AUSTIN | Waterline | 1,034 Feet | 73 Floors | T/O

[Jdawgboy]

It reminds me of an older model wireless phone....

[urbancore]

Originally Posted by Jdawgboy

It reminds me of an older model wireless phone....

Ok. I disliked the spire, but now I like it.

Hello Moto.

[urbancore]

do we know the budget for this?

[eskimo33]

I am by no means an expert on the tunnel, but yes the impetus behind the project was to remove land from the Waller Creek Floodplain.
However, I think, that this close to Town Lake the flooding from the Lake itself might impact the site. We would have to know the lowest adjacent elevations and compare them to how far up the floodplain from the Lake would go.
At this point, all we can do is speculate until the site plan is submitted.

[drummer]

If I'm honest, most of what I do on this site is speculate...

[GoldenBoot]

Eskimo33, do you have an image of the approved (old WPP) building footprints? I had some at one point. But, I no longer can find them.

The proposed (new) footprints seem to (possibly) be pretty similar to the approved ones. However, my memory cannot confirm.

[The ATX]

The 98 Red River design packet has some WPP drawings.

[The ATX]

Here's a map showing the retail. Level 0 is above ground on the creek side but below ground on the Red River side. Here's a map showing Level 0 and Level 1.

[The ATX]

This one might answer a question or two. Level 0 is counted in the 74 floors count. There is no level 13.

[Jdawgboy]

Gotta be kidding! 2 feet shorter than the tallest in Texas. Can't they go ahead and add 10 measly feet???

[Geographer]

Thanks for the schematic, The ATX!

Why do office levels have a higher ceiling than residential floors? It seems to me that the opposite would be true since people enjoy higher ceiling in their home while offices are more utilitarian.

[the Genral]

Originally Posted by Geographer

Thanks for the schematic, The ATX!

Why do office levels have a higher ceiling than residential floors? It seems to me that the opposite would be true since people enjoy higher ceiling in their home while offices are more utilitarian.

Office buildings usually have more requirements regarding a/c ducts, plumbing and wiring above the ceiling which adds a foot or two to each level. At least that what my friend told me. He did the plumbing work on the Colorado Tower. .

[clubtokyo]

I think Jdawg means it says 1007 for the roof?

[The ATX]

Originally Posted by clubtokyo

I think Jdawg means it says 1007 for the roof?

The starting point for the building is -15'. So it's 1,022', not 1,007'.

[clubtokyo]

Originally Posted by The ATX

The starting point for the building is -15'. So it's 1,022', not 1,007'.

Ok got it!

[Jdawgboy]

Originally Posted by clubtokyo

I think Jdawg means it says 1007 for the roof?

Yes that was what I was talking about.

[N90]

A lot of office buildings also have rooms for servers and other data equipment which are quite large both in height and width. They require the higher ceiling and then there are other office inputs that also require the higher ceilings as well.

[Vexal]

The quality of the code I write at work is proportional to the height of the ceilings of the rooms I write it in.

[the Genral]

Originally Posted by Vexal

The quality of the code I write at work is proportional to the height of the ceilings of the rooms I write it in.

Hopefully you won't ever be relegated to a crawl space. I mean for performance sake, by your admission.

[The ATX]

An announcement of sorts by one of the developers via LinkedIn and Instagram.