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Urbannizer Posted May 28, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted May 28, 2015 5/27 by Javi Kawai on Flickr 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 ^^^ oh my, dare i say... beautiful... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonIsHome Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 Nice vid. Is uptown the biggest office park in the US? Can't think of any bigger. Tysons Corner may come close, but the residential in uptown seems bigger 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 It's not really an office "park" (and neither is Tyson's). It's multiple properties owned by separate developers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonIsHome Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 You say potato I say tomato Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 ^^^ video detail is outstanding! biliton tower, is beyond striking and first class. astoria, is progressing beautifully. well done.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamer78 Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Very nice, exciting!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richfish Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 The crown/diamond thingy is on top now. Looks pretty weird. Still trying to visualize how it's going to look finished but I keep thinking it'll look so out of place. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 The crown/diamond thingy is on top now. Looks pretty weird. Still trying to visualize how it's going to look finished but I keep thinking it'll look so out of place. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryDierker Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 yesterday looked like half diamond IMG_1765 by Not.Larry Dierker, on Flickr IMG_1764 by Not.Larry Dierker, on Flickr 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richfish Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 It's starting to look like the Illuminati headquarters 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timoric Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 (edited) - Edited July 9, 2019 by Timoric 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Urbannizer Posted June 27, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted June 27, 2015 https://www.flickr.com/photos/indiephotographer/18558188714/ 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 ^^^ splendid illustration! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 I guess an electrician was working on top of Astoria today; this guy posted a bunch of pics to the r/Houston subreddit. http://imgur.com/a/oWjcc 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astros148 Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Imagine if we had zoning 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 It would probably look different Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 I guess an electrician was working on top of Astoria today; this guy posted a bunch of pics to the r/Houston subreddit. http://imgur.com/a/oWjcc 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 ^^^ amazing! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Didn't want to post without giving credit lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmitch94 Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Out of the east Texas forest emerges a metropolis. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 wow those are just incredible photos! and also not feeling that diamond crown top but maybe when completed i will like it better? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BayouBoomtown Posted July 9, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted July 9, 2015 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 I dig the bling.. Err, diamond. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 ^^^ cool illustration bayouboomtown! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChannelTwoNews Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 View from the Chase Tower yesterday, also posted in the BHP Billiton Thread 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brijonmang Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 View from the Chase Tower yesterday, also posted in the BHP Billiton Thread Looks like we had the same idea as I took this on Friday from Chase as well... Uptown from Chase Skylobby by Bryan Malloch, on Flickr 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 ^^^ sorry, but in my opinion, that white beacon object atop of astoria appears ridiculous! that needs to come down immediately before uptown becomes a national laughingstock! it harbors a certain "mysticism" feel to it. ridiculous indeed.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 View from the Chase Tower yesterday, also posted in the BHP Billiton Thread Damn, Houston. It's incredible that this picture of a small section of Uptown rivals most small cities in America. ^^^ sorry, but in my opinion, that white beacon object atop of astoria appears ridiculous! that needs to come down immediately before uptown becomes a national laughingstock! it harbors a certain "mysticism" feel to it. ridiculous indeed.... You need to see it in person. I promise. The tower is quite impressive. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChannelTwoNews Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Photos from yesterday 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Money Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 The subtle asymmetry perplexes me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 ^^^ wonderful illustrations channeltwonews! however, that beacon at the very top.... ugh... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativehoustonion Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 That has always been the design it lights up. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BayouBoomtown Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 ^^^ wonderful illustrations channeltwonews! however, that beacon at the very top.... ugh... I have a feeling that when this thing is completely finished and lit up at night, you'll change your opinion. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 I have a feeling that when this thing is completely finished and lit up at night, you'll change your opinion. ^^^ are you kidding? i shall be terrified once that object is finally lit up! or at least mystified...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timoric Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 (edited) - Edited July 9, 2019 by Timoric 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Houston's Luxor? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 I think it would be cool if a powerful laser/spotlight shot out the top on special occasions like the twin towers.Seeing how most of his projects look like bad Tim Burton props, a Batman signal would be more appropriate. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 (edited) Kitschy would be my choice of descriptions for Mr Davis' developments. Hopefully he'll work out all the unnecessary frill and pull off two great buildings, Arabella, one on the east side of 610, and the Marlowe downtown. If not they'll stick out like sore thumbs. He never fails to mess it up somehow. Edited July 21, 2015 by bobruss 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 ...what has he messed up on this development? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 ...what has he messed up on this development? From top to bottom The pyramid on the top of the building is a little too much. Its like he had to add some bling to make it fun. Bottom - he creates these ugly pedestals for his buildings that do nothing for the streetscape i.e. lack of interaction with pedestrians, GFR, and just a fortress style base that makes it very unwelcoming. I also don't like his choice of colors for his buildings. Maybe something personal, but I always feel there just a little off. The colors of Cesar Pelli's group of buildings to the west, don't bother me. I think he got them just right. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 From top to bottom The pyramid on the top of the building is a little too much. Its like he had to add some bling to make it fun. Bottom - he creates these ugly pedestals for his buildings that do nothing for the streetscape i.e. lack of interaction with pedestrians, GFR, and just a fortress style base that makes it very unwelcoming. I also don't like his choice of colors for his buildings. Maybe something personal, but I always feel there just a little off. The colors of Cesar Pelli's group of buildings to the west, don't bother me. I think he got them just right. "A little too much".. "Had to add some bling to make it fun".. You do realize this building is located in Uptown.. Right? Home of chrome arches/suspended circular signage and a 901 foot tall lighthouse/beacon of suburban-urbanity? Nothing a little too much or blingy about Uptown.. I agree, the bases of his buildings usually blow.. Color is always just a little bit off? Isn't this building going to be white? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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