Purdueenginerd Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 That would be pretty skyline changing if we have a reverse floorplate design here's a highrise in Charlotte, NC that "cantilevers" like that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangledwoods Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 I do need to be clear the slopped cantilever is only a few floors. That being said depending on how they conceal the steel columns it could look sweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxman Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Can you draw? lol. If so, draw it, take a picture and post!! Pretty please? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infinite_jim Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 A magnolia tree that was on the Southeast corner of the site has been cut down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Owl Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 (edited) If they're going to be up there at 800+ feet, may as well really create a stir by the ornamental top to make it the city's tallest! Maybe something like this building from China, but with the Chevron logo projected onto it (like how Continental used to do) http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=50 Would the sloped cantilever look like a muted version of this? Maybe without the fat base? Edited November 27, 2013 by King Owl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 (edited) Nah king owl. He said the sloped part only goes up a few floors, near the base. But I too wish they would slap a nice ornamental top on it for a new super tall. Heh. Edited November 27, 2013 by cloud713 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 I am not an architect so let me try to describe this thing.... The tower has to vertical setbacks on two sides of the building. All four faces of the building have a slight curve to them (there are no straight sections). The coolest feature IMO is that the tower is smaller at the bottom. The lower few levels (i think its 1-3) are setback from the upper floors by 10-15 feet. There is a gentle slope up which will give a very cool view from the ground. Seeing 49 floors cantilevered above your head should be pretty cool. The podium portion of the tower will be crazy cool. It seems like this section is still in flux but everything that I have seen is awesome. Is this a description of the same building in the rendering already made public? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodToBeMe Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 If they're going to be up there at 800+ feet, may as well really create a stir by the ornamental top to make it the city's tallest! Maybe something like this building from China, but with the Chevron logo projected onto it (like how Continental used to do) http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=50 Would the sloped cantilever look like a muted version of this? Maybe without the fat base? I am not sure modeling a Houston tower after one in China would be a good thing. I say this in consideration of the subpar standards of quality they appear to embrace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bachanon Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Just to play devil's advocate: where do you "see" subpar Chinese standards of quality? Isn't China shipping over American engineers and architects? I think, at minimum, we can be inspired by the creativity of the vanity structures the Chinese are building............ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 I am not sure modeling a Houston tower after one in China would be a good thing. I say this in consideration of the subpar standards of quality they appear to embrace.You clearly don't understand how China's cities are built. They're not designed by Chinese architects. They're designed by American and European architects. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonIsHome Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 I think he is confusing buildings with the mass-produced-outsourced-to-China-made-for America goods Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 I may have an inside scoop on the tower.. Just found out my buddies dad works for a contracting company that won one of the bids so I'm going to try and find out the height later today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxman Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 I thought it was already determined to be 832 feet. Was that only a speculative height? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 I believe so. I was the one that mentioned that. I heard it on another page (skyscraperpage?) by a random forum member. I don't mean to start any unconfirmed speculation but word from my buddy is that they added another 10 stories!!! He couldn't remember the height though but if that's the case this could be around 960'. He's going to check out the blue prints tomorrow and lmk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky-guy Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Would that make it taller than Williams (Transco) Tower? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
por favor gracias Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Transco Tower is 901 ft tall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonBoy Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 If it is expanded 10 floors and reaches 960ft then it'd be about 8 meters short of supertall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 The 960' is just a random guesstimate I came up with. Assuming the previous 832 number was right and the floors are around 13'. Tomorrow I should find out for sure But yeah, I was thinking that too that it's not far off from a supertall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxman Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Wowzers! I hope it's true. A supertall would look great in that location!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClutchCity Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 If they add 10 more floors it'd probably be close to 2 million sq ft in the entire tower. That's a lot of space to fill. Hopefully it just shows how optimistic their growth expectations are and doesn't take anything out of their possible(probable?) 4th tower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 (edited) They still have corporate HQ to fill the 4th tower. heh.. That's merely speculation. My buddy said it would have 2 penthouse floors..? I wonder if the Petroleum Club plans to move to that other place long term or just temporary, or who the top floors would be for Edited December 16, 2013 by cloud713 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 The 960' is just a random guesstimate I came up with. Assuming the previous 832 number was right and the floors are around 13'. Tomorrow I should find out for sureBut yeah, I was thinking that too that it's not far off from a supertall Just for fun... If the building was going to be 832 feet with 50 stories, assuming the same average height per floor and adding 10 additional stories would give us a total height of 998.4 feet = 304 meters = supertall. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Just for fun... If the building was going to be 832 feet with 50 stories, assuming the same average height per floor and adding 10 additional stories would give us a total height of 998.4 feet = 304 meters = supertall.haha, i like your thinking. the only thing is im assuming the 832' was counting the 3 level podium with double height floors, whereas the podium isnt included in the "50 story" figure. which makes me wonder if the "64 stories" i heard included the podium or not. if it doesnt, this thing should break the supertall barrier.. i was assuming it did include the podium and that the podium was 4 stories (making for 10 additional floors), but the 4th story of the podium is the first floor of the tower, so i guess they possibly added 11 stories to the tower..? if all goes well ill have more details tomorrow... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ltlftc Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Chevron is very unlikely to allow another tenant in the building for security reasons. The penthouse floors are likely to be conference rooms with higher ceilings. Both 1500 Louisiana and 1600 Smith have large conference rooms on the top floors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greens! Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Just for fun... If the building was going to be 832 feet with 50 stories, assuming the same average height per floor and adding 10 additional stories would give us a total height of 998.4 feet = 304 meters = supertall. Now all they need is a large antenna to attach to the top and voila! New tallest in the city. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxman Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Now all they need is a large antenna to attach to the top and voila! New tallest in the city. Sorta, but not really. Antennas don't mean squat in my opinion. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfastx Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Any news?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 (edited) Any news?!Right?? I feel like a kid who can't wait for Christmas to open his presents.. Hopefully soon.. He hadn't double checked the blueprints yet when I asked earlier. I hope he's right about this. He seemed pretty sure about 64 stories though. Edited December 16, 2013 by cloud713 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Someone IM hitherpoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAC Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Rumors are rampant that this project is on hold for at least 12 months.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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