Yes, but it is a part of the UT System campus downtown.

So?

They aren't going to make it look all campus-y and university-y because all it is to them is an office building. If they ever decided to sell it would need to be marketable as an office building and be recognizable as one.

It's also not necessary that it follow the style of the Austin UT Campus since it represents all of the campuses which all have their own style.

Anyway, I do hope it goes through some changes, because so far I'm not impressed.

Please read before responding. I was responding to gardensoul's post.

Dear forum fellows.... Indulge me for a moment, and please predict the year Austin will have it's first 1000+ foot building constructed?

I will go first...

2020

Construction begins 2045 and ends thereafter.

2025

2016

The same year the Austin-San Antonio metropolitan area hits 10 million. 2035.

They started the UT Tower demo stuff. 2 lanes blocked on 7th. Walking tunnel. Fencing in alley. And a hammer back hoe where the garage is at now, but not for long.

http://i1323.photobucket.com/albums/...ps5yqeynih.jpg

2018, 875' roof, 125' spire.

Whoa, whoa. Keep your hands off of her! :P

http://i.imgur.com/FbmrprM.jpg

Bowie topped out

Start construction 2017/2018 and it will be mixed use residential/hotel with ground floor retail. It will go around the area where the homeless shelter(s) are around red river.

1000 footer
 

My guess is that it will be along the rail line, near Waller creek

Only if it has a fancy new shelter built into it :P

1k+ footer would be nice if it were a futuristic observation tower, ala Space Needle/CN Tower, etc. An immediately worldwide-recognizable building icon!

2021....Sleeker, narrower, 4 point top that looks like a spire. A modified Frost with 2 floors retail, then some office, a hotel, condos floors and then at the top; a restaurant and observation!:rolleyes:

Considering the ridiculous quantity of current proposals and the amount of time it will take to build them, I think we are at least 10 years away from a supertall. Outside of New York and Chicago supertalls tend to be built by financial and energy companies. Neither one of those sectors is a big player in Austin's economy.