Popular Post rgarza Posted April 19, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 19, 2020 A shot of tube glass being installed on the southeast corner of the building. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielsonr Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 This is a great looking building, but the glass tubing reminds me of this... 2 1 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 (edited) ^^^ as you may attest from above, the ORIGINAL DESIGN of the exterior glass tubing... called for it to be TRANSLUCENT... throughout the ($450mm) edifice itself. this particular design element... if they would have held on to it... would have undoubtedly created a much more BEAUTIFUL and SOFTER exterior appearance overall. however, someone came up with the brilliant idea of FROSTING the glass tubing. whereby, this in itself, is creating a very COLD STORAGE overall FREEZER affect throughout. everyone, is acutely aware that our fair city of houston can be HOT and quite HUMID at times. therefore, the very last thing that we want from our state-of-the-art, ultra modern MUSEUM OF FINE ART, is for it to resemble a COLD STORAGE FREEZER / YETI COOLER. i find myself REALLY PRAYING for the OVERALL BEAUTY of this particular... and much anticipated edifice to some day come shining through... Edited April 20, 2020 by monarch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Houston19514 Posted April 20, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 20, 2020 (edited) The glass tubing IS translucent. Pretty sure there has been no change in this particular design element. They are etched glass, just as originally planned. When the design was presented, Steven Holl (the architect) used these words: Regarding the skin of the building: “a cool jacket,” composed of “sandblasted glass tubes” that “allow the building to be a glowing, translucent, matte-finish presence.” .https://www.artsjournal.com/culturegrrl/2015/01/translucent-complementary-contrast-steven-holls-alluring-expansion-of-mfa-houston-with-video-2.html Edited April 20, 2020 by Houston19514 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgarza Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 Frosted glass is translucent. Those aren’t mutually exclusive terms. The glass being installed isn’t as translucent as what is shown on the model because it’s a completely different material. I rather like the way the building is coming together, but I may have some bias since I’m helping build it. To each his own, though. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 (edited) The model apparently was more representational than a precise replication of the plan. The tubes being installed are very much what was described from the beginning (and shown in the renderings). Edited April 20, 2020 by Houston19514 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Naviguessor Posted April 20, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 20, 2020 Look, Monarch, the trees are no longer going to be steel wool, either. 2 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 The model did look better, fwiw. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielsonr Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 2 hours ago, rgarza said: Frosted glass is translucent. Those aren’t mutually exclusive terms. The glass being installed isn’t as translucent as what is shown on the model because it’s a completely different material. I rather like the way the building is coming together, but I may have some bias since I’m helping build it. To each his own, though. Yes, I think the building is stunning overall. It is already visually striking from a distance. But I have also seen the building up close, from the same perspective as your photo, and the glass tubes appear clunky and inelegant to me. Perhaps I should reserve judgement until all the finishing touches are complete. For instance, I presume there will be some sort of cladding at the bottom of the tubes to conceal the metal framework. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rgarza Posted April 20, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 20, 2020 At this elevation the tube glass will go all the way down to ground level. We just can’t install those yet because there is still some masonry work that needs to be done there. In other areas where the Tube glass doesn’t go down to ground level, yes, there is a soffit system in place to hide the steel glass support system. 8 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 9 hours ago, rgarza said: Frosted glass is translucent. Those aren’t mutually exclusive terms. The glass being installed isn’t as translucent as what is shown on the model because it’s a completely different material. I rather like the way the building is coming together, but I may have some bias since I’m helping build it. To each his own, though. ^^^ props to you @rgarza for harboring the enthusiasm/courage... to pronounce that you are hereby helping to construct the newest addition to the MUSEUM OF FINE ART HOUSTON. your "bias" is duly noted, and perfectly acceptable. nonetheless, THANK YOU for highlighting my overall point, that i was trying to make with the aforementioned initial rendering illustration. whatever the "material" (S) being utilized for the REALLY TRANSLUCENT exterior cladding within the rendering... it presents a much more BEAUTIFUL, SOFTER, and WATER like overall affect upon the edifice itself, which is much more representative of the BEAUTIFUL MUSEUM DISTRICT of HOUSTON. heck, even HELEN KELLER could see that there is definitely a difference in the overall appearance. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 7 hours ago, Houston19514 said: The model apparently was more representational than a precise replication of the plan. The tubes being installed are very much what was described from the beginning (and shown in the renderings). ^^^ @Houston19514 here's an extra set of HIGH POWERED EYES FOR YOU since your normal SPIN MACHINE is currently running off the charts. who really cares about just how "representational" the model was within the illustration? just like "pictures don't lie"... models are not supposed to lie. they are supposed to be representative of what the desired object is supposed to emulate. although, no one or nothing has to be absolutely perfect upon this particular scenario (designing a state-of-the-art edifice)... the differences in the overall appearances of the model vs the edifice under construction... is absolutely OVER POWERING! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 You guys know that this building will be internally lit right? Rather than being solely lit by exterior sunlight? So the appearance of the exterior glass is guaranteed to change, and will likely shift throughout the day? Now it's entirely possible that this cladding scheme just won't work, but the final effect will not be clear until the building is actually finished. 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaphod Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 I mean, they could always improve on it with LED lighting. A nice warm white would look really good at night. