AUSTIN | Photos & Videos Thread - Page 106

corvairkeith · #**2101** Posted **May 24, 2019, 4:10 AM**

gillynova · #**2102** Posted **May 24, 2019, 5:42 AM**

^^ Love the photos!

ahealy · #**2103** Posted **May 24, 2019, 3:36 PM**

Beautiful shots! Still waiting for a different color palette to emerge on the skyline. Maybe this next decade....

mercury6 · #**2104** Posted **May 24, 2019, 4:05 PM**

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Originally Posted by ahealy

Beautiful shots! Still waiting for a different color palette to emerge on the skyline. Maybe this next decade....

I know I'm in the minority here but I love that consistent color palette...It's my vision of what a future technological civilization would look like. I just need more elevation and shape.

We vs us · #**2105** Posted **May 24, 2019, 4:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by mercury6

I know I'm in the minority here but I love that consistent color palette...It's my vision of what a future technological civilization would look like. I just need more elevation and shape.

You're going to start to get that in spades as this new crop (Indeed Tower, Google Sail, the Republic) starts to come online.

There's so much glass, I feel like the palette is gradually becoming "sky" -- or whatever's reflected in the building.

hookem · #**2106** Posted **May 24, 2019, 8:38 PM**

I gotta say, in corvairkeith's pics the Independent is really looking good IMO. In the first pic, the crown has the white vertical elements popping, as they do in a rare set of angle/lighting situations, vs. the screen door look most of the time. And in the second, the "Jenga" effect stands out vs. hardly being noticeable from other angles. And in the final pic, the height stands out.

KevinFromTexas · #**2107** Posted **May 24, 2019, 9:50 PM**

Auditorium Shores sure does look pretty there. If someone Photoshopped Julie Andrews into one of those skyline shots I wouldn't blame them one bit.

the Genral · #**2108** Posted **May 25, 2019, 12:27 AM**

The first shot from the Pfluger bridge is killer and keeps getting better. There are at least two highrises I can think of that will have a future impact in that picture frame. I'm still amazed that none of those buildings were there 15 years ago.

NYC2ATX · #**2109** Posted **May 25, 2019, 4:41 AM**

I honestly would love to see some more brown and earth tones to echo the oldest modern skyscrapers extant in downtown Austin today. 100 and 111 Congress, One American, and even the Ashton are great examples. Something is needed at this point to give back some texture and keep Austin from being totally given over to Vancouverization. Interestingly enough, there's dialogue lately of getting away from glass facades finally, to both improve energy efficiency and stop killing birds, among other things.

KevinFromTexas · #**2110** Posted **May 25, 2019, 7:08 AM**

They wouldn't necessarily have to do away with glass facades, they could just make the glass darker than the sky is or less reflective.

ahealy · #**2111** Posted **May 25, 2019, 1:34 PM**

Great points all around

I'd be okay with the same color if the heights would differ (which I know they will). But yeah, my main mission here on out is lobbying for a traditionally designed brown/pink granite church top spire tower with clean lines that all travel together from bottom to top.

KevinFromTexas · #**2112** Posted **May 25, 2019, 7:50 PM**

KXAN is removing their old analog antenna from their tv tower in West Austin. They're using a Sikorsky skycrane helicopter to do it. That's the same type of helicopter they used in 1986 to put the new statue atop the Capitol.

https://www.facebook.com/KXANnews/vi...video_explicit

https://www.kxan.com/news/local/aust...v9UjV4FjZ8Tro0

KevinFromTexas · #**2113** Posted **May 28, 2019, 4:24 AM**

So where are the warehouses in Austin’s Warehouse District?
https://www.statesman.com/news/20190...house-district

Before and after slide - May 1999 versus May 2019
https://cdn.knightlab.com/libs/juxta...f8f81e27#amp=1

kingkirbythe.... · #**2114** Posted **May 28, 2019, 2:28 PM**

Life is about change. Get over it.

wwmiv · #**2115** Posted **May 28, 2019, 3:38 PM**

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Originally Posted by kingkirbythe....

Life is about change. Get over it.

Life is about managing change so it doesn’t hurt you. Get over it.

Sigaven · #**2116** Posted **May 28, 2019, 4:27 PM**

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Originally Posted by NYC2ATX

I honestly would love to see some more brown and earth tones to echo the oldest modern skyscrapers extant in downtown Austin today. 100 and 111 Congress, One American, and even the Ashton are great examples. Something is needed at this point to give back some texture and keep Austin from being totally given over to Vancouverization. Interestingly enough, there's dialogue lately of getting away from glass facades finally, to both improve energy efficiency and stop killing birds, among other things.

This is what I like about the North Shore building - it has brick going all the way up and the glass isn't typical reflective blue - it's less reflective and comes off as more brownish/blackish.

I hope we start bringing brick and stone to our towers like the ones from the 80's - maybe minus the pink glass

KevinFromTexas · #**2117** Posted **May 28, 2019, 10:01 PM**

Oh, I'm just drooling over those before and after photos. I read the article, but I was most interested in those neat before and after. You can right click on each of them and open them in a new window which then allows you the option to save them.

Urbannizer · #**2118** Posted **May 30, 2019, 3:10 AM**

https://www.flickr.com/photos/munna82/47904559621

the Genral · #**2119** Posted **May 30, 2019, 3:59 AM**

That's a pretty picture, but what's up with the spider webby, zig zaggy string of wires??
There has GOT to be a better way.

nixcity · #**2120** Posted **May 30, 2019, 12:44 PM**

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There has GOT to be a better way.

Nikola Tesla had one, but you know, capitalism and all....