Triton Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 1 hour ago, lockmat said: Then I'm voting it the worst scaled rendering of all time. Because the office tower is only showing to be about 13 stories shorter than Chase and it's right across the street so there is no distance distortion. There is your answer. I think it's just a very poor rendering of the residential aspect, which so far we haven't gotten a good image of. As I said before, I think it's a residential tower on block 42 with different design elements.... Looks to be all glass on the corners as CREguy had indicated it would be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 1 hour ago, enriquewx91 said: Block 42 building only solidifies the need for a big brand grocery store in the Market Square area. HEB you listening!! Might be too close to the other HEB at Buffalo Heights but I now feel like a great spot would be the Chase ATM building next to Market Square Park at the corner of Congress and Milam. They would just have to figure out the flooding aspect of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxman Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Can somebody piece together a rendering of what all this will look like coming in from the North Frwy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enriquewx91 Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 43 minutes ago, wxman said: Can somebody piece together a rendering of what all this will look like coming in from the North Frwy? it's going to look sweet! though i'm starting to think it may block part if not all of 609 Main from that vantage point as well as One Houston Center Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston? Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Does anyone have a rendering of Block 42? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstontexasjack Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 1 hour ago, Triton said: Might be too close to the other HEB at Buffalo Heights but I now feel like a great spot would be the Chase ATM building next to Market Square Park at the corner of Congress and Milam. They would just have to figure out the flooding aspect of it. I was thinking about this location the other day. Suppose a base parking garage with well-elevated store (thinking of the Bellaire Market on the upper levels here--once you go up, one could in theory have multiple levels of parking below the store) and comparatively small residential tower above that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rube88 Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 2 hours ago, Reporter said: It grew since yesterday, got flatter and the building on block 42 appeared out of nowhere. Yesterday Today. and taller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstontexasjack Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Critically, that rendering is missing the Astros' World Series banner on the lights. #CrushCity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 22 hours ago, lockmat said: There's no way. It's too far away from this new Hines office tower, it's too short and doesn't look anything like it. Edit: You could be right. I think the spacing of the two Hines buildings is way off. They're diagonally across the street from one another but based on the rendering it looks like at least two blocks separates them. And unless the Hines resi building is super tall, One Market Square is much taller than what it's showing, and there is no slanted roof. Also if you look at your numbered rendering you'll see that the crown is nothing like all of the renderings of the Hines tower so I don't know where you found that rendering but something is not right plus it seems from that view you would see the Republic bank bldg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 On 7/18/2018 at 2:30 PM, Urbannizer said: 2 hours ago, bobruss said: Also if you look at your numbered rendering you'll see that the crown is nothing like all of the renderings of the Hines tower so I don't know where you found that rendering but something is not right plus it seems from that view you would see the Republic bank bldg. I cropped it from this rendering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkylineView Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 I'm really into the fact that it's at an angle to the block. Well played. Well played. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas911 Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 moo. Missed opportunity here. I look at what's happening in the rest of the world and wonder why Houston can't come up with a signature skyscraper for its skyline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgriff Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 You CANNOT get accurate height data or compare heights with a reasonable degree of accuracy from a rendering. Perspective matters too much. With the right perspective you could make a 2 story house look taller than Chase Tower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgriff Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 I worked for a client once from Saudi Arabia that was obsessed with showing his structure in cities around the world to compare it’s height to landmarks. He had me place it next to the Eiffel Tower, Empire State Building, etc... wasted thousands of dollars of his company’s money. The running joke around the office of course was that he was obsessed with it for anatomical inadequacies. He was a smart man and very nice but had such a childish attitude about height of buildings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reporter Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 It doesn't take a sexpert to figure out what his problem is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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lockmat Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 2 hours ago, texas911 said: moo. Missed opportunity here. I look at what's happening in the rest of the world and wonder why Houston can't come up with a signature skyscraper for its skyline. It may not be super tall, but grading on the uniqueness and sleekness of the design, I'll give it a B+. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pm91 Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 (edited) https://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/uploads/monthly_2018_07/5b50c07c8abed_image(22).thumb.jpg.4f1051fb646ab5448d617f2ae52a7b51.jpg This gives me solace that Hogg Palace isn't getting demolished. Edited July 20, 2018 by pm91 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 17 hours ago, lockmat said: I cropped it from this rendering. You're right. I hadn't even noticed the residential building in the first rendering I was so taken by the tower. I see what your saying. I was hoping for a much taller high rise residential tower and I thought you were referencing theHines tower with your rendering and couldn't figure out what was going on. Its all clear now. So it looks like the new residential tower will be a little bit taller than the Market Square high rise by a few feet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 On 7/19/2018 at 11:47 AM, blakevirgilio said: Here are more images: Friend did something similar in a restaurant design https://www.instagram.com/march_mdesign/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Curious if the FAA height is posted yet, so we can have a better understanding of where this stands in the pecking order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rechlin Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 If we could find a higher resolution version of the stack diagram (I can't post it here because image posting still seems to be broken; somehow ekdrm2d1 and blakevirgilio figured out how, but I've tried Chrome, Firefox, and Edge and none will post photos), we could know for sure, but the low resolution version posted by blakevirgilio appears to say something like 720 feet if you squint. Also, Block 42 looks like it says 520 feet on that same diagram. Wish we could get a better copy of the image! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rechlin Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 2 hours ago, CrockpotandGravel said: On desktop, drag the image from whichever page to your post on HAIF. The image will be seen by everyone. That method also works for web addresses or links. Put the link in the search bar, highlight it and then drag to your editing field on HAIF. It's a workaround for now until the admin fixes the board. Thank you! Now if only I could "like" your post! This is the image I was referring to: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmitch94 Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 What is this a render for ants! Seriously those numbers are microscopic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterlyUrban Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Gerald Hines (and the company that bears his name) = the best developer of the last 50 years (and possibly the next 50. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Barricades are surrounding the entire block. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Somebody mentioned earlier in this thread that it would be 735 feet. That person has seemingly been spot on with reports about this project so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 If you can zoom in on the dimension at the the top of the drawing on the left it appears to read 737 or 735. But Ive been known to miss a few things so check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brijonmang Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 (edited) See post below for photo... Edited July 23, 2018 by brijonmang 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brijonmang Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 I can't delete my last failed post so here it is again with an embedded photo. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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