Luminare
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You should know by now cloud that I think that this is all awesome stuff, but just saying the job still isn't done and I hope that the City still understands that. We will know if they do understand when they hopefully renew the incentive program for another round.
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Not to be a killjoy here but we still don't know for certain if this isn't all for Frank's patio.
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You are right because Congress cannot do there job. They really don't care about us. They are making so much money not including they get all their frequent flyer miles. Being paid off by lobbyists, and with term limits that would remove the of the trash they have! Two 4 year terms and you are out!
Exactly. I've always been in favor for two 4 year terms for Congressmen and two 6 year terms for Senators and then kill the Electoral College in National elections so you eliminate the winner take all system and eliminate the winner take all system in Congressional elections as well. This means that even in Culberson's own district it would have to listen to all of his constituents instead of his base (this of course goes for everyone Rep. or Dem.)
That's a topic for another thread.
I don't really see how they could stop them from engineering the foundations for the BRT in a way from which it could be converted to rail at a later date.
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Updated downtown residential and hotel maps posted today. No material updates from what I can tell.
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http://www.downtownhouston.org/site_media/uploads/attachments/2015-01-28/Hotels_Map_2015.pdf
Also, I realize this is fairly technical, but believe the Downtown District and not the city produces the development map.
Thanks for the correction.
That one map of the residential in downtown is really glaring as far as the location and numbers of units downtown. It really puts into perspective that even after this latest boom we still have a long long time to go before there is a noticeable difference in the number of people living, and walking around downtown.
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Hopefully I am not giving too many updates of this building... went to Treebeards again today and thought I'd take a photo while I am here.
Residences at Market Square by marclongoria, on Flickr
Trailer literally just came on site as well.
Residences at Market Square by marclongoria, on Flickr
With so many on here complaining about oil prices and projects getting put on hold I think you might be doing a lot of people a favor with giving them peace of mind that this and other projects are still getting built because we all know that anytime a sector of the economy slips up a bit people automatically abandon multi-million dollar projects even when they are digging foundations or erecting cranes. Nope, there is still that tiny sliver of doubt....
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hmmm i think there is a solution to all these problems, and if I remember correctly it would a little something called term limits....oh wait. Someone on the Houston Mayor 2015 thread said that term limits are not needed....because you know democracy and things and because representative democracy is so flawless.
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Why is it so hard to treat every project as if it was a different thing. Hanover has their reasons why they aren't building. We all thought that Hines on market square wouldn't get built this cycle yet they are starting construction, etc... etc.... Every case is different and while there is a cloud of doubt looming overhead because of the drop in oil prices lets remember that people invest for many different reasons or start projects for very different reasons. sheesh....
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Have you guys seen the floorplans for these units? Interior bedrooms (adjacent to the hallways, always fun with noise!) with NO windows. All of those plentiful windows on the outside appear to be for the 'common rooms', dorm room style. Couldn't pay me to live here.
You do know that there are clearly windows in those Units, right?
Plus I actually like this! Not every freakin apartment needs to be ultra luxurious, nor does it need to have a large footprint to satisfy. My time in Europe made me appreciate the ability to better utilize space in a small area and still have it feel as roomy as something that is extra large. The only reason we have sqft averages as high as we do for normal sized apartments is simply because we have an over abundance of space which has taught us that it is ok to have enormous houses or enormous anything. Most of the time a lot of space is wasted and this is a very well compacted and highly efficient floor plan for such a confined plot of land. While it might not work for you I think it would work wonders for anyone starting out in town. Students would be a great fit as well. We complain about density all the time here. You want density to really rise quickly. Start building apartments that have sqft more like this.
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Yeah I thought it was a stroke of brilliance. I think BRT has always been thought of as a trojan horse for rail in these corridors.
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Any news on when the city will release an updated downtown development map?
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Not bad. The combination of townhomes and residential tower is starting to become a thing and I'm surprised we haven't seen those here yet. Where is this going?
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Not correct as pointed out by the above comment WestUdweller.
Here's why:
I stand corrected however:
"The project is committed to respecting and honoring the private property rights of our fellow Texans," TCR posted to its site. "This reflects our personal values and simply makes good business sense. As such, the project is committed to negotiating and settling with landowners fairly and transparently and in a way that seeks 'win-win' solutions."
They are looking to not utilize those powers and instead work with landowners if they have to purchase any additional land which is the smart way to go. Many of those eminent domain powers still stem from legislation from the days of westward expansion and when rail companies held major political power. If anyone has any news of recent tales of railroad companies using eminent domain I would certainly like to know.