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 (edited) On 4/20/2020 at 3:54 PM, monarch said: ^^^ @Houston19514 here's an extra set of HIGH POWERED EYES FOR YOU since your normal SPIN MACHINE is currently running off the charts. who really cares about just how "representational" the model was within the illustration? just like "pictures don't lie"... models are not supposed to lie. they are supposed to be representative of what the desired object is supposed to emulate. although, no one or nothing has to be absolutely perfect upon this particular scenario (designing a state-of-the-art edifice)... the differences in the overall appearances of the model vs the edifice under construction... is absolutely OVER POWERING! No spin here. Just trying to stick to the facts. Contrary to your claim, the plans for the glass tube exterior of the new museum building were not revised. Yes, the pictures of the model appear to show a different material. But guess what? The pictures of the model also don’t match the renderings or the architect’s descriptions of the glass tubes. Edited October 27, 2020 by Houston19514 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmitch94 Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 15 hours ago, Houston19514 said: No spin here. Just trying to stick to the facts. Contrary to your claim, the plans for the glass tube exterior of the new museum, building were not revised. Yes, the pictures of the model appear to show a different material. But guess what? The pictures of the model also don’t match the renderings or the architect’s descriptions of the glass tubes. Also I doubt that they will make the sidewalks out of cardboard like the model. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 10 hours ago, jmitch94 said: Also I doubt that they will make the sidewalks out of cardboard like the model. I think that in most architectural models, more effort is expended to make the building being modeled look like the final building than to make the trees in the model look like actual trees or the streets and sidewalks look like actual streets and sidewalks. People already know what the pavement looks like so the modeler doesn't put much time into the pavement; the point of the model is to show what the building will look like. Granted it will not be exact and there will be some leeway; how much leeway there should be is debatable. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hindesky Posted May 3, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 3, 2020 The northern tower crane was taken down sometime during the week. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgarza Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 Friday, May 1st was the last day we were scheduled to be able to use the north crane, so they probably started tear-down Friday evening and completed on Saturday. The remaining tower crane is scheduled to come down on May 15th, although that is subject to change depending on how much crane work we have left to do in two weeks. This project is nearing completion! (at least as far as major exterior construction goes) 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post danielsonr Posted May 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 4, 2020 7 hours ago, hindesky said: The northern tower crane was taken down sometime during the week. 7 hours ago, rgarza said: Friday, May 1st was the last day we were scheduled to be able to use the north crane, so they probably started tear-down Friday evening and completed on Saturday. The remaining tower crane is scheduled to come down on May 15th, although that is subject to change depending on how much crane work we have left to do in two weeks. This project is nearing completion! (at least as far as major exterior construction goes) Saturday, May 2 at 2:30... 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slcowart416 Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 That one missing piece of glass tubing on the north wall (facing church & Glassell School) has been driving me crazy for weeks! 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EllenOlenska Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 As a person who only ever gets excited for whispers about trains (and buses too) this place thrills me. Might I have some critiques, sure. But frankly the thing is worthy of critique. It's cool in a whole lotta ways. It's possessed of a rather more severe grandeur than in the renderings. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post brijonmang Posted May 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 7, 2020 Good job to the construction crews for all wearing their PPE! 11 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgarza Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 On 5/4/2020 at 11:14 AM, slcowart416 said: That one missing piece of glass tubing on the north wall (facing church & Glassell School) has been driving me crazy for weeks! Unfortunately, it’s gonna have to drive you crazy for a while longer lol. The replacement glass is literally on a slow boat from China. 3 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rgarza Posted May 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 7, 2020 Tube glass install with a view of the soffit system partially installed. I think this glass looks great in the Houston sunshine! 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarklyMoron Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 Man, that roofline. With hundreds of millions of dollars hanging below, I sure hope they've got that monster ready for our Houston downpours. Should be amazing to see from the inside. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jmitch94 Posted May 9, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 9, 2020 I don’t care what some people say about this place I am soooo excited to finally view this museum space in its final form. I am a big fan of Mafh as it is and just can not wait to see this jewel of our city complete. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 On 5/7/2020 at 12:31 PM, rgarza said: Unfortunately, it’s gonna have to drive you crazy for a while longer lol. The replacement glass is literally on a slow boat from China. I hope that slow boat from China is bringing lots of spares.💸 7 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgarza Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 @hindesky it sure is. Hopefully, those replacements should be arriving within the next few weeks. The bad news is that almost no elevation has the same dimensions as far as height is concerned so each piece has to be custom ordered and made as the qc man finds them. Makes for a very slow replacement process. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 2 hours ago, hindesky said: I hope that slow boat from China is bringing lots of spares.💸 It's always tempting, when you misalign something, to just pick up the hammer and knock it back straight... 1 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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