"The Hyatt Centric but make it as tall as 6x"

I lol'd.

I love this rectangle.

If it is all black, very 2001ian.

Swoon!

It's still appears to be all apartments. No balconies would be unusual.

That's true. Rare in Austin, but not necessarily rare in the world.

432 Park Avenue came to mind..similar facade pattern.

Boring!!! Hopefully the elevations are just placeholders.

Lots to like on this building. I know it's another rectangle but, I really like:

1. The height obviously.
2. Framed windows. Much more interesting than solid glass. Potentially brick??
3. Proportion of the parking garage to the building.
4. That slender view...

This one is going to feel absolutely massive on 6th street. And given the location in town, it's going to stick out a lot among the generally shorter buildings. 6xGuad at least has some other height around it. That said, I'm interested in the materials, for sure. Framed windows will be nice.

Flying back from Chicago tonight. Seeing all these buildings planned in addition to the ones going up has me really really excited.

I used to work in 41 Madison Ave in NYC. Man, that building swayed in the wind. I hope they have a good damper in this building.

https://www.mannpublications.com/man...Exterior-2.jpg
https://www.mannpublications.com/man...Exterior-2.jpg

Not sure what to think about this. Was hoping for another 1,000 footer, however I don't think we are done with another supertall proposal. I almost want to say would be nice to have some sort of arched decorative roof/crown rather than a flat slab rising 71 floors. Like several of the other diagrams that have come out which aside from the twin rounded towers, are a bit odd looking or hard to get an idea of what the design will actually be, I'll wait for the renderings.

In terms of what I'd heard: this matches the design / location, but not the height. I'll be curious on if we see any updates from the design commission meeting.

Are you able to share what the height was you'd heard? Surely had to be more than 1,022, but how much more? Would a spire be what it gets it there?

I hope not. I hate it when spires are used to "cheat" the height.

Short answer: taller.

Long answer: I'd like to wait until the design commission meeting before spilling all my beans. I did not see any renders so can't speak to whether this will include a spire.

I don't hate the design at its current height (assuming the rendering reveals a quality facade) but man, this would be a lame tallest building. A block-wide rectangular monolith.

859' would be taller than the original height of 6 x G by the same developer at Waterline. Maybe that is the source of confusion?

If we're going to have a block-wide rectangular monolith, might as well have the biggest and tallest one eh?:D

Obviously...need to be able to brag about it.