Rammer Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 A horrific building in a terrible environment. I'm glad I don't have to deal with this monstrosity - or its surrounding area. Lord help those who need to get to the emergency room of this monstosity. When you fail to plan...you plan to fail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheeats Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Lord help those who need to get to the emergency room of this monstosity.When you fail to plan...you plan to fail. Why do you say that? What about the hideous design aesthetic of this building has anything to do with access to its ER? Because I'll tell ya, the I-10 feeder is nice and wide open these days. Yes, it's ugly but it's pretty easy to get around. Once construction on Gessner and I-10 itself is finished, it'll be even better (for another ten years, at least... ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wernicke Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Maybe he was referring to the possibility of the building's robot arms reaching out, snatching you up, and disemboweling you in mid-air before you can reach the ER... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmoneybangbang Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 Wow, you people really don't like the design. I'm not crazy about it, but think it's looks decent from the the front. I think once both the hotel and Memorial Herman building are fully complete, it will all look good. However, from the back of Memorial Hermann it looks like they really dropped the ball. They should have at least added some more glass to the backside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchFan Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 Has anyone commented on how the crown looks like one of those old roof-vent turbines ... or even better, a rotary drill? If it's a robot, I can imagine it inverting itself to burrow into the ground -- in which case, the lack of obvious arms would have the advantage of reducing drag. 'Course, those big shoulders would be a problem, too, but if it were a Transformer it could pull those inward.The idea of the building being a Transformer got me to thinking ... anyone remember "Atragon", the 1963 Japanese sci-fli flick? Atragon was a submarine that flew, but could also drill through the earth using a suspiciously similar-looking drill. Not sure if I should post it here (copywrite), but here's a site with a pic: www.abtdvd.com/archives/dvdatragon.jpg. It even has the same blades attached to the shiny conical drill! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmancuso Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 what the hell was MH thinking when they approved of that design. just when you thought houston hit an all time low with the mercer, someone hits one out of the park with this thing. the base isn't too bad but that crown is absolute shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 Or maybe it would look better if the base actually matched the crown a little bit. Instead of a boxy base and a fancy curvy crown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrell32 Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 Words cannot describe how ugly this building is. If they had kept the rounded edges like the original design, this building would have looked much better. Yes it looks better from the front, but not many are going to see it from that view. Most people are going to be driving down I-10 saying to themselves WTF!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saddleman Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 The closer the crown gets to being finished the more I'm loving this building. It's just...I don't know what. I'm loving it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 I wouldn't mind an office in the crown... Its ugly, but its kinda cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fewellman Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 I like the building, i think its kind of cool. Its huge and stands out, i think once the entire site is built out it will look a lot better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katyresident Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 I kind of like it actually...and I agree with the comment above me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolBuddy06 Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 I kind of like it actually...and I agree with the comment above me.What exactly do you guys like in that building? The eccentricity of the designers? The 'round peg in a square hole'? The U-Haul box-inspired design? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 What exactly do you guys like in that building? The eccentricity of the designers? The 'round peg in a square hole'? The U-Haul box-inspired design?I like the color of the glass, and the fact that the tiny crown on top is actually floors of offices. And its different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fewellman Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 I also heard that at night the crown is going to be lit up with fiber optic lighting, which would be really awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 i love all the development in the area. i even like the burgeoning mini-skyline of that entire corridor. i still don't understand the placement and size of the crown. As was mentioned a couple of posts ago, it will only look centered from a north-south approach, so i don't really get it considering most people will view it from the east-west approach. Anyway, maybe someone can explain THAT decision. Personally, i think the placement and size of the crown is a mistake. m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstrosFreak Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 I like the color of the glass, and the fact that the tiny crown on top is actually floors of offices. And its different.Wait, the crown has offices?? I thought they were filling that thing with their giant (and completely unnecessary) flood lights for the evening lighting (the lights may be used to draw foes for the giant robot to defeat, mothra for example). Though, I don't see offices in the tiny, ugly, crown as that big of a feature. It still looks disgusting from any angle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheeats Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 I like the building, i think its kind of cool. Its huge and stands out, i think once the entire site is built out it will look a lot better.If you had to stare at its ill-planned design out of your office window every day, you'd start disliking it pretty quickly. I'm already sick of looking at it and they're not even finished building it yet.Then again, maybe I'll feel differently when they finish the whole site. Maybe... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolBuddy06 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Hurricane Ike flooded not a few floors of the building. They'll know in a month's time how long move in is going to be delayed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Hurricane Ike flooded not a few floors of the building. They'll know in a month's time how long move in is going to be delayed.Huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolBuddy06 Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 Huh?Yeah we got an internal memo saying so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cottonmather0 Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 I still say it's ugly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randyt7801 Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 Hurricane Ike flooded not a few floors of the building. They'll know in a month's time how long move in is going to be delayed.what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHiPs Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 Hurricane Ike flooded not a few floors of the building. They'll know in a month's time how long move in is going to be delayed. ok...so it flooded more than a few or less?.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolBuddy06 Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 ok...so it flooded more than a few or less?.. The memo says that a lot of employees were asking about the feasibility of moving into the building Nov/Dec since it flooded during Ike, and the Memorial City CEO wrote that he will give more information when contractors brief him on how bad the situation is. My dept is supposed to move in December and we started plans since July but right now things are at a lull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmoneybangbang Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 The crown looked finished and looks pretty good. Wish I had a camera on me and the time to snap a photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyEvilTwin Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 The crown looked finished and looks pretty good. Wish I had a camera on me and the time to snap a photo.I gotta admit, the near-finished crown is looking better than I expected... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas911 Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 I haven't read the whole thread but wanted to share with you guys that you can see the building even from US59 south! Quite clearly too. Its amazing that I-10 is so close when you have some reference point! We need more tall buildings around Houston! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wernicke Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 I gotta admit, the near-finished crown is looking better than I expected...The pinstripes on the glass look nice. I still think the "spikes" or whatever look quite strange and robotic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citizen4rmptown Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 The pinstripes on the glass look nice. I still think the "spikes" or whatever look quite strange and robotic.Does anybody got any recent photo updates? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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