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Originally Posted by NYC_Longhorn
Signature buildings or bridges can be really beautiful.... I hear what you are saying about not wanting to have a gigantic eye-sore associated with our city because someone is trying too hard... but I'd love something that sets us apart (in a magnificent way) by someone really talented... I'd like a building like Tower Verre or something... Doesn't have to be super tall, just really great. Like the Sydney Opera house... Something truly unique.
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One thing we are not short of in Austin is some fantastic architects working on projects around town. Not so much for the buildings recently announced, but on parks and like the Waller Creek thing, I think has some great potential. I believe the poppy is meant to be something like what you are talking about. The O'Keeffe connotations making the conservatives uncomfortable is just another plus.
I also saw a amazing bridge design recently in one of the south shore district things posted around here somewhere recently. For the area where the AAS is currently.