H-Town Man Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 41 minutes ago, Angostura said: This will look great until the back lights start burning out. It doesn't appear to be designed for easy maintenance. Or the white surfaces start getting stains, esp. from rainy weather. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielsonr Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 6 hours ago, Luminare said: I will say, I'm holding judgement on the exterior for now. I was a bit put off by how wide these tubes initially looked. I really thought they were going to be a lot more slender. Right now they feel a bit...fat. Lets wait to see the full build out. That was my initial reaction as well. The building renderings suggest more slender tubes. But, the renderings are also from a different perspective than the photos of the actual installed tubes. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Urbannizer Posted July 15, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted July 15, 2019 https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6551842492801658881/ 18 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmitch94 Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 The roof is very Frank Gehry looking and I like it. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 On 7/15/2019 at 9:33 PM, jmitch94 said: The roof is very Frank Gehry looking and I like it. It is indeed. People viewing this museum by helicopter will feel their knees wobble and their jaws drop. People visiting it on the ground will have to rely on photographs for the full effect. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 No, those people on the ground will be able to walk up a flight of stairs to the top of the Glassell and get pretty much the view. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 7 hours ago, H-Town Man said: It is indeed. People viewing this museum by helicopter will feel their knees wobble and their jaws drop. People visiting it on the ground will have to rely on photographs for the full effect. Lets just wait till we see the interiors of those spaces. At that maybe we can throw ropes from those helicopters to pull people up 'action hero' style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X.R. Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 6 hours ago, bobruss said: No, those people on the ground will be able to walk up a flight of stairs to the top of the Glassell and get pretty much the view. Shhhh, its like the best kept secret of that area. I go up there 8pm-ish and theres barely that many people, while theres still a bunch of people milling around and looking at the statutes below. But that will be a fantastic place to see it. It looked like they had a decent part of the portion facing montrose up already, might try to snap a pic today or tomorrow. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 The views up there are spectacular, but I won't tell a soul. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clutchcity94 Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 14 hours ago, X.R. said: Shhhh, its like the best kept secret of that area. I go up there 8pm-ish and theres barely that many people, while theres still a bunch of people milling around and looking at the statutes below. But that will be a fantastic place to see it. It looked like they had a decent part of the portion facing montrose up already, might try to snap a pic today or tomorrow. Being up there is one of my favorite places in the city to relax. My house is only a 10-minute walk from there and I bought the house in Montrose two years ago when Glassell was still under construction, so this public space has been a particularly great amenity for me - wasn’t even a selling point when we bought! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmitch94 Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 17 hours ago, bobruss said: The views up there are spectacular, but I won't tell a soul. I often take dates up there and it always amazes them with the views. Great pace to talk and stare off into the distance. Funny story I once took a date there after going to a wine bar but didn't realize that you cant walk up there after a certain hour so I tried to bribe the guard but he stayed true to his mission. She liked the gesture. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 1 hour ago, jmitch94 said: I often take dates up there and it always amazes them with the views. Great pace to talk and stare off into the distance. Funny story I once took a date there after going to a wine bar but didn't realize that you cant walk up there after a certain hour so I tried to bribe the guard but he stayed true to his mission. She liked the gesture. "Oh yeah? Closed, you say? Well... let's see if Abe Lincoln makes you say otherwise!" (side wink at girlfriend) "Umm, sorry, the roof really is closed." 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 I know some were upset with the scale of the tubes compared to what they had seen in the model, but I was looking at the model and those tubes in scale are just about exactly the same as the ones in real life. I also think that once the whole building is clad and you have floor to rooftop tubes they won't look so wide. I know through experience that anytime you look at something that is unfinished, it many times looks wrong or you don't get the effect that was intended until it's finished. If that makes sense. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 33 minutes ago, bobruss said: I know some were upset with the scale of the tubes compared to what they had seen in the model, but I was looking at the model and those tubes in scale are just about exactly the same as the ones in real life. I also think that once the whole building is clad and you have floor to rooftop tubes they won't look so wide. I know through experience that anytime you look at something that is unfinished, it many times looks wrong or you don't get the effect that was intended until it's finished. If that makes sense. Typical with anything design wise. The whole process one continuously doubts oneself until it all suddenly clicks and comes together. Every render/visualization I ever construct for a building is exactly this. Somehow it just comes together at a point. I'm still trying to figure it all out. Its a headache yet beautiful process. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Luminare Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 34 minutes ago, hindesky said: Oddly enough. Its almost as if this is a reflection of the previous Glassell School with its all glass block facade. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarklyMoron Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 While obviously different materials, I'm seeing a kindred spirit in CAMH's cladding. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 31 minutes ago, DarklyMoron said: While obviously different materials, I'm seeing a kindred spirit in CAMH's cladding. Yeah, it also reminds me of the metal-sided townhomes in 4th Ward and elsewhere. I'm trying to withhold judgment on this. I am a person who likes permanent materials, like stone. I know, I know, stone isn't permanent. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 (edited) I'm not sure if anyone has posted this before but if they have I apologize. This is a link to the MFAH new campus. It's an overview of the project and I found it informative and fun to watch. I hope you enjoy. https://www.mfah.org/blogs/futuremfah/watch-a-glimpse-of-the-futuremfah Edited July 27, 2019 by bobruss 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 From Reddit, u/butterbuns_megatron wrongly said this was a view of downtown Houston. I corrected him/her. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielsonr Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 Interesting perspective. I assume this is from the scaffolding on St. Paul's bell tower? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 Are they repointing the stone at St Pauls? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarathonMan Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 1 hour ago, danielsonr said: Interesting perspective. I assume this is from the scaffolding on St. Paul's bell tower? I think this is the scaffolding on the MFAH site. Northeast corner along Main St. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hindesky Posted August 5, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted August 5, 2019 Light diffusing panels going up on the Main St. side only. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hindesky Posted August 18, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted August 18, 2019 Looks like pieces of granite/marble. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hindesky Posted September 1, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted September 1, 2019 Slowly wrapping around the building. Now working on the north side in the first pic. 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hindesky Posted September 7, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted September 7, 2019 North side. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hindesky Posted September 14, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted September 14, 2019 Tower crane on Main St is coming down right now. https://www.mfah.org/about/campus-redevelopment/ 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunstar Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 I can’t wait to see this sucker lit up. It’s going to look great! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hindesky Posted September 15, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted September 15, 2019 According to a McCarthy worker I talked to during the tower crane removal, the other cranes will come down toward the end of the year and beginning of next year. McCarthy will finish around October 2020 and turn it over to the museum. He showed me a couple of pics of a test lighting of the glass panels. There won't be lights behind every single panel but just portions of them. For those worried about colored lights he said they would only be white lights, no gimmicky colored lights since it's a classy museum not a circus. 18 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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