xsatyr Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 How close is this thing to getting built? Pretty damn close; supposedly it's 70% sold and they cleared out the trailer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston? Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 Cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 Urbanizer said they are supposed to start at the end of the month i believe. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 Hey SkylineView, has any activity started happening at the site? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkylineView Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 Still a parking lot... no change. I'm assuming work is imminent since they moved the sales office out 2 weeks ago (which was hysterical because it got stuck in the middle of post oak for about 5 minutes). Will report back when the action begins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
por favor gracias Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 Thanks for the updates and all the great pics, SkylineView. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SkylineView Posted August 13, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted August 13, 2013 Parking lot removal in progress. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 yes i saw that they started working on the parking lot this weekend....cant wait to see how this all pans out because that lot does look super small! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uscats35 Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Is the lot cement all gone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 it looks like it...i live "almost" next door and they seem to have it all knocked out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uscats35 Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Great! thanks for the update gene. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkylineView Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 2013 08 17: New parking lot near the old sales center... maybe for the workers? This is directly south of the Bentley dealer. The last pic I will post of everyone's favorite McD's. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisPHous Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Looks like they have relocated sales center to San Felipe or at least have a sign there. Says only 22 units remain. How many were being built? It is at San Felipe west of Post Oak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 My lord that's a small parcel of land for this thing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 I'm sorry, but I don't understand all of the excitement about a project being developed by Randall Davis, who has proven over and over that he has no taste and will do whatever he can to make the Galleria area look bad.He's already put up one very unattractive building on Post Oak that really detracts from the cluster of interfin buildings by Borlenghi.His projects on West Gray and Shepherd at Dallas are disgusting. At least most of his projects have been relatively low rise buildings but now that he is starting to throw up these kitschy towers I say we revoke his developers license, and make him pay a fine for polluting our skyline.Really, if any of you can defend his work I want to hear it, so I will know who not to consider a reliable source, and someone who has no aesthetic values.I don't get excited by ugly infill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 The only thing bad about the cosmopolitan is the garage and other two you mentioned I actually like. Maybe I have horrible taste but I don't know why everyone hates on those so much.This new project looks petty good and the Titan would have been a nice project, too. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 The only thing bad about the cosmopolitan is the garage and other two you mentioned I actually like. Maybe I have horrible taste but I don't know why everyone hates on those so much.This new project looks petty good and the Titan would have been a nice project, too. Okay Lockmatt, everyone has a right to their own taste, but for me Randall Davis has only done one project in Houston that I approve or rather am not totally offended by and that is the Rice Lofts makeover, mainly because he had nothing to do with the exterior of the building. I give him credit for starting the ball in the historic downtown area with this project but everything else he has done is pure garbage.I'm sorry but his style or lack of aesthetics is disturbing. It comes across as very cheap and will not stand the test of time. Unfortunately we are now in a phase of Houston's development that is pretty much void of great design and everything that is being done is on the cheap and purely profit driven with no one out there with the balls to do great architecture.All the new growth is in the energy, and quite frankly I haven't seen a nice tower built for an energy related company in town since Pennzoil, and Gerald Hines was still calling the shots. They are about profit and not design. Sure the BG tower is nice but it still doesn't hold a candle to Pennzoil. I don't think his son or others at Hines have the interest in doing for Houston what Gerald did.Besides they're too busy overseas and on the West Coast to do great work here like they used to be known for. The renderings for the new tower they are talking about sure doesn't send chills up my spine. I hope I'm wrong about Hines, but I know I'm dead right about Davis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 The thing I like about RD is that he puts detail into his work. I don't know architecture technically - what is it about his projects that are "cheap?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fernz Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 The thing I like about RD is that he puts detail into his work. I don't know architecture technically - what is it about his projects that are "cheap?" everything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 everythingCan you name a few specific things? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naviguessor Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Giant Grecian Statues. Need I say more? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 First off Lockmatt, I hope what I'm saying you don't take too personally.I just think a lot of his problem is in the detailing. I think, and its only my opinion,that its schlocky, and overdone and just flat out in bad taste.Now if you want to see nice detailing on a new building go look at what was the new Enron building or 1500 Louisianadesigned by Cesar Pelli. Very simple but aesthetically pleasing. No garish colors, just clean light design.Whereas the Davis tower on Post Oak is a terrible color, and he's trying to out deco, deco with his hmmm post modern design.Unfortunately it sticks out like a sore thumb. Just like in art when something in a painting sticks out it shouldn't.His work always sticks out and it shouldn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naviguessor Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Green Greek Domes in Galveston...because Galveston is near the water. You know. Like Greece. Okay. I said more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fernz Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Can you name a few specific things?His taste. Look at....any building he's done. And you can't blame the architects. He keeps changing architect from building to building; he's the common denominator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowerSpotter Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 For one I appreciate Randall Davis classic work in Houston. I think it makes Houston have a mix of France and New York City. I love the diversity of buildings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naviguessor Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Brownstones across from our Water Wall. How nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 I think Randall should stick to doing his work down on Padre Island.Maybe mother nature will resolve the issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naviguessor Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Roman Numerals and French Gargoyles. On the same building. Why not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 I know its exciting to see all of the infill and watch the cranes go higher and higher, but if its just going to end up being an ugly building I don't want it cluttering what so far has been a pretty evenly designed skyline. One last thing Mattlock, and then I'm going to leave this for you others to resolve.There is a very well known quote that says it all. "Less is More" Mies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BayouCityMan Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 I'm not a big fan of RD's work either. I agree that stylistically it is a hodgepodge that will stand out for all the wrong reasons over time. We really have been on the architectural short end of the stick lately (2929 Weslayan, the 40+ story Hines tower, and the twisting museum district tower notwithstanding). I would like to see RD stick with one theme and run with it, only not so gaudy or "out there". Just my 2 cents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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