More Renderings of the project

http://www.yourascent.com/theme/large_videoimage2.jpg

http://www.yourascent.com/theme/large_videoimage1.jpg

http://www.yourascent.com/theme/large_videoimage4.jpg

http://www.yourascent.com/theme/larg...leinterior.jpg

http://www.yourascent.com/webcam/image_00001.jpg

Is construction still planned to begin tommorow???

Yes. The official groundbreaking was today.

Today the guys at SOM were dissing this building out loud.

And today, ColDayMan ate a sandwich freshly made from Subway.

And dissed this building.

haters

Are you folks familiar with the Libeskind design for Sacramento? It's called "Aura" and should be breaking ground shortly. Here's a couple of pics...

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/8731/aura172qe.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...Auranight2.jpg

Check out the forum for more info and pics at...
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...5&pagenumber=1

^

They both look rockin!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...eskindedit.jpg

I couldn't help but notice your "taller" rendition and at the risk of making this thread too Sacramento-ish, I thought to myself, "A little taller and it might look like Libeskind's 'Epic' proposed for Sacramento!" (not to be confused with 'Aura', this one would follow Aura's completion, likely)

http://img389.imageshack.us/img389/4469/scan00025pp.jpg
http://img389.imageshack.us/img389/9095/scan00032yp.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3.../epic-back.jpg http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...Sky/EPIC03.jpg

I thought i already saw something like this in covington before. Maybe it was a cylinder building or something.

I think this is a wonderful project for Covington and really raises the bar.


Congratulations.....

how is this project progressing?

^There's a webcam on page 2. Crane's up and it appears that they are working on the first floor.

Check out the construction progress on The Ascent
 

This is a live webcam of the construction site. It's well under way.

http://www.yourascent.com/webcam/image_00001.jpg

Here are photos of The Ascent on January 24, 2007. The building is almost topped off and much progress has been made on interior framing and exterior work.

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...g/ascent-2.jpg

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...g/ascent-1.jpg

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...g/ascent-3.jpg

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...g/ascent-4.jpg

Pretty cool. I had no idea it was under construction, let alone this far along. :cheers:

I had no idea that it was already so far ahead. I'm pleasantly surprised, so far it looks much better than the renderings, especially the skin. Perhaps it would indeed be nice if he built some complex in NYC, even if it may not be appropriate at the WTC site.

Here are some picture of the building from this weekend

http://www.photojiggle.com/miker/000_0319.jpg

http://www.photojiggle.com/miker/000_0320.jpg

Great pics! This will look very cool from cincinatti!

man... Kentucky is seeing a highrise boom! What is the sq. footage of this dazzling tower?