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We vs us · #**421** Posted **Dec 19, 2018, 2:06 AM**

Sigh. I mean, I'm cool with it. It's a quality development on an underused DT block (of course, if you liked Sullivans, or want to protect the warehouse district at all costs, YMMV). But I'm about done with the idea you need a notch or a cut-out balcony or seven somewhere in the curtain wall to break up the monotony. It's so 2015. I'm ready for the 2020 style guide to come out.

ahealy · #**422** Posted **Dec 19, 2018, 3:43 PM**

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Sigh. I mean, I'm cool with it. It's a quality development on an underused DT block (of course, if you liked Sullivans, or want to protect the warehouse district at all costs, YMMV). But I'm about done with the idea you need a notch or a cut-out balcony or seven somewhere in the curtain wall to break up the monotony. It's so 2015. I'm ready for the 2020 style guide to come out.

Austin will probably be stuck in the early 10's style guide for the next 5-7 years

texboy · #**423** Posted **Dec 19, 2018, 4:19 PM**

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Austin will probably be stuck in the early 10's style guide for the next 5-7 years

Agreed, also... blue glass... kinda done with it. I was just in Austin for Thanksgiving and my God its becoming a sea of blue/grey boxy towers. Time for architects to do something different! Another black, gold, or even multicolored building would break up the monotony (this goes for several other cites as well). Good on Austin for all the vertical though. Just feels like its time for it to mature into better design.

Geckos_Rule · #**424** Posted **Dec 19, 2018, 5:19 PM**

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Time for architects to do something different! Another black, gold, or even multicolored building would break up the monotony

All an architect needs to do is look at how Chicago's black buildings have aged like a fine wine

WestAustinite · #**425** Posted **Dec 19, 2018, 7:45 PM**

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All an architect needs to do is look at how Chicago's black buildings have aged like a fine wine

I guess it is appropriate that an oil company would have a black HQ

myBrain · #**426** Posted **Dec 19, 2018, 8:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by texboy

Agreed, also... blue glass... kinda done with it. I was just in Austin for Thanksgiving and my God its becoming a sea of blue/grey boxy towers. Time for architects to do something different! Another black, gold, or even multicolored building would break up the monotony (this goes for several other cites as well). Good on Austin for all the vertical though. Just feels like its time for it to mature into better design.

Agreed, but this is one is actually breaking up the blue-silver facade monotony with the black accents. The more distant renderings do make it look very flat and blue, but some of the closer renderings show how the