Fort Worth, TX - The Ruins - 26 stories, residential | PRO

[Atomic Glee]

This is a development in the planning stages for downtown Fort Worth - a 26 story condo tower looking over the Trinity River. To be built near the Pier 1 building.

It's certainly...unique. No idea yet how definite the plans are, but it's being worked on by a local architect who has done a lot of smaller urban infill stuff, most of which is quite attractive.

Supposed to be available by Winter 2009.

[Austin55]

eww. thats weird

[jetsetter]

Just skip the whole "glass top" ruin thing and it will be good.

[Lecom]

The building already looks ruined, so it won't look damaged when a tornado passes through it. Good thinking.

[KevinFromTexas]

Hmm. That rendering is fairly vague, so we'll have to see. I'm not sure it's Fort worth's style, though. I like the height, 26 floors. Not sure about the design, though. Kind of strange.

[Stephenapolis]

It is unique and does hold potential. Buthow many cities would want a building that looks like this? How many people would buy units in a place called "The Ruins"? I think this building is more the type of thing we would see and expect in Las Vegas, Dubai, or any host of Chinese cities.

[Atomic Glee]

It began life as a much smaller building a couple of blocks away before morphing into a tower:

[Rocket1]

Fascinating.

But it almost looks like someone's idea of a practical joke on SSP forumers to me.

[Lecom]

The Ruins, heh. Nice to see the architect drawing inspiration from Detroit's high-rise stock.

[BUFFALOVE!!]

I like the smaller rendering

[Saddle Man]

That is a badass building.