LOS ANGELES | Central City Project Rundown 5.0 - Page 477

blackcat23 · #**9521** Posted **May 22, 2015, 3:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by LosAngelesSportsFan

12th and Grand... New 37 story condo tower proposed... Designed by Keating... 100 million, hope to break ground next year.. On my phone so hard to link... LA Times

I got you!

http://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/la-fi-property-report-dtla-condos-20150522-story.html

126 condos, priced between $600k and $4 million.

Quixote · #**9522** Posted **May 22, 2015, 3:08 PM**

Better rendering:

http://www.trbimg.com/img-555e812d/turbine/la-fi-property-report-dtla-condos-20150522

Quixote · #**9523** Posted **May 22, 2015, 3:10 PM**

I think it looks... alright. Kind of Vancouver-ish.

timpdx · #**9524** Posted **May 22, 2015, 3:18 PM**

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alki · #**9525** Posted **May 22, 2015, 3:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by Quixote

I think it looks... alright. Kind of Vancouver-ish.

I like it.......it has kind of a unique design [for LA]. But then, I am partial to the Vancouver skyline too.

DTLA needs more of these projects around Pershing Square........not just South Park.

Beverly Hills Nimby · #**9526** Posted **May 22, 2015, 4:01 PM**

It's beautiful. I don't think there's much more you can ask for. That little area of 11th and 12th st in South Park is going to be a great neighborhood.

Let's face it.. the problems around Pershing Square aren't going away anytime soon. South Park is always going to be nicer and more appropriate for luxury high rises.

colemonkee · #**9527** Posted **May 22, 2015, 4:32 PM**

I wonder if it will have a similar multi-colored glass treatment as Mark on 10th in Calgary (pictured below). The glass fins on the left side of the tower in the render seem to have the same type of muted green and yellow. Not nearly as much concrete on this one (thankfully), but somewhat similar in terms of size and massing.

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https://www.facebook.com/Qualexhomes/pho...1389935./901249593265841/?type=3&theater

ConstructDTLA · #**9528** Posted **May 22, 2015, 7:03 PM**

New tower looks nice. Its still sad they're getting rid of the little deco building. To a pedestrian South Park will be nothing but podiums in a few years, it would've been nice to have something linking us to the past (besides the awesome Desmonds reno).

alki · #**9529** Posted **May 22, 2015, 10:18 PM**

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Originally Posted by colemonkee

I wonder if it will have a similar multi-colored glass treatment as Mark on 10th in Calgary (pictured below). The glass fins on the left side of the tower in the render seem to have the same type of muted green and yellow. Not nearly as much concrete on this one (thankfully), but somewhat similar in terms of size and massing.

Mixing up the facade treatment seems to be trend.......I have seen it done on a couple of bldgs recently..........and now on one of the AMZN towers:

Of course it doesn't make this bldg exciting architecture but it does make it slightly more interesting to look at........as with the Calgary bldg. As far as I know these color treatments were not part of the original renders.

sopas ej · #**9530** Posted **May 22, 2015, 10:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by Quixote

I think it looks... alright. Kind of Vancouver-ish.

I'm with you there.

So much for that relaxation of the helipad requirement, huh? I don't see any new Los Angeles high-rises/skyscrapers being designed with spires or pointy tops or dirigible masts or anything like that.

Regarding that "outdated" requirement, it was put into effect in the 1970s when nearly all skyscrapers had flat tops anyway, because of that Modernist box shape that was so de rigueur back then.

StethJeff · #**9531** Posted **May 22, 2015, 11:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by Quixote

I think it looks... alright. Kind of Vancouver-ish.

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Originally Posted by alki

I like it.......it has kind of a unique design [for LA]. But then, I am partial to the Vancouver skyline too.

DTLA needs more of these projects around Pershing Square........not just South Park.

Beggars can't be choosers but I agree that it'd be nice to have these buildings spread thought DTLA rather than just having a clump of similar glassy 'Couvers in South Park.

