AUSTIN | Projects & Construction II

[jowens]

Originally Posted by Jdawgboy

I was upset when they added those office buildings right next to the creek on the intersection of 360 and Mopac on that southeast corner.

I agree with you JDB. I can't believe they allowed those 2 buildings and garages to be built. I think those buildings are called The Park on Barton Creek. They are both still vacant.

[priller]

So basically all they did today was add one more section to the 2nd crane, I suppose in preparation for installing the crane tomorrow.








Monarch




The capitol looked great against the dark clouds this evening:




SXSW Film Festival started tonight!

[SecretAgentMan]

Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

Yeah. I am holding out and hoping that they'll do us right with the Gables Park Plaza project near Lamar, though. That one actually sounds good with the setup, at least in the initial announcement. I just hope it's not fake. I can't stand cheap architecture. Taking designs from certain architectural styles and eras, and doing some shotty half effort of a job in recreating it. Makes me want to hurl. The Plaza and Hampton Inn & Suites come to mind here.

http://www.zieglercooper.com/projects.asp?indid=41&projid=10

[Mopacs]

Originally Posted by SecretAgentMan

http://www.zieglercooper.com/projects.asp?indid=41&projid=10

Thats not half bad... I kind of like it. If its the section closest to the river, then its a very appropriate scale and design. Have they actually signed on Starbucks as a tennant, or just wishful thinking?

[Mopacs]

Great pictures as always Priller. Is the 2nd crane on the opposite side of the structure (diagonal to the current), or is it closer to the 2nd/Congress corner?

[austin242]

Funny I think I saw that rendering awhile back on their site its just I never realized it was going to be built in austin. I kinda like it.

[priller]

Originally Posted by Mopacs

Great pictures as always Priller. Is the 2nd crane on the opposite side of the structure (diagonal to the current), or is it closer to the 2nd/Congress corner?

It's on the same side as the other crane, right on the corner of 2nd and Congress.

[KevinFromTexas]

Great catch with the crane construction, priller. And nice black and whites. I love it when the sky is all gray and stormy looking behind the skyline. Especially with the sun in front of the skyline lighting the buildings against a ominous sky.

And those renderings aren't bad for Gables Park Plaza. I didn't realize Ziegler Cooper was designing it. They're also designing The Austonian. This could turn out to be a nice project after all.

By the way, here's an updated rendering of The Austonian's pool deck. If you'll notice however, there is something VERY strange with this photo.

[Weatherman_of_ATX]

Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

Great catch with the crane construction, priller. And nice black and whites. I love it when the sky is all gray and stormy looking behind the skyline. Especially with the sun in front of the skyline lighting the buildings against a ominous sky.

And those renderings aren't bad for Gables Park Plaza. I didn't realize Ziegler Cooper was designing it. They're also designing The Austonian. This could turn out to be a nice project after all.

By the way, here's an updated rendering of The Austonian's pool deck. If you'll notice however, there is something VERY strange with this photo.

Other than the fact that there is chairs in the water no. haha.
but i like this sketch alot.

[Weatherman_of_ATX]

Originally Posted by priller

The capitol looked great against the dark clouds this evening:

you know as a meteorologist I have never in my life seen clouds like i did on friday. i couldnt tell what there were. cause on one side it was really sunny but looking north the clouds were almost black. it almost looked like smoke. Those clouds were hanging extremely low too. it was a awesome site tho and amazing pic. thanks for sharing

[KevinFromTexas]

Originally Posted by Weatherman_of_ATX

Other than the fact that there is chairs in the water no. haha.
but i like this sketch alot.

No, it's not the chairs. Keep looking.

[Raining Inside]

It's the buildings across the street. They are the same buildings that are actually located further up Congress Avenue. Although one of those buildings looks like the Hampton Inn which is not on Congress. This is some artist's rendering of a scary alternate universe.

[Dragonfire]

Originally Posted by Raining Inside

It's the buildings across the street. They are the same buildings that are actually located further up Congress Avenue. Although one of those buildings looks like the Hampton Inn which is not on Congress. This is some scary alternate universe.

Either that or the person who made that image plays SimCity too much.

[Raining Inside]

Just to clarify, the reason I said "scary alternative universe" is because no city should have two buildings that look like 823 Congress.

[Mopacs]

Originally Posted by Weatherman_of_ATX

you know as a meteorologist I have never in my life seen clouds like i did on friday. i couldnt tell what there were. cause on one side it was really sunny but looking north the clouds were almost black. it almost looked like smoke. Those clouds were hanging extremely low too. it was a awesome site tho and amazing pic. thanks for sharing

You are so right... I have never seen anything quite like it. On the one hand, they looked like ominous storm clouds, yet there were no storms to be foun, other than a few sprinkles up in Round Rock. And yes, they were incredibly low... I took a few pics yesterday in fact, and will post them for sure.

Kevin... that is without a doubt one of the strangest photo manipulations I have seen. Whats the point of cloning those buildings (and in a smaller scale at that)? Very bizarre.

[Saddle Man]

Originally Posted by Weatherman_of_ATX

you know as a meteorologist I have never in my life seen clouds like i did on friday. i couldnt tell what there were. cause on one side it was really sunny but looking north the clouds were almost black. it almost looked like smoke. Those clouds were hanging extremely low too. it was a awesome site tho and amazing pic. thanks for sharing

I noticed those clouds too. They were very strange.

[Saddle Man]

The one that looks like the Hampton Inn is actually the Stephen F. Austin Hotel at 7th and Congress.

[KevinFromTexas]

Originally Posted by kingkirbythegreat

The one that looks like the Hampton Inn is actually the Stephen F. Austin Hotel at 7th and Congress.

Yeah, that Hampton Inn look-a-like is actually the Stephen F. Austin Hotel as kingkirbythegreat said. The other buildings are 823 Congress and the Littlefield Building.

Originally Posted by Mopacs

Kevin... that is without a doubt one of the strangest photo manipulations I have seen. Whats the point of cloning those buildings (and in a smaller scale at that)? Very bizarre.

The only reason I can think of is maybe to show something substantial right up against the street over there. I guess they may have some hangups with having a vacant block (for the most part) right across Congress since their residents wouldn't have anything to do there. This is why I hope the Marriott has some retail. If not that would mean we would have no street level retail from 3rd Street all the way down to the river along Congress Avenue. Not good. All those 80s office towers, 301 Congress, One Congress Plaza and 100 Congress also have no street level retail. There should be some retail in the Marriott to offset that. Another thing I noticed with that rendering is that it shows the podium (pool deck level) to be higher than it actually is. The height I heard was 93 feet, but that rendering shows it to be almost as high as the Littlefield Building up the street which is 136 feet.

And I totally missed those clouds you guys were talking about. I wish I had caught them. I would have headed over to Saint Ed's for some skyline shots.

[KYbred]

Originally Posted by Weatherman_of_ATX

Other than the fact that there is chairs in the water no. haha.
but i like this sketch alot.

the pool is designed with a "tanning ledge", the chairs are supposed to sit in 6" or so of water

[Complex01]

Nice pics. That is awesome they are starting on the 2nd crane...