Jax Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 (edited) Here's a better version of that previous photo that I took yesterday (2 weeks later) with better light and clouds. I have no idea why this is not in the section "going up"... Edited May 27, 2008 by Jax 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wernicke Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 Check out these new renderings from WHR Architects I found after a tip from skyscraperforum. The top of this building is awesome... some of the coolest new architecture is going up in the TMC. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 oops, I just posted these in the Anything You Want thread. WHR has it listed as an OUTpatient building. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plumber2 Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 My colleagues and I were dumbfounded when TMH leadership decided to keep the old Diagnostic Hospital Building standing while the Outpatient Center was constructed. It would have been so simple to bring it down with the other Diagnostic Clinic and Proffesional buildings. The old Diagnostic Hospital, West Tower as TMH refers to it, is a dump, with Select Specialty, a physical therapy and biomedical engineering departments scattered throughout the empty floors. It looks so out of place in the WHR rendering. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jax Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Here's the current construction status. I'll ask again: Any admins want to move this to "Going Up"??? I don't see why Med Center projects don't belong in the Going Up group too... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 Here's the current construction status.I'll ask again: Any admins want to move this to "Going Up"??? I don't see why Med Center projects don't belong in the Going Up group too...Done. If you want topics moved, closed etc. it is better to report it or send a PM since we can't read every post.Thankssub. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jax Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karick42 Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Here is a photo of the construction from my office window. If you guys are interested, I can take more every now and then to update you on the progress! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jax Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 I noticed that it's high enough that we can see it above the trees from the Rice campus. It's going to be the 2nd building in the med center that is prominent enough to see from the academic quad near the physics building. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wernicke Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Here is a photo of the construction from my office window. If you guys are interested, I can take more every now and then to update you on the progress! You work at MSI? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karick42 Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 Here is the most updated picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolBuddy06 Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Shouldn't this be in the "Going Up" section?Anyways, here's a photo of all the cranes in that part of the TMC. You can see the Methodist building just starting to rise up behind Memorial Hermann. This is a great picture Jax. From where did you take it? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jax Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 From my secret skyline vantage point, somewhere in the museum district... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 From my secret skyline vantage point, somewhere in the museum district...Garage at the Plaza Apartments? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolBuddy06 Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Garage at the Plaza Apartments? Can be many places: Park Plaza Hospital, The Parklane, even from the Mosaic, or from the tallest tree around there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChannelTwoNews Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 From this morning... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb320 Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 As I drove by last night, I noticed a pointed angle on one end much like the MD Anderson Admin Support project. After finding a rendering, I found that this was similar in design to the MDA project. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jax Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 (edited) Methodist Inpatient has topped out! Here's a photo I took about a month ago. Edited February 3, 2009 by Jax 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 This looks nicer in person. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jax Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 (edited) It's not quite as tall as I thought it would be, unless it's going to have a crown or something. I expected it to be only slightly shorter than the Memorial Hermann tower.EDIT: I wrote taller but I meant to write shorter than the Hermann Tower. Edited February 6, 2009 by Jax 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UrbaNerd Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Doesn't matter though; it's still quite large, and voluminous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 I wonder if this is going to have a flat roof now? All of the renderings show a curved roof that rises towards Main St. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jax Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Yeah it definitely takes up a large volume of space, and its nice to see continuous buildings on both sides of Fannin, but it didn't look that much taller than the existing Methoist building next door. I'm not sure if they changed the plans at the last minute or I just misread them. I thought it was supposed to be a few stories shorter than the Hermann Tower. It's supposed to be 23 stories. Here are some of the renderings again: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 If it ends up being shorter and with a flat roof, it's going to look awful due to the massing. I certainly hope they didn't scale it back because the renderings look pretty sweet for a building that stocky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uhlaw09 Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 (edited) Are we sure that it has topped out? If so, it's going to look absolutely nothing like any of those renderings--not even close.Is this not just the bottom base, upon which the triangular element will be built? It's hard for me to get perspective based upon these pictures. Edited February 6, 2009 by uhlaw09 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChannelTwoNews Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 (edited) Are we sure that it has topped out? If so, it's going to look absolutely nothing like any of those renderings--not even close.Is this not just the bottom base, upon which the triangular element will be built? It's hard for me to get perspective based upon these pictures.There's a ceremonial tree to signify "topping out" of the primary structure on the western corner of the current highest point. However, that's not to say more won't be added to the top of the building.For example, Cemex's building around Memorial City was designed with a unique top, and had a tree raised to the top of the structure back in August. Over several months time, they did work on outfitting the inside and outside of the building and didn't start on completing the wavy rooftop until the end of December. They're still not finished with that, and that's a much smaller building. Edited February 6, 2009 by ChannelTwoNews 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jax Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Yeah, I saw the tree too and that's why I thought it was topped out. Somebody should get a good photo of it where we can tell if they have built the angled top part or not. Somehow I think I remember seeing that part already built but don't quote me on that. Here's a webcam view from Rice that's a bit out of date (I guess since the construction finished at Autry Court they haven't updated it) but you can see the Methodist building from the front, at least how it looked a month ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChannelTwoNews Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Based on the webcam date, I took this photo later that same week. Might have to check into getting a shot from the same spot over the weekend to see if anything's different. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uhlaw09 Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Thanks Jax and Channel2 for these pictures. They are much more telling than the previous ones.Based upon these pictures, I think we're getting the same building as in the renderings (which would be great). Everything matches up with the renderings when looking at the images from the Rice point-of-view. My guess is that they have "topped-out" and will be adding the angled top in addition to what is currently standing. When you look at what gives the rendering its angled effect, it appears to only be equivalent of roughly 2 floors. It seems reasonable that they could construct that after officially "topping-out." I know nothing about construction, but I would guess that this will undergo a process similar to 2727 Kirby--top out the plain, flat floors and then slowly add on the design features on top as the building is being built-out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jax Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 (edited) I took this one last week from Hermann Park. (Sorry for the quality, I took it with my iPhone) So you figure they're adding a few more floors in height? Edited February 9, 2009 by Jax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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