mollusk Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Nice, Urbannizer. We know it's Real Architecture when we see all the Audis in Triton's shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 simply outstanding views! how on earth did you work your magic to get inside of a live work zone to photograph urbannizer? do you know someone upon the site? once again, outstanding work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brijonmang Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 simply outstanding views! how on earth did you work your magic to get inside of a live work zone to photograph urbannizer? do you know someone upon the site? once again, outstanding work. Those views appear to be from last fall/early winter based on the trees and development of other buildings in the shots. Very nice views from the upper floors. Triton, I haven't seen that angle before. Uptown and Greenway kind of merge together and look really cool from that perspective. Thanks for sharing. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbates2 Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Well in case we were wondering the official height appears to be 533'. Compare that to 503' for The Huntington and 501' for One Park Place. Those are the only residentials that we have that qualify as skyscrapers under the 150 meter definition. http://skyscrapercenter.com/create.php?search=yes&page=0&type_building=on&status_COM=on&status_UC=on&status_UCT=on&status_OH=on&status_NC=on&status_PRO=on&list_continent=NA&list_country=US&list_city=US-HOU&list_height=150&list_company=&completionsthrough=on&list_year= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Is that correct though? That's the same night Emporis has had listed.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbates2 Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 That website is a cited source on Wikipedia. It HAS to be true. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterlyUrban Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Well in case we were wondering the official height appears to be 533'. Compare that to 503' for The Huntington and 501' for One Park Place. Those are the only residentials that we have that qualify as skyscrapers under the 150 meter definition.http://skyscrapercenter.com/create.php?search=yes&page=0&type_building=on&status_COM=on&status_UC=on&status_UCT=on&status_OH=on&status_NC=on&status_PRO=on&list_continent=NA&list_country=US&list_city=US-HOU&list_height=150&list_company=&completionsthrough=on&list_year=Are the Four Leaf towers (each 40 stories) not tall enough? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Are the Four Leaf towers (each 40 stories) not tall enough? They are not 150 meters. But they are clearly skyscrapers. I have no idea where that 150 meter definition came from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arche_757 Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 I find it interesting there is even a group - paid no doubt - who quantify these results! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterlyUrban Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 They are not 150 meters. But they are clearly skyscrapers. I have no idea where that 150 meter definition came from.It's interesting......They are 40 story buildings on top of, I think (correct me if I am wrong), an underground parking garage. They don't qualify.OPP is a 37 story building which INCLUDES a 7 story parking garage. So..... Above ground parking structures count but below ground parking structures don't?Silly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 It's interesting......They are 40 story buildings on top of, I think (correct me if I am wrong), an underground parking garage. They don't qualify.OPP is a 37 story building which INCLUDES a 7 story parking garage. So..... Above ground parking structures count but below ground parking structures don't?Silly.forgive me, but im not sure whats "silly" about an above ground garage counting towards the height of a building that its a part of. height is measured from street level, not the bottom of the foundation or lowest basement floor or wherever the lowest part of the building happens to start underground. the "strange" thing would be the fact that 7 of the floors in OPP are garage, which are shorter than habitable floors, yet the 40 floors of residential units in the Four Leafs still doesnt amount to the height of OPP. OPPs ceiling heights must be pretty tall and/or Four Leafs ceilings pretty short.are you saying buildings should be measured from the top of the garage, to the top of the roof, and skip out on all the floors of parking/podium that the towers are sitting on top of? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterlyUrban Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 (edited) forgive me, but im not sure whats "silly" about an above ground garage counting towards the height of a building that its a part of. height is measured from street level, not the bottom of the foundation or lowest basement floor or wherever the lowest part of the building happens to start underground. the "strange" thing would be the fact that 7 of the floors in OPP are garage, which are shorter than habitable floors, yet the 40 floors of residential units in the Four Leafs still doesnt amount to the height of OPP. OPPs ceiling heights must be pretty tall and/or Four Leafs ceilings pretty short.are you saying buildings should be measured from the top of the garage, to the top of the roof, and skip out on all the floors of parking/podium that the towers are sitting on top of?I am saying that if you dig a hole and build a 7 story garage in it and then put a 40 story building on top of it, the height of the "building" does not count the garage but, if you build the exact same garage above grade and build a building on top of it, the height of the garage does count. It's the same garage and the same building in either event. ...... the amount of "vertical construction" is also the same..... 47 "floors" in either event. But one "building" would be taller than the other. Apparently, it's customary to simply ignore one garage and count the other.More odd, I could build a building with 30 floors of residences and that sits on a 5 story above grade parking garage which also has 3 stories of the same garage below grade (one continous garage, above and below grade). Apparently, this would be measured only