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Ah, some new news. The French enter the Texas HSR mix:
http://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/community/fort-worth/article8202234.html
This was actually what I was going to post, but thought it was also worth bring attention to an actual anti-rail group....because we need to make it look like we are nonbias here (at least for me >.> )
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the only changes we are going to see in the design will be related to MAJOR constructability issues. Lets say the slope on the green roof exceeds ADA requirements or they cant find a warrantable product for that slope. Those are the changes we will see as more renderings come out. With a client like this you do EVERYTHING you can to preserve the design intent AND budget without neutering the architects key elements.
People on here sometime think that any change to a concept rendering is evil, but it is honestly part of the design process. As the design architects hand over their baby to project architects there are often changes made before the builder is even involved.
/end contractor rant
As far as the slope of that green roof as long as there is accessibility to the rooftop terrace via an elevator then the only thing that will matter is the minimal slope needed for a normal person to scale the roof from bottom to top. The only time ADA ramp dimensions come to play is when you are making floor changes that an elevator would be something you wouldn't want to use. I guarantee that this wouldn't have even been in the project if this was an issue. I mean it's a prominent feature of the building so I'm sure they were looking intently at codes for that.
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It looks like they're looking to build Downtown
From downtown....to downtown. Swish! Nothing but net!
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In other words, cleaning up Parker's mess!
Interesting response. I actually think Parker has been one of best mayors we've had.
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Don't expect it to look exactly like the rendering. Look at what happened to hotel Alessandra
Do you really have to bring that bullcrap into this thread. Seriously? You literally just threw garbage into an otherwise good thread. Congrats dude.
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That looks really tall for only
24 stories
Yep, forced perspective can make that happen.
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While we are poking fun at the render. Look at the way the people are running lol. They are jogging in the most impossible way.
How normal people run: How render people run:
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yeah, bodies of water on top of a structures arent fun. Big inertia problem during earthquake and wind loads. An Olympic swimming pool has about 88,000 cubic feet of water, which is about 5,600,000 lbs of just water over an area of 164 ft x 82 ft. That gets you a load of about 414 psf. Which is basically, 'really freaking heavy'. I briefly looked through some of the codes for loading regarding swimming pools. Couldnt find it (at least in the 5 minutes I looked) but I did find ice rinks are specified at 300 psf. I'd imagine theyre dealing with similar loads.
That being said, I'm not sure I would conclude they've elected to go with steel framing at lower elevations due to the presence of the pool. Generally, I would expect the 'higher' load areas to use reinforced concrete. I guess if we see a hefty lateral bracing system, it could provide more evidence that the pool influenced the steel framing design.
/speculating.
Not just the structure, but the program and organization of the entire building as well.....ok maybe not complete reorganization of program. I assume that if the architect and engineer BOTH said the lazy texas river was ok to put on a roof then the architect and the team of designers must have done a fantastic job early on programming the building and making earlier design decisions which could then make it work for the client. It's obvious that the water will not be over any areas where people will be sleeping or living. I wouldn't be surprised if this pool is over a large assembly space so if there ever was a leak it wouldn't be hidden in a forest of walls. I'm actually curious as to how they handled this design problem both structurally and aesthetically.
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That might have somehing to do with the particulars around the pool deck and whatever equipment they need to run the pumps, etc. That thing is not going to be a simple undertaking.
yeahhhhh I distinctly remember my Structures professor warning us to avoid putting any significant bodies of water on top of our buildings specifically because it's a nightmare to figure out in regards to loads, and protection of the structure from possible leaks because once you have a leak in that pool...dum dum dummmmmm
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So the lower body portion is going to be steel construction? Interesting...
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Amusing that the dent in the railing from when a car hit it about a year or two ago is still visible on the left side of the rendering...
Hey dude that dent is historic! I appreciate these guys preserving our local history...
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The Studemont: Condominiums At 1101 Studemont St.
in The Heights
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Oh yeah the prices suck. That part I'm not in agreement with. There is a big problem in economics with stuff like this that I have no clue what it is the way it is.
I will defend the orientation a bit though as it's a flip in philosophy in where are you going to spend the most time either in the small bedroom or in the larger room with more windows. If that is where most of your time is spent then it makes sense for the orientation to be in this way. I mean really for most the bedroom is just where you sleep while the other room is where you do everything else.