scarface Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 Any chance that this might get scaled down? 😄 Or does that only happen in Houston's projects? ( Hello Embassy Suites Downtown, Memorial Herman Tower memorial city, Dallas street,, Regent Square). J/K. Congratulations to Austin. Austin will take the crown from Houston on this one, just like they did when the State capitol moved there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 Thumbs Down: Watching Austin grow up is a bit like watching a pimply, unkempt, squat teen magically transform into a pimply, unkempt, lanky teen — truly wondrous. Until one day the lanky teen surpasses his elder brother and starts thinking highly of himself, maybe too highly. That, folks, is the case in the People’s Republic of Austin, where a smallish college town once happy to be known for its live music, its socialist sympathies and its disheveled weirdness has turned corporate, capitalist and downright uppity. Literally. Breaking ground this week is a downtown skyscraper — a 74-story, mixed-use high-rise — that is expected to surpass Houston’s 1,002-foot-high Chase Tower by a whopping 20 feet when it’s finished in 2026, and thereby slam the door on Houston’s reign as the city with the tallest tower in Texas. Height, of course, isn’t everything — unless you’re a hetero male looking to draw clicks on a popular dating app. There are other measures of a city’s maturity, like infrastructure and mobility, that are bringing Austin great growing pains. After decades of succumbing to the “if we don’t build it, they won’t come,” mantra, Austin found out the hard way they’d come anyway, even if they had to live on the center lane of I-35. The city’s natural beauty, its forever-rocking music scene, and its welcoming, Prozac vibe still portend a bright future, judging by Austin’s eternally hot real estate market. Clearly, it has nowhere to go but up! 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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scarface Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 (edited) Being semi-envious and semi- dirty, I keep checking this thread with some hopes of an announcement that there have been some kind of changes to the proposed height of this building that finds it unattainable.😁 But oh well. Wishful thinking. I just have to accept that Houston's days of being the Texas's tallest city are numbered. .. Edited September 20, 2022 by scarface Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted September 21, 2022 Author Share Posted September 21, 2022 Houston (and Dallas) have sprawled out too much beyond the core. JP Morgan has been the tallest since the early 80’s so it was only a matter of time. I believe the height for this one would more likely be raised than downsized. 6xGuad’s height (same developers) was raised during construction from 848’ to 874’. There’s several projects proposed above 600’ and several sites that also have super-tall potential. I only expect the momentum to continue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
august948 Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 12 hours ago, scarface said: Being semi-envious and semi- dirty, I keep checking this thread with some hopes of an announcement that there have been some kind of changes to the proposed height of this building that finds it unattainable.😁 But oh well. Wishful thinking. I just have to accept that Houston's days of being the Texas's tallest city are numbered. .. I gather it's only going to be 20' taller, is that correct? If so, isn't it an architecturally accepted practice to add something decorative to push the height up? I'm sure we could fabricate something to top Austin. My vote would be a giant spinning Buc-ee's sign... Or perhaps a 30' hand sculpture in a familiar gesture with one finger up and the others folded in...pointed in the direction of Austin? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
77002er Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 Can the moderators add the tag "Austin" (or whatever city outside of Houston) to the titles of those out-of-town projects? This is, after all the HOUSTON Architecture Info Forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarface Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 1 hour ago, 77002er said: Can the moderators add the tag "Austin" (or whatever city outside of Houston) to the titles of those out-of-town projects? This is, after all the HOUSTON Architecture Info Forum. It's in the Austin section, is it not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 (edited) 11 hours ago, august948 said: I gather it's only going to be 20' taller, is that correct? If so, isn't it an architecturally accepted practice to add something decorative to push the height up? I'm sure we could fabricate something to top Austin. My vote would be a giant spinning Buc-ee's sign... Or perhaps a 30' hand sculpture in a familiar gesture with one finger up and the others folded in...pointed in the direction of Austin? Purely decorative add-ons are not counted. But they probably could do something like was done with CenterPoint Energy Plaza when it became Houston Industries Plaza. That addition added 90 feet! Edited September 21, 2022 by Houston19514 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted October 13, 2022 Author Share Posted October 13, 2022 [/url]DJI_0219-HDR by Jason Luebbe, on Flickr[/IMG] 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Urbannizer Posted November 16, 2022 Author Share Posted November 16, 2022 Second crane base is in. https://www.statesman.com/restricted/?return=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.statesman.com%2Fstory%2Fbusiness%2Freal-estate%2F2022%2F11%2F15%2Fdespite-economic-worries-austin-one-of-the-best-markets-in-the-country%2F69637673007%2F 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted November 19, 2022 Author Share Posted November 19, 2022 https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/showpost.php?p=9794857&postcount=303 The second of three Luffing cranes is going up this weekend. https://twitter.com/TheATX1/status/1593710412096475136 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naviguessor Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 I’m excited to see this building being built. Sure it’s unusual but it’ll be iconic for sure. Another reason to be excited for Austin. blue dogs: “but the homeless” 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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strickn Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 (edited) IM Pei could have done a lot worse with Texas Commerce Tower. I give him credit belatedly. Edited March 24, 2023 by strickn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 ^^^ absolutely GORGEOUS/BRILLIANT development. congrats to austin, tx for having the will and insight to approve such a magnificent monument to the future of their respective and beautiful city. i just cannot say enough about this amazing development... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota79 Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 I hate that we haven’t had anything over 50 or so built since the 80’s in Houston. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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monarch Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 ^^^ my goodness, what an AMAZING amount of cranes performing their duties throughout downtown austin, tx. I JUST LOVE ME SOME AUSTIN, TX. HOOK'EM! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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