Jump to content

Luminare

Full Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    3,960

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    12

 Content Type 

Everything posted by Luminare

  1. Luminare
    To me it just seems like its marketing trying to hard to sell something which should be an easy sell just by its own merit. It's equal to an adult trying to be "cool and hip" in front of their kids while the kids think they are just being fools and embarrassing themselves lol. Oh no we can't just have a regular theme park no it has to be a "Texas" themed park with a capital T size font 9000. A theme park is probably the easiest thing to sell. As long as you are able to get the concepts down, ideas for rides, and proper access it's a no brainer. Nope we have to rub Texas all up in your face! While there are theme parks devoted to a mouse, bunny rabbit, etc.... They live in worlds that we want to visit but can't because it isn't possible except for a theme park. A theme park is best when we can step into a fantasy world that is so out there we can't believe someone created it on Earth for us to see. If you want "old Texas" then go visit San Antonio or small towns in Texas lol.
  2. Luminare
    I agree with my friend Arche that this building is definitely still in it's early stages, but it's clear what the concept is and hopefully it keeps it's form. The site plan is very bare so another sign that it is in early Design Development. I wouldn't be surprised if we see several plans for this site coming down the pipeline all looking a little similar, but with different towers and midrises. The biggest takeaway from this is that we are looking at a true Mid-use urban core. No bs surface parking, no extra streets trying to create something that isn't there. This is pedestrian focused from the word go! This could be the next phase of developments we start seeing as Houston matures as a city and more developers get bolder in their ideas of what is possible in Houston. HOK used to be so daring as a firm and has lost a lot of it luster, but this Houston boom can really spark them to innovation once again. As for TMC, I'm not aware of any height restrictions. I mean it's pretty unrealistic for hospitals to go super tall or even past 20-30 stories and most of those upper floors are usually offices. I wouldn't be surprised if we start to see a major change in philosophy about this surrounding area and it starts to take a life of it's own in a true urban context. All the resources are there to create it! It just needs a few more projects to kick it off. As far as the main building. I really like it. I like it even more because the exoskeleton is very visible instead of being covered by a curtain wall like many buildings here, including that building that cloud posted. Still a long way to go for this one lol It's a great start though
  3. Luminare
    Bravo
  4. Luminare
    it still has its curve. Just look closer
  5. Luminare
    Danke schoen
  6. Luminare
    please do tell
  7. Luminare
    This is wonderful! The scale is perfect Not everything downtown needs to be 50 stories tall everyone. I mean I remember reading that they were going to disguise the parking garage with an office/retail front....but this has actually exceeded my expectations (granted they were pretty low to begin with >.> ). With the Nau Center next to it and the hotels across from it. This is going to be a great area of downtown!
  8. Luminare
    O.O wait what.....wait... wait.. what?
  9. Luminare
    At first glance it doesn't look like it's a redesign, but in fact there are definitely some changes. Most of these seem to be in front of the building and how the building addresses the street condition. Before I point out what the differences are though. I would say that for once the redesign is actually better than what was before which hasn't been the case lately. First look at both pics old and new. I really don't have the time to do all this stuff as I literally just arrived at work and this is usually 'catch up on the news' part of my morning. If someone would like to make a post with the old and new back to back that would be great Once you look at the bottom fronts of the old and new the changes will be more apparent. The old one had a very awkward front facing the street. For one it didn't really acknowledge the street. instead whoever is designing this thought that it would be cool to throw in what I have termed "the glass sandwich" and stuck it on the side and said 'oh look at me I'm a clever designer and I'm current with the architecture of the time. All done'. This approach to the building seemed like an after thought, and if you look at the new image you can see that clearly an attempt was made to better this part of the design. It's not perfect, but it very much succeeds where the other didn't. So what about the new entrance? Probably the most striking is it's massing and geometry. Instead of an enormous vertical edge right from the sidewalk. It