KevinFromTexas

Yep.  The one on the right does indeed appear to be the one I've seen, which was said to be 504 feet with 47 floors.

These are older conceptual images. Several projects have since been cancelled; more will be cancelled as things progress. Austin is going to be a very very ugly condo and apartment market in the near future.

First of all, the 2nd image above that I've quoted is quite inaccurate. Because those are copied and pasted renderings of those projects, their arrangement and position in the skyline is incorrect. Not only that, but there are buildings to the far right that shouldn't even been visible from that vantage point.

Actually, none of the buildings in those images have been canceled. Besides what was already built, 6 of those are under construction currently. 2 of those are topped out. 2 more are newly completed. One of the buildings on the right side has been scaled back, not canceled, but scaled back. The building will be reduced from 34 floors to 16. One other project has been retooled. This project has changed locations and actually expanded with an additional tower planned. The main tower has also been increased in height, from 44 floors, to 49 floors. Lastly, the tallest building in the image, the one with the slanted roof, has also been expanded. It has gone from being planned as a 705 foot tower with 47 floors, to an 830 foot tower with 70 floors, plus an additional 420 foot, 32-story tower is being planned adjacent to it. Only two of the buildings in these images are on hold. If I had to guess which one is the least likely to be built, it would be that tallest one there with the angled roof, though it's supposed to be taller than what is shown here, and with a slightly different design. At least this is what we've heard from the developer.

Keep in mind, that the 2nd image isn't very accurate as I mentioned in the positioning of these. This is because these are renderings which only face one way, so their placement on the skyline is rigid and inaccurate.

The first image is much more accurate as to their position on the skyline. That image was created by one of the Austin formers at SkyscraperPage. He took a photo of the skyline and then copied and pasted his Google Sketchup models into the photo to create a pretty accurate rendering of the skyline.

I don't like that you cannot see the capital building in any of those pictures.

The Capitol hasn't been visible from that vantage point in at least 37 years. In those images, the Capitol would be behind that black tower. That building was built in 1975, but there is another infront of it that was built in 1971 that also blocks the view. I do have a postcard from near that location that dates to about 1967, and the Capitol is visible. But it's been a long time since you could see the Capitol from that spot. And this new wave of construction really has nothing to do with it, as the view was already long gone.

Here is a more accurate representation of Austin. I took this unedited photo of Austin last Monday, September 8 from Saint Edward's University.

A panoramic I took of the skyline. Scroll to see it.

This building broke ground on Thursday.

Article on the ceremonial ground breaking. Magic Johnson invested $50 million in the project. He was there for the ground breaking, along with Ex-UT coach Darrel K. Royal.

http://www.statesman.com/business/content/.../1013magic.html

The building's official website.

http://www.block21residences.com/

Renderings. Click on the thumbnails for larger versions.

If you're counting only roof height then yes, The Huntington in Houston is the tallest residential building there, as well as statewide currently. However, Emporis and other sources include spire heights. This is an old worn out debate, but officially spires are counted since they're architectural elements. Going by that, the Mercantile Building in Dallas is being converted to residential. That building is 545 feet to the spire and 430 feet to the roof. I think the RepublicBank tower conversion has been put on hold, I may be wrong about that, but I haven't heard anything about its progress in a while, and this is a fairly old proposal, several years anyway. The Huntington is 503 feet tall with 34 floors. The next new tallest residential building in Texas will be in Austin actually. 360 Condominiums which is under construction (work starting on the 41st floor right now), will be 563 feet to the spire and 472 feet to the roof. It will have 44 floors. With that building, Austin will officially pass San Antonio in four height categories. Tallest spire height, tallest roof height, highest floor number and tallest residential building. Their tallest, the Marriott Rivercenter Hotel is 546 feet to the spires, 441 feet to the roof, and has 38 floors. Fort Worth's tallest, Burnett Plaza, is 567 feet with 40 floors, so they'll still have a taller building than Austin for about 2 more years. Work started a month ago on The Austonian in Austin. This building will be 683 feet tall to the roof (no spire) and will have 56 floors, and will be all residential. This will be not only the new tallest building in Austin, but will be the tallest in the state outside of Houston and Dallas, and will also be the tallest residential building in the Southwest. Denver and LA have a few proposals, but there doesn't seem to be anything taller planned for the Southwest.

Currently, Austin has 10 buildings under construction or proposed that will have 35 floors or more. 6 of those are above 40 floors, one has 56 floors. Among those, is a 580 foot hotel/condo tower with 44 floors, and a 550 foot hotel/condo tower with 40 floors.

Your best bet for finding the height would be to contact the architect of the building. Or you could visit the building, call, or email the building's manager. They should know the heights. I'm an editor at Emporis, (for Austin), but I also look after other Texas cities. The St. Luke's height is one that has bugged me for years. I know that height is too short. It's just a matter of chasing down an accurate, official source for the height. The ones above should know it. If you get lucky with finding the height, please PM about it. I'd love to hear it.

Huh? Hi all, I started to post a thread and quickly noticed that apparently the forum only allows for a certain length of text in a link's address. Is this true?

I'd love to make some photo threads of Austin, and then later of course, Houston.

Thanks, this forum rocks!

-Kevin

What's the skinny on that 2nd tower in the background? I knew about the 1st one, but not the 2nd. Looks good.

Thanks for the promotion guys.

It's officially up and running now.