KatieDidIt Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Its looking more and more like a Tranformer in Disguise.Oh well, let's hope all the other structures going in down the Corridor look nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jax Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 It does look kind of odd, but not awful. I'm actually kind of digging the giant robot look. They definitely need to add a robot face on that crown! Arms would be cool too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc281 Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 hey haifers -- forget infill projects promoting urban density, forget spectacular skyscrapers sculpting awe-inspiring skylines, we want ARMS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 It does look kind of odd, but not awful. I'm actually kind of digging the giant robot look. They definitely need to add a robot face on that crown! Arms would be cool too... heh heh. I love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great Hizzy! Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Poor thing... it's just not turning out very well asthetically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GovernorAggie Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 I'm disappointed in it as well--especially considering how nice their new tower in TMC turned out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatieDidIt Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 It does look kind of odd, but not awful. I'm actually kind of digging the giant robot look. They definitely need to add a robot face on that crown! Arms would be cool too... Ahhh, Let's just hope it doesn't become possessed with the spirit of ZULE and stomp through the city like the Stay-Puff man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted March 31, 2008 Author Share Posted March 31, 2008 It does look kind of odd, but not awful. I'm actually kind of digging the giant robot look. They definitely need to add a robot face on that crown! Arms would be cool too... I wouldn't be opposed to if it it would clear out traffic accidents and disabled cars within its reach. LOL. good job Jax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Calling this design "sub-par" is being way too kind.Amen to that! Instead of this albatross growing on me, I'm beginning to dislike it more each day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Does anyone know how tall the highrise next to it will be? AND, is the original render the final one of it? m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Does anyone know how tall the highrise next to it will be? AND, is the original render the final one of it?m. Right now the structure going up is a parking garage. Not sure if the original building (I think it was a hotel) from the rendering is sitting on top of this garage or not. I'm assuming it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saddleman Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 The crown should have been big enough to be centered in the middle of the building, and still reach the north and south side edges. That would have been nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
97saturn Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 maybe the crown is off-centered toward the north because of the lighting effects on the south of it. Look at the original rendering that has about shown a duplicate tower so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumapayam Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 The crown should have been big enough to be centered in the middle of the building, and still reach the north and south side edges. That would have been nice. Sorry KingKirby, all I saw was your icon and what you said. I am guessing the crack reaches the north and south sides too. Regarding the building, the crown is connected to the front glazing. The back does not have the same treatment, so it being centered does not really matter to me anymore, it looks pretty fly. More crowns people! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trae Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 I saw this thing from the Beltway at 290 on Friday. Looks pretty damn massive and really sticks out. I like the way it looks from that far away, but the closer you get and see that crown... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted April 13, 2008 Author Share Posted April 13, 2008 Well, I'm going to drive by it in about an hour, so I am curious on how it looks now. <sob>I miss my (crappy) camera.</sob> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatieDidIt Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 Well, I'm going to drive by it in about an hour, so I am curious on how it looks now. <sob>I miss my (crappy) camera.</sob>Its coming along. According to the CIO of Memorial Herman, that one building is just part of the puzzle, not the whole burrito. I'm wondering if that means more towers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HtownWxBoy Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
97saturn Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 I think that is part of the puzzle. Are the neon lights still on at night? Also what is going on just west of the tower by the garage?................could that be another piece of the puzzle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpringShadows Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 I think that is part of the puzzle. Are the neon lights still on at night? Also what is going on just west of the tower by the garage?................could that be another piece of the puzzle.Nope, no neon lights anymore. I've had my camera in the car ever morning, however the things that I think are the "light strips" have been installed on each side of the blue glass column and two un the center of the column. To the west, I was wondering the same thing. Someone, a long time ago told me it was a parking garage but it sure doesn't look like one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandLakes Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 I drive by the building every day - I have not seen the neon lights in a while (and I did see them a while back). To the East of the building (between the building and Gessner) is a new hotel going up (they are working on the third floor right now). It is a Shearaton. The crosswalk is already up across Gessner - my thought is that it will connect to the Sheraton. So, in order to get to the mall from the new tall building you will have to walk through the hotel first. To the West of the new 35 story building is a parking garage. The parking garage is being constructed between the old, original Memorial City Hospital that faces I-10 and I-10 itself. This is where the traffic for the new building will be directed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hldjhn987 Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 "The Westin Houston, Memorial City a 250-room new-build hotel, will be located within the Gateway Development -- a sub-development within Memorial City that will also includes a new 900,000 square foot medical office tower, restaurants, and shopping. Hotel guests will rejuvenate and escape from the stresses of their daily lives with the help of Westin's renewing signature amenities such as The Westin Heavenly Bed®, Heavenly Bath® and Westin WORKOUT® powered by Reebok fitness center. A 65-unit Westin Residences will be built on top of the hotel and will be accessible to owners via a separate entrance and elevator." SOURCE: Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swtsig Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 nice catch on the westin. i've also heard rumblings of a new "5-star" hotel in the I-10/energy corridor area...the westside of houston is booming unlike anything i've seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatieDidIt Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 the westside of houston is booming unlike anything i've seen.No joke.Every week almost it seems a new project is announced. Density in West Houston is arriving soon. I'm really kind of shocked to see if keep pace with Uptown construction. Not the same upscale condo towers, but the same amount of construction. BUt who knows, maybe the condo towers will hit here one day too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 very cool. does it deserve it's own thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trae Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 I think it actually has one already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 All you need is another crane on the other side and you have the two arms for this evil robot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatieDidIt Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 All you need is another crane on the other side and you have the two arms for this evil robot.Let's hope it crushes that ugly WAMU too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb320 Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 What are in the windows of that Papa Joe's. It appears to be a person, then a cat and something else in the third one. Surely these are painted on?? I think it looks cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pestofan Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 Let's hope it crushes that ugly WAMU too.No way, that is classic Texas kitsch. Give it preservation status ASAP. A good example of the modernist Williams Brothers mission style. Suddenly I miss Taco Bueno... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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