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Old Posted Mar 16, 2018, 9:36 PM
Sigaven Sigaven is offline
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Originally Posted by Fryguy View Post
One of the issues a few years back with Austin's rising skyline was that it was too dark at night. They have since fixed that issue in recent years. Adding lights to buildings, similar to the BofA Plaza allow buildings to keep their architectural significance throughout the day and throughout the year. In addition, such lighting allows for seasonal variations using its architectural contour.
Ironically, Austin has Dark Sky ordinances that prevent most kinds of uplighting on buildings, so lighting has to be either within (from a glass crown, say), or shining down or directly out instead of up. Even the Frost Bank Tower shuts off the lights in its crown after a certain time at night. So I'm not sure if the same kind of amazing lighting on BofA Plaza has would be allowed for a new tower in Austin :/ (someone correct me if I'm wrong)

Of course, older buildings like the Capitol are exceptions and their uplighting is grandfathered in, but I believe it can't be newly installed.
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