[The ATX]

Originally Posted by the Genral

I'd be ok with this design with just a few minor adjustments....bury the parking, and put 50 floors of completely redesigned office space above it. See...simple. Allowing this thing to be built as is would be like submerging one's genitals in liquid nitrogen. People in Waco would reject it. San Antonio would allow it only if it was built in Austin. Hell, the entire state of Texas would share the embarrassment of having this ugly scar erected on its beloved land. The Hilton Garden Inn would suddenly not be one of the ugliest buildings dt, and its architect would come out and declare he was right when he said that in time, an even uglier building would be built. This building is so damn ugly, they should be forced to provide tenants in the surrounding buildings cash so they can get out of their leases early and also pay their moving expenses so they won't have to look at it everyday. It should replace every description, picture, video of 'fail' and be an example at architectural based universities around the world as to how not to do it. It should be the catalyst that revives the old drug ad commercials that said, "This is your brain on drugs". It is the Ford Pinto, the AMC Pacer, the whoever made the Gremlin answers to the automobile, it is the Hot Pockets of the culinary world, the guy who farts in your car when its cold, windy and pouring outside, it stinks, if you didn't catch that one, (I actually did this once hehe). It is, unknown to most people, the 11th Commandment, of what thou shalt not do.
It most certainly will be a stop on the Duck and Segway tours to show tourist that Austin is desperate to remain weird by allowing comic book buildings to be built, and to also assure everyone that even though it may look like it, this is not the end product of millions of people with digestive issues, and though visually disturbing, it is not a bio hazard. Done. Thank you and good night...

OK. But I think the folks in Waco would love to see anything built Downtown. Their tallest and most visible Downtown building is what, 100 years old? As far as San Antonio goes, the powers that be there seem to hate every high-rise project the way it is originally proposed.