Austin | Block 185/Google Tower #2 | 594 Feet | 35 Floors | Complete - Page 59

gillynova · #**1161** Posted **Sep 6, 2020, 3:17 PM**

Mopacs · #**1162** Posted **Sep 8, 2020, 3:45 AM**

Yesterday, 9/6/20

JACKinBeantown · #**1163** Posted **Sep 8, 2020, 1:40 PM**

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This building will nicely break up that cluster of 400-footers.

lonewolf · #**1164** Posted **Sep 8, 2020, 3:07 PM**

it's just jarring to look at 3rd+shoal. my god.

drummer · #**1165** Posted **Sep 8, 2020, 6:50 PM**

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This building will nicely break up that cluster of 400-footers.

Agreed.

paul78701 · #**1166** Posted **Sep 9, 2020, 6:00 PM**

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Originally Posted by lonewolf

it's just jarring to look at 3rd+shoal. my god.

When this building is finished, it will be so prominent that the buildings around it will mostly fade into the background. People will hardly notice them.

KevinFromTexas · #**1167** Posted **Sep 9, 2020, 9:47 PM**

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it's just jarring to look at 3rd+shoal. my god.

Yep. Third+Shoal is probably my least favorite new building. I do like the lighting, though, and color of the glass is good. Austin Proper is ok, too, but it's not my favorite. It's one of those buildings that isn't an automatic like and there are parts of it that I don't much at all and parts that I really like. I guess combined together, those elements are good. I like the dark glass on it, but not the light facade on the south. It's kind of a strange building, and it's going to be pretty much completely hidden in this view. You won't really know it's there until you're west of it. I wish there was a way I could swap places with Third+Shoal and Austin Proper to make Austin Proper more prominent than Third+Shoal and then have Third+Shoal's lighting on Austin Proper instead. I'm also really coming around to liking 500 West 2nd. Overall, I like it, and the design elements are handsome.

the Genral · #**1168** Posted **Sep 9, 2020, 10:57 PM**

Well, might as well throw in my 2 cents by saying that the wavy metal siding on the parking ped of the North Shore is not all that beautiful. Agree about the south side of the Proper, yech. The blocky Google building in the mix is the best of the cluster, not saying much, but the Google Sail, now we're talking. I just hope the beauty of this building doesn't make the triple cluster look worse by contrast. This unfortunately will anchor the worst, albeit most dense cluster in all of Austin imo. I really do like Block 185, but I'm routing for the Rainey cluster and the cluster around 6X Guad.

KevinFromTexas · #**1169** Posted **Sep 9, 2020, 11:48 PM**

I don't mind the Northshore "weaves". I like the shadows they create. I love the contrasts in that building's facade. It's one of our best. I'm big on facade detail. While the buildings to its right look good, they're mostly just blue glass boxes with subtle details.

By the way, I wish I could scoot the Frost Bank Tower over to the right (south) a bit to fill in that gap and make it visible there. It's almost like a missed opportunity for a view corridor of it.

lonewolf · #**1170** Posted **Sep 10, 2020, 1:55 AM**

we should create a thread for our skyline negativity comments lol

critiques of what is so we don't spoil other threads

just a venting thread

mercury6 · #**1171** Posted **Sep 10, 2020, 12:10 PM**

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Originally Posted by lonewolf

we should create a thread for our skyline negativity comments lol

critiques of what is so we don't spoil other threads

just a venting thread

Absolutely! There is a clear daily distinction between those that seek out the positive vs. those that dwell on the negative aspects.

*don't get butt hurt*

drummer · #**1172** Posted **Sep 10, 2020, 7:10 PM**

That sounds like a dangerous thread, haha...

the Genral · #**1173** Posted **Sep 10, 2020, 7:33 PM**

I tried to start a rant thread a while back, it didn't go anywhere.

drummer · #**1174** Posted **Sep 10, 2020, 9:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by the Genral

I tried to start a rant thread a while back, it didn't go anywhere.

How do you feel about that?

The ATX · #**1175** Posted **Sep 10, 2020, 9:57 PM**

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How do you feel about that?

Ha. He could bump the thread and let us know.

the Genral · #**1176** Posted **Sep 10, 2020, 11:52 PM**

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How do you feel about that?

It made me want to start a thread to support people who started failed threads.

urbancore · #**1177** Posted **Sep 11, 2020, 12:57 AM**

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It made me want to start a thread to support people who started failed threads.

you failed.

drummer · #**1178** Posted **Sep 11, 2020, 2:26 PM**

Haha....well, back on topic. I don't mind Northshore garage aside from the fact that it's a giant garage in the middle of downtown and right on the river....the fact that it's covered with something interesting is better than many of the others in the core. I do think that this building (185) will catch the eye enough to pull attention from some of its more generic neighbors. As the taller towers come in (6 x Guadalupe and perhaps Republic?) it will do the same - draw the eyes up.

Riverranchdrone · #**1179** Posted **Sep 18, 2020, 2:17 AM**

the Genral · #**1180** Posted **Sep 18, 2020, 2:42 AM**

3rd and Shoal looks great in that last picture. Another example of looking at something from the right angle....