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Originally Posted by JACKinBeantown
The renderings are nice. Call me spoiled after living in NYC for so long, but this is a very average building. It's tall and that's great, but the design is very forgettable. Too bad they can't magically trade designs with Frost Tower, or One American Center, One Eleven or even 100 Congress. Still, I'm excited for the potential of a new tallest in Austin.
I'm sure several of you will disagree. Please keep it civil.
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Actually, I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels the same way. I'm happy to see a new tallest, and I don't hate the design, but I do feel that Austin's buildings are never particularly interesting, exhilarating, or exciting. It isn't hard to find lots of exciting, beautiful - even daring - skyscrapers being built almost everywhere else except Austin. I expect that the developers are to blame - placing constraints on the architects in order to keep costs down (or could it be something else?).
What do the rest of you forum regulars think?