Austin | Block 185/Google Tower #2 | 594 Feet | 35 Floors | Complete - Page 46

Jdawgboy · #**901** Posted **Jun 19, 2019, 3:27 AM**

Knowing our city, any lighting will end up being the most boring and dull sort you can possibly imagine. Our skyline is so dark overall and I can't see such cool lighting on one of our buildings. Only solid prime colors. Heck even the SXSW building is just solid blue though we've seen it do some awesome multicolored pattern changes. Let's not even get started on the Fairmont, total disappointment.

The ATX · #**902** Posted **Jun 26, 2019, 9:04 PM**

Site plan #2 for the tower was approved. This broke ground because site plan #1 for the underground parking was previously approved. The elevations haven't been added yet. But it'll be interesting to see if the final height changed any.

https://abc.austintexas.gov/web/perm...rtyrsn=5627713

ahealy · #**903** Posted **Jun 27, 2019, 4:24 AM**

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Originally Posted by The ATX

Site plan #2 for the tower was approved. This broke ground because site plan #1 for the underground parking was previously approved. The elevations haven't been added yet. But it'll be interesting to see if the final height changed any.

https://abc.austintexas.gov/web/perm...rtyrsn=5627713

Exxxxxcellent! When will we begin to see some rebar??

The ATX · #**904** Posted **Jun 27, 2019, 7:37 PM**

Pelli Clark Pelli features this project on their website now. But they are only showing the same three renderings that STG Design and Trammell Crow have on their websites. I'd like to see higher quality versions of all the renderings they showed to the Design Commission.

https://pcparch.com/project/block-185/

ILUVSAT · #**905** Posted **Jun 27, 2019, 10:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by The ATX

Pelli Clark Pelli features this project on their website now. But they are only showing the same three renderings that STG Design and Trammell Crow have on their websites. I'd like to see higher quality versions of all the renderings they showed to the Design Commission.

https://pcparch.com/project/block-185/

Has this building been slightly downsized from 589' to 575'? I know it's hard to truly visualize...but, from those renderings, I would believe it is 575' over 589'.

myBrain · #**906** Posted **Jun 28, 2019, 5:25 AM**

Looks like Pelli is playing with similar curves in this proposal for Toronto:

The ATX · #**907** Posted **Jun 28, 2019, 10:34 PM**

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Originally Posted by ILUVSAT

Has this building been slightly downsized from 589' to 575'? I know it's hard to truly visualize...but, from those renderings, I would believe it is 575' over 589'.

The building permit that was issued states 589'. But it looks like we won't get the approved elevations until next week.

The ATX · #**908** Posted **Jul 2, 2019, 7:25 PM**

The final elevations were released today - pages 27 & 28. The lowest point of the tower is at 450' and the tallest point on the building is 1,043.5'. So that makes the height 594' (rounded) which was the original height IIRC.

https://abc.austintexas.gov/web/perm...rtyrsn=5627713

drummer · #**909** Posted **Jul 2, 2019, 10:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by myBrain

Looks like Pelli is playing with similar curves in this proposal for Toronto:

Interesting. I'm not sure I'd like those as much. Their most interested sides are facing each other...leaving essentially glorified rectangles from other angles, except for the "crowns", of course.

GoldenBoot · #**910** Posted **Jul 9, 2019, 5:28 AM**

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Originally Posted by The ATX

The final elevations were released today - pages 27 & 28. The lowest point of the tower is at 450' and the tallest point on the building is 1,043.5'. So that makes the height 594' (rounded) which was the original height IIRC.

https://abc.austintexas.gov/web/perm...rtyrsn=5627713

Actually...The elevations on page 27 state the lowest level to be 451'7" with a max level of 1043'6" (or roughly 592'). Page 28 has a different set of numbers: 450'0" for the lowest level and 1038'11" for the highest (or roughly 589').

So, there seems to be a discrepancy in the provided elevations.

Urbannizer · #**911** Posted **Jul 10, 2019, 3:36 PM**

The Independent by KUT Austin - 90.5 FM, on Flickr

The ATX · #**912** Posted **Jul 16, 2019, 11:43 PM**

The Block 185 project is going to close one lane of Cesar Chavez for 6 months. It's already a nightmare at rush hour.

https://abc.austintexas.gov/web/perm...rtyrsn=3426115

427MM · #**913** Posted **Jul 19, 2019, 2:17 AM**

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Originally Posted by The ATX

The Block 185 project is going to close one lane of Cesar Chavez for 6 months. It's already a nightmare at rush hour.

https://abc.austintexas.gov/web/perm...rtyrsn=3426115

Worth it! Just more reasons to vote for Transit in 2020. Hope we go big!

deerhoof · #**914** Posted **Jul 20, 2019, 4:10 AM**

César Pelli, Argentine Architect Behind the Petronas Towers, Dies Aged 92

https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2019...sar-pelli.html

The ATX · #**915** Posted **Jul 21, 2019, 3:46 AM**

Does anyone have a current photo of the site? If not, I work a block away and will have to walk all the way around Northshore to check it out myself.

corvairkeith · #**916** Posted **Jul 21, 2019, 6:44 AM**

Most recent I've got is from July 10th.

The ATX · #**917** Posted **Jul 21, 2019, 10:01 PM**

Nice. It looks like they are about 1/3 of the way done with the digging.

The ATX · #**918** Posted **Jul 21, 2019, 10:47 PM**

A crane permit was filed Friday. It'll have two Luffing cranes.

https://abc.austintexas.gov/web/perm...rtyrsn=5627713

freerover · #**919** Posted **Jul 31, 2019, 8:04 PM**

Jdawgboy · #**920** Posted **Jul 31, 2019, 8:20 PM**

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If you took this picture earlier, I think I drove right by while you were taking it.