from grade ignoring the below grade portion of a garage that is only partially above grade.I would be really curious to know what happens when a building is built into a hillside such that the garage is below grad on 3 sides and above grade on the 4th. Is the garage counted in the "height" calculation then? If the idea is to measure the total height of a building, I find it silly that structures with floors and floors and floors of below grade construction of a parking garage (put there often for aesthetic reasons and often at higher cost than building just "up from grade") are not counted in the height of a building. But, I am not trained or schooled at all in the industry norms that comprise the way architects and engineers measure who has the biggest "edifice" worldwide. Edited July 9, 2014 by UtterlyUrban Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbates2 Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 Height. Depth. Different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 I am saying that if you dig a hole and build a 7 story garage in it and then put a 40 story building on top of it, the height of the "building" does not count the garage but, if you build the exact same garage above grade and build a building on top of it, the height of the garage does count. It's the same garage and the same building in either event. ...... the amount of "vertical construction" is also the same..... 47 "floors" in either event. But one "building" would be taller than the other. Apparently, it's customary to simply ignore one garage and count the other.More odd, I could build a building with 30 floors of residences and that sits on a 5 story above grade parking garage which also has 3 stories of the same garage below grade (one continous garage, above and below grade). Apparently, this would be measured only from grade ignoring the below grade portion of a garage that is only partially above grade.I would be really curious to know what happens when a building is built into a hillside such that the garage is below grad on 3 sides and above grade on the 4th. Is the garage counted in the "height" calculation then? If the idea is to measure the total height of a building, I find it silly that structures with floors and floors and floors of below grade construction of a parking garage (put there often for aesthetic reasons and often at higher cost than building just "up from grade") are not counted in the height of a building. But, I am not trained or schooled at all in the industry norms that comprise the way architects and engineers measure who has the biggest "edifice" worldwide.Buildings are measured from street level. Simple as that. As for the hillside question, the height would be measured from whichever side the front entrance/address of the building is. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fernz Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 Techn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fernz Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 Technically speaking, height is measured from average street level, not the entrance. I see nothing odd with how heights are measured, no reason to count underground levels. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff8201 Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 I don't know why this is even up for debate, the height of a building is from the ground level to the highest structural point (i.e. the roof). Now if you're talking about total levels within a building, that is a different story since all levels, mechanical and underground must be counted in the total number of floors for a variety of reasons. It looks like this is almost ready to get topped out. All the actual occupiable floors are done. This level they're working on now will probably be a mechanical area? No question the last bit of it where rebar cages are sticking up will be the very top and housing for the elevator equipment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piwejimenez91 Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 7/25/14 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 great illustrations! props for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timoric Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 (edited) - Edited July 8, 2019 by Timoric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pablog Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 8/22/14 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoninATX Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 The balcony rails looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 the view from a friend's house behind the Apple Store 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 Your friend lives in a crazy fun house! Does anyone know the true height of this building (in feet)? I wonder if it cracked the 500 foot mark? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryDierker Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 Your friend lives in a crazy fun house! Does anyone know the true height of this building (in feet)? I wonder if it cracked the 500 foot mark? Emporis has it listed at 533.24 ft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoninATX Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Yep, it finally has topped off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ctaf Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Did they put the Christmas tree up top yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky-guy Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Yep, it finally has topped off.Picture or it didn't happen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstontexasjack Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 533' is fairly tall. This already has quite a presence looking at it as one drives over the big bridge over 59 on the West Loop. I am looking forward to the windows and other parts getting filled in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 533' is fairly tall. This already has quite a presence looking at it as one drives over the big bridge over 59 on the West Loop. I am looking forward to the windows and other parts getting filled in.Finally Houston has topped it's previous residential height. I am looking forward to the final product, as it has a big presence approaching the city on 59. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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