seems they moved the building back a bit and elongated the entrance to create a sort of stair step effect. Now you have an entrance that is more at a human/streetlevel scale. I'm also glad they redid the goofy 'glass sandwich'. The entrance simply has more variety. From what it looks like the majority of the building looks the same. Most of the same materials are still there as a whole. The overall look is still the same. I think we all want to take a look at the other side to really confirm that it really hasn't changed. I make my deduction of this from the garage. It literally is the same form and same material usage as it was before. Thankfully it looks like they are keeping the office from before as well, but I'm sure there are some minor tweaks in that one too. All in all it's actually a more mature design and they actually resolved a problem that I saw in the original.
  10. Luminare
    This one is going up really quick! These people aren't messing around.
  11. Luminare
    I believe some "quotations" should go on the word's "complete" urbannizer I drive past this almost every morning, and they seem to have stalled with this one. The back townhomes have been without any plaster for what seems like forever! I just saw them like a few days ago covering the area up with a plastic sheet over the scaffolding getting the area prep'ed for plaster.
  12. Luminare
    slowest....renovation.....ever!
  13. Luminare
    I'm of the opinion that this will do wonders for the heights. It certainly needs a good project to draw some attention to itself.
  14. Luminare
    Nice job Well I will say it's a little bit to simple, but at least it's sleek and is very open with what seems to be a good amount of tall spaces.
  15. Luminare
    Thanks for agreeing fernz West Ave retail is going to have a rough time for a little while until there are more developments of that size in the area. When keeping retail in mind they need to remember that to be successful they don't need luxury retail! Not every place can be the galleria lol. Since Kirby is listed as a major thoroughfare in and out of the city, it would be nice if this was picked up by a really good firm/architect. It's a pretty prominent street corner. Get it right and it will be come a very nice gateway type building for the district.
  16. Luminare
    That's what I'm wondering. You would think with the developments going up across the street that this would be in mind. I remember there being a post about Office Max or which ever store like that is in that strip center (can't seem to remember) was starting to downsize their stores overall so maybe that was a contributing factor to this? I know it was the largest tenant in that strip center.
  17. Luminare
    What this will really be good for is when IAH starts to really get underway with massive renovations and rebuild. So is this terminal going to be for small nations or nations in this hemisphere?
  18. Luminare
    On the topic at hand an international terminal at this airport will be a great addition. I haven't really seen the need to comment because I scanned through and saw no renderings, floorplans, or links to what it's going to actually be there, but it would be nice if anyone has any info or links that would be much appreciated.
  19. Luminare
    Well, I am thoroughly uninspired!
  20. Luminare
    not bad. Wondering how the BRT and University line ties into this. It also looks pretty conceptual. I wonder how recent it is.
  21. Luminare
    Drove past this area this morning. Looks like they have their special crane set up. Looks like they also have some sort of mechanism to help pour concrete as well.
  22. Luminare
    in terms of music: Ke$ha, Lady Gaga, Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys, NSYNC* (those last three i mean can you blame me. I was a 90's kid lol). All these would be guilty pleasures As for movies...really going to have to think about that one.
  23. Luminare
    >.> well fine then
  24. Luminare
    when you add the fact that college station is becoming a research, medical, and bio corridor mecca it would be foolish not to connect to that especially since it isn't on a major interstate freeway. Many past rail proposals usually had Bryan/College Station as a middle station in a proposed rail line. Many high speed rails do at least have a couple of stops along the way. Not a dozon or so that you normally seen on commuter rail, but at least ones that stop at larger towns. The Brazos valley is one of the fastest growing areas in the state and will continue to be a emerging market in the future. The more populations you get too the more people will use it. Plain and simple.
  25. Luminare
    Found this on Chron.com this morning. It's an animation walk-through. It's pretty impressive. The company that did this seems pretty good. I know the firm I work at hires animation company's to do cool stuff like this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3Y4bAZZLWk
×
×
  • Create New...