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Source: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/101/2...13e06461_o.jpg It's outdated though, but it is from near those towers from the MacHaik building at I-10 and Kirkwood. Here is one I took from their rooftop fitness center last year. http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5150/5...9b532955_b.jpg |
That photo must be really old, isnt City Center now on the bottom left side of the photo? If so that photo is about 10 years old or so. I might have my location wrong though.
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more importantly, the memorial herman tower off gessner/ I-10 hasnt been built yet. not too mention the other buildings right around there; cemex, hotel, etc..
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Any photo that doesn't have the Memorial Herman tower is fine by me. I can't stand that tower. In fact when driving from Austin to Houston the only thing I look forward to less than the I-10 traffic is having to pass by that horrible building. There are some great towers in Houston. I just don't understand why the ugliest one has to be so on its own, and then have to silly top to make it stand out even more.
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Swamplot: Highrise Replacing Allen House Remnant? The Latest Rumblings Around Regent Square
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Holy cow! There are cranes going up ALL OVER Houston. Here's some pics that another member took of the Anadarko site in The Woodlands...
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Love those skyline photos. Its easy to forget how many buildings there really are in Houston. But it looks just as good as always.
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Does anyone know why Downtown isn't lit up at night like other cities?
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West Ave phase II has broken ground. Here are two renderings and the description
http://www.zieglercooper.com/images/proj1876.jpg http://www.zieglercooper.com/images/proj1877.jpg The second phase of the West Ave development in River Oaks is a 288,389 s.f. mid-rise apartment project with 305 housing units. The eight-story, concrete structure with attached garage will have 640 parking spaces, 157 of which will be for retail use from Phase 1.The project finish will consist of mostly brick with accents of Arriscraft and terra-cotta. The design will feature an interior courtyard with swimming pool, outdoor kitchen and living room, lounge, theater, fitness center, dining/wine room and is estimated to complete June 2013. http://www.zieglercooper.com/project...=41&projid=174 |
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http://i527.photobucket.com/albums/c...d/34de0f37.jpg Anadarkos new tower in the woodlands from this morning. And there's a new mid rise going up across from it too which will add some really nice density to that corner. |
Going back a couple of weeks, there was an article in the HBJ that left the impression that no new towers were going up Downtown, despite a developing space shortage. Why is the supply lagging behind the demand?:shrug:
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University of St. Thomas’s New Performing Arts Center Moving in Next to Menil Campus:
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http://assets.bizjournals.com/housto...eams-1.jpg?v=1 Source: http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/p...mpete-for.html Why are they even holding a design competition? We all know its going to be some box fugly building. Hopefully it wont be some box fugly short design. I get tired of Houston's mass creation (and obsession) with boxes. This city is moving way to fast to be so plain in its design. Sorry for the rant. |
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By the way, you guys wont ever believe this because I'm still in denial this actually happened but my cousin & I found blue water (sky blue Cancun like water) beaches in the Houston Metropolitan Area. Except it cost us $550 to find it and the island has a population of 0 with no developments or anything except plants and animals on it. Its not that big either, walking across will take like 3 minutes but its big enough to enjoy with your entire extended family if you want that.
The water color and the island looks VERY close to this (except its like 5 times larger but not all that large at all): http://www.beach-backgrounds.com/isl...-1920x1200.jpg |
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Crappy iPhone photo of that new apartment building going up across from the CVS in the galleria area, the name of it escapes me right now. |
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Please please go to this link and sign the letter to send to our representatives to help Houston public transit. It's on the bottom left of the page, the link is.
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I later told them that the transit infrastructure in Houston is laughable and that METRO absolutely needs to get its act together and straighten things out. George Grenias has time to watch a porno flick at work but doesn't have time to sit down and go to Wikipedia and see the numbers behind why Houston is so far behind? Yeahhhh we need to restructure METRO from scratch. |
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The design is different. It was on this thread a while ago and it's going to be more moderny art looking than the Hilton hotel.
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This is going to be a huge development that from the looks of it will be fairly urban, unlike a lot of the gated off suburban styled apartment complexes in the area. |
Looks like the site is about 240k sqft. At 6 stories this could have quite a huge number of units in it. Did the fenced in area take up the whole site between Peveto and Eberhard?
The website has a higher resolution rendering. Seems like it might be 4 separate buildings with fenced courtyards between them. Though they may connect along the back. Certainly a step in a positive direction compared to their mostly gated Jackson Hill building on the other side of Memorial. Looks like it will be 431 units. http://www.smartapartmentdata.com/sh...nstruction.pdf |
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Yes it's at least that much, it may extend past eberhard but I'm not completely sure. They've just torn up the ground right now and put in plumbing and what not.
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Hmm, more fugly ducklings? Houston at one time had a reputation for some incredibly forward-looking designs. Cesar Pelli, Philip Johnson, IM Pei - they're all represented on the skyline. These days, starchitecture is just too expensive - unless you're doing a museum. Meanwhile, it's possible to pick out the contenders from the pretenders on the list. The only hotel chain I see represented is Omni Hotels, so they have to be considered a strong candidate. I'd also give the nod to the Midway Cos. team, though I'm not sure if Portman is the powerhouse we all recall from Atlanta. But it looks like there's plenty of interest. |
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Does anyone know whatever happened to regents square? Is it dead completely or just waiting for better economic conditions?
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[/QUOTE] But that reason has been used in Houston for the last 15-20 years. As a whole, Houston's recent history of architectural designs have been mediocre AT BEST. It seems minimalist, boxy, "as cheap as we can get it", "anything that even RESEMBLES ANY form of flash is the equivalent to drowning puppies ", has slowly but surely become part of Houston's culture; and this started before the current economic downturn, and before 9/11. |
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i look at it as much needed, decent infill. i'm sure there will be some trophy projects at some point but we need boxes to fill in all the empty spaces in between. |
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The link doesn't work. What is Shell planning on building?
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two new 12-story buildings at the Woodcreek location. |
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Houston prides itself on being the "Walmart" of cities....very efficient, but lacking aesthetically, and short sided. |
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Agreed, I love the infill. The upper Kirby district blows my mind and I want more of it. I would like to see a bit more effort in terms of imagination. |
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