Quixote · #**9532** Posted **May 22, 2015, 11:11 PM**

Let's use the term "Cascadian" to refer to this architectural aesthetic. Because, really, I need to stop picking on Vancouver (a city I love and have been to many times, for what it's worth).

The design is not terrible by any means… just boring. I expect more from Keating and Chinese developers.

Yackemflaber69 · #**9533** Posted **May 22, 2015, 11:23 PM**

Any idea how tall it might be?

Just-In-Cali · #**9534** Posted **May 23, 2015, 1:19 AM**

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Originally Posted by sopas ej

I'm with you there.

Regarding that "outdated" requirement, it was put into effect in the 1970s when nearly all skyscrapers had flat tops anyway, because of that Modernist box shape that was so de rigueur back then.

This is the key point. The "pointy top" look for tall buildings is not really a trend that is shaping skylines much these days. Most downtowns are riddled with flat topped structures with a few pyramidal tops and spires. LA is just getting in the game. I think we will see more buildings with aspirational crowns. Though since most new towers are residential, and you dont see many of them with decandent tops, we may have a while to wait.

caligrad · #**9535** Posted **May 23, 2015, 1:24 AM**

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Originally Posted by blackcat23

I got you!

http://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/la-fi-property-report-dtla-condos-20150522-story.html

126 condos, priced between $600k and $4 million.

Cool. Possibly becoming the new anchor tower for the south end of downtown ? furthest proposed tower that south that tall.

Come on you guys. We all know how this works. We get a rendering. obviously wont be the tower built since they all change in designs through the planning process, it wont look like this when all is said and done but its not a bad looking tower.

What you should be telling yourselves is...... Its a Chinese developer that's proposing this. The Chinese developers haven't failed us yet. most likely this one will be built hoping that the Chinese markets don't crash or our own economy doesn't burst again like with our last boom.

caligrad · #**9536** Posted **May 23, 2015, 1:32 AM**

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Originally Posted by Just-In-Cali

This is the key point. The "pointy top" look for tall buildings is not really a trend that is shaping skylines much these days. Most downtowns are riddled with flat topped structures with a few pyramidal tops and spires. LA is just getting in the game. I think we will see more buildings with aspirational crowns. Though since most new towers are residential, and you dont see many of them with decandent tops, we may have a while to wait.

Yup. All people have to do is look at the "currently under construction diagram" and literally 80% of all buildings under construction has flat tops and when you get to the 3rd page, that percentage goes up. Unfortunately LA is late to the game for crowns/spires/amazing roofs on its skyscrapers but we will get a couple soon im sure. Mark my words, LAs next tallest, which I think we will get in the next 5 years, will have a crown/spire.

TwoDoorsDown · #**9537** Posted **May 23, 2015, 1:32 AM**

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glass walls are going up a couple of days ago at the federal courthouse.

TwoDoorsDown · #**9538** Posted **May 23, 2015, 2:17 AM**

Onni's Level DTLA from yesterday.

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IMAG00821 by Baoloc Le, on Flickr[/IMG]

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IMAG00822 by Baoloc Le, on Flickr[/IMG]

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IMAG00823 by Baoloc Le, on Flickr[/IMG]

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IMAG00824 by Baoloc Le, on Flickr[/IMG]

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TwoDoorsDown · #**9539** Posted **May 23, 2015, 2:25 AM**

Carmel Partners tower at 8th and Olive today.

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IMAG00826 by Baoloc Le, on Flickr[/IMG]

StethJeff · #**9540** Posted **May 23, 2015, 2:30 AM**

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Originally Posted by Quixote

Let's use the term "Cascadian" to refer to this architectural aesthetic. Because, really, I need to stop picking on Vancouver (a city I love and have been to many times, for what it's worth).

The design is not terrible by any means… just boring. I expect more from Keating and Chinese developers.

Seattle and Portland shouldn't have to pay and get lumped into this. It's not their fight. No one told Vancouver to build the same three towers 200 times.