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The ATX · #**401** Posted **Jul 19, 2018, 6:34 AM**

...and wasn't that AMOA tower by Hines a Pelli design?

78701 · #**402** Posted **Jul 19, 2018, 1:44 PM**

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Originally Posted by The ATX

I remember that one...

https://austin.towers.net/austins-to...n-field-guide/

Thank God this ugly sawn-off splinter didn't happen...

ahealy · #**403** Posted **Jul 19, 2018, 2:11 PM**

I would've taken that splinter over the Austonian any day.

What if there's an alternate version of Austin with all the 86'd projects built and gleaming in the sky ??!!

Azul · #**404** Posted **Jul 19, 2018, 3:01 PM**

I thought it was STG Design?

78701 · #**405** Posted **Jul 19, 2018, 6:31 PM**

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Originally Posted by ahealy

I would've taken that splinter over the Austonian any day.

Man, I don't know... Austonian at least doesn't look like it needs a 2x4 to prop it standing...

Sigaven · #**406** Posted **Jul 19, 2018, 6:49 PM**

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So I'm not sure how he can be considered a starchitect? Maybe he is for chemical plants but that kinda makes me nervous. I can see it now, huge exaust pipes and industrial decks encasing office levels, some of which exposed to the outside. I think a track record of completed iconic highrises makes one a "starchitect".

I think I LUV SAT's post was a joke, lol.

"Starchitect" is exciting news for this site...definitely deserves it for such a prominent building on our skyline. And the building roof vs building height means there might be a big sculptural component at the top. I doubt it'll simply be a spire like the Fairmont. The setback angles should mean a very interesting shape for this building. I bet we'll get something at least as interesting as that Gensler proposal with the multiple angled terraces.

The height will be great for that area to break up the 400' plateau.

the Genral · #**407** Posted **Jul 19, 2018, 11:57 PM**

I think, at least with me, that this will be the most anticipated and agonizing wait for a rendering since the Independent.

ohhey · #**408** Posted **Jul 20, 2018, 3:29 AM**

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César Pelli...

He doesn't do much anymore, but his firm already has at least one building at UT (Gates Computer Science building).

If it's truly a starchitect who has worked on an Austin project but not built here, my hope is Herzog & de Meuron.

StoOgE · #**409** Posted **Jul 20, 2018, 3:22 PM**

I'm just going to hope its Nouvel or Ingles. They are my two favorite working architects.

Ingles "fits" if you consider the sports project on the East side as dead.

Also, hopefully they bring a Delta Hub with them, because I should dream big

Jdawgboy · #**410** Posted **Jul 20, 2018, 5:25 PM**

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Originally Posted by Sigaven

I think I LUV SAT's post was a joke, lol.

"Starchitect" is exciting news for this site...definitely deserves it for such a prominent building on our skyline. And the building roof vs building height means there might be a big sculptural component at the top. I doubt it'll simply be a spire like the Fairmont. The setback angles should mean a very interesting shape for this building. I bet we'll get something at least as interesting as that Gensler proposal with the multiple angled terraces.

The height will be great for that area to break up the 400' plateau.

I had a feeling that it was so I ran with it lol. Still all of this speculating is driving me (as I'm sure everyone else) nuts. As far as height, I'm very glad it will be taller than it's surrounding neighbours.

Maybe someone read this forum and saw the complaints about how blocky and flat that area of DT has become in terms of height. It will be in a prominent location, IMO probably the most important along the waterfront. It's placement deserves to be iconic. While I would have loved that 900 footer beauty, it does make more sense to have a building closer in scale to surrounding buildings in that location due to how closely clustered that they are. It will be the new focal point between the W Hotel and the Independent.

And for what it's worth, I'm extremely glad that we have the Austonian. There is no other building like it in DT, it's not a square and it set the bar for the next generation of highrises which we are finally seeing taking shape. It is an iconic tower.

The ATX · #**411** Posted **Aug 1, 2018, 9:01 PM**

A second site plan just for the excavation was filed today. Having two site plans speeds up construction. Other projects that had two site plans (one for demo/site prep and another for the tower) include Block 71 and Third + Shoal.

https://abc.austintexas.gov/web/perm...rtyrsn=5073765

loonytoony · #**412** Posted **Aug 2, 2018, 7:10 PM**

Sooooo I may or may not have seen a render on this recently. There is a starchitect involved... That's all that can be shared for now. Let's just say though that if the render turns out accurate, IMO everyone will be well pleased with the result.

chinchaaa · #**413** Posted **Aug 2, 2018, 7:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by loonytoony

Sooooo I may or may not have seen a render on this recently. There is a starchitect involved... That's all that can be shared for now. Let's just say though that if the render turns out accurate, IMO everyone will be well pleased with the result.

Did they give you an idea of when renders will be make public?

futures · #**414** Posted **Aug 3, 2018, 2:08 AM**

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Originally Posted by loonytoony

Sooooo I may or may not have seen a render on this recently. There is a starchitect involved... That's all that can be shared for now. Let's just say though that if the render turns out accurate, IMO everyone will be well pleased with the result.

Come on!! Give us SOMETHING. No one knows who you are on the internet

We just need a little detail or two to get by!

Geckos_Rule · #**415** Posted **Aug 3, 2018, 2:05 PM**

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Originally Posted by futures

Come on!! Give us SOMETHING. No one knows who you are on the internet

We just need a little detail or two to get by!

C'mon man....we're hurting over here. Just a little fix to get us through the weekend...

We vs us · #**416** Posted **Aug 3, 2018, 2:36 PM**

Srsly. We're like heroin addicts, but for real estate development gossip.

mercury6 · #**417** Posted **Aug 3, 2018, 2:48 PM**

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Originally Posted by loonytoony

Sooooo I may or may not have seen a render on this recently. There is a starchitect involved... That's all that can be shared for now. Let's just say though that if the render turns out accurate, IMO everyone will be well pleased with the result.

All I need is a general height range

Sigaven · #**418** Posted **Aug 3, 2018, 4:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by futures

Come on!! Give us SOMETHING. No one knows who you are on the internet

We just need a little detail or two to get by!

how about an anonymously uploaded napkin sketch?!

Or maybe tell us what the starchitect's name rhymes with!

MichaelB · #**419** Posted **Aug 3, 2018, 5:24 PM**

I love this.... salivating adoring public !

chinchaaa · #**420** Posted **Aug 3, 2018, 5:27 PM**

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