feufoma Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Here's a new article in Texas Real Estate Online that talks about development in Houston DT:http://www.texasrebusiness.com/articles/MAR07/feature3.htmlThis was written by a principal in the Houston office? What, had he been in Houston only a week when he wrote this? Some of the things mentioned are indicative of a person who doesn't know anything about Houston (e.g., people are living in the city again; yeah, about 2mm). Wow... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonfella Posted March 15, 2007 Author Share Posted March 15, 2007 Obviously this writer doesn't know that Uptown Houston has at least 5 highrise residential buildings on the drawing board, nor does the writer know that where Allen House stands will be an urban mixed-used development, nor does he know BLVD Place and yada yada .... does he even know anything about Galveston's highrises or the ones on Clear Lake or the Bay? Basically, he pays attention to downtown, but Houston is way to large to be focusing on one segment, clearly probably the most important (downtown), but perhaps dude needs to read HAIF more often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Yea, I thought it read like something written by a Chronicle reporter. I actually stopped midway through to double check that it had not been written by Sarnoff or one of the other Chron folks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HtownWxBoy Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 (edited) "New residential high rise to change downtown skyline"http://www.khou.com/news/local/houstonmetr...m.1c5193c5.htmlTalks about the future of Downtown's skyline, including One Park Place. Edited March 17, 2007 by HtownWxBoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trae Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 Nice avatar . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HtownWxBoy Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 Nice avatar . 'sank u Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted March 18, 2007 Share Posted March 18, 2007 Nice avatar . Hypocrite! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonfella Posted March 18, 2007 Author Share Posted March 18, 2007 Downtown Houston ... RISE ....... Texas' biggest city .... movin along..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MexAmerican_Moose Posted March 18, 2007 Share Posted March 18, 2007 Nice avatar . different strokes for different folks.....you should put two chicks instead of one trae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonfella Posted March 18, 2007 Author Share Posted March 18, 2007 MexAmerMoose: good to hear from ya. You have been quiet for a bit, or I missed some of your cool posts. But this Houston CBD poised for building boom sounds nice ... doncha think HAIFers??? Yeah, real nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MexAmerican_Moose Posted March 18, 2007 Share Posted March 18, 2007 MexAmerMoose: good to hear from ya. You have been quiet for a bit, or I missed some of your cool posts. But this Houston CBD poised for building boom sounds nice ... doncha think HAIFers??? Yeah, real nice. i've been busy building a gokart during spring break....most of the other college students went partying but i have no money for that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2112 Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 Here is the link to the NY Times article on Houston's booming economy:http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/14/realesta...amp;oref=slogin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchitecturalPRGirl Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 Very interesting story in the Chronicle today. I knew about a couple of the buildings, but there are more. The downtown skyline will soon be changing. Hopefully they will design some interesting buildings.http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4663689.htmlAlso check out this article from a week or so ago.http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/busine...ff/4639327.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WesternGulf Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 Already posted.http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/i...c=10424&hl= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchitecturalPRGirl Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 Yes but there is more than just the Discovery Tower. The article unveils plans for several others.The other article I mentioned from March 18th talks about the trend that many Houston architecture firms are moving downtown over the last year. I know my firm did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 Yes but there is more than just the Discovery Tower. The article unveils plans for several others.The other article I mentioned from March 18th talks about the trend that many Houston architecture firms are moving downtown over the last year. I know my firm did.It's possible that these firms could simply be moving into these other projects that are mentioned in the Discovery Tower article, right?Or do you think they'll do their own work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great Hizzy! Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 "BOOM!" There... I said it. Deal with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HtownWxBoy Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 "BOOM!" My thoughts exactly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchitecturalPRGirl Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 Well my firm designed our building downtown 20 years ago then moved in January 2006 after rennovating it. I think we may be one of the few though. Does anyone know? We have designed several other office building downtown as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 Note duplicate topics merged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 Discovery Green is probably going to have an advantage over quite a few of the other projects downtown.While the rest of the projects are waiting for a major tenant to sign on, DG's speculative stance will likely fill spaces as it's being built for some of the smaller firms that are currently being squeezed into some of the other buildings around town. perhaps DG won't have one MAJOR tenant, but it will be filled by quite a few smaller companies that need the space and are often neglected by the current crop of buildings that are out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 Well my firm designed our building downtown 20 years ago then moved in January 2006 after rennovating it. I think we may be one of the few though. Does anyone know? We have designed several other office building downtown as well.Heritage Plaza? (1987) Only skyscraper I can think of built 20 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greens! Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 I am hoping that this boom turns out to be real. I would honestly like to see a nice spire as a part of our skyline. Even if it isnt the tallest, it will still give downtown a more modern look. The new condo towers are great but for the most part, they are all the same color with the same design theme. I would like to see more creativity in the designs for these buildings so they compliment the CBD rather than merely add to it. Something like this will not only look good but will make a statement for Houston. As long as they don't build too many of them. After all, we are the Space City. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 all i can say is: "massage appliance." anything more and i'll get banned . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greens! Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 Yeah i know. The guy who designed it called it the "Penis" and seems to be obsessed with "devices" like these in his designs. I just brought it up because it is modern and gives the city a space age look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 Yeah i know. The guy who designed it called it the "Penis" and seems to be obsessed with "devices" like these in his designs. I just brought it up because it is modern and gives the city a space age look.Where is that? And no thanks, I don't want a "massage appliance" in our skyline. Although, it is cool lookin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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dbigtex56 Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 Where is that? And no thanks, I don't want a "massage appliance" in our skyline. Although, it is cool lookin.It's the Swiss Re headquarters in London ( 30 St Mary Axe) aka "The Gherkin"."The building also won the 2003 Emporis Skyscraper Award for the best skyscraper in the world completed that year." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feufoma Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 It's the Swiss Re headquarters in London ( 30 St Mary Axe) aka "The Gherkin"."The building also won the 2003 Emporis Skyscraper Award for the best skyscraper in the world completed that year."Actually, I believe the original pic is of a scraper in Barcelona. And, yes, I'm sure we're going to get something near Dicovery Green with much less emotive impact than the building exhibited if and when a new scraper is built in DT Houston. I'm sure we'll continue to play it safe for the all mighty profit motive while other cities encourage profitable development that strives for architectural significance... Don't 'cha just love the Houston development community? They couldn't design their way out of a box. Actually, I take that back. We have a city of boxes... Simply stunning 90 degree angles... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 (edited) The SwissRe Hq' looks like a bullet, the one in spain looks like a bloody... plug. There was one WTC design that was ridiculous, they spiraled up and looked like a pair of adult novelties. Edited March 31, 2007 by Montrose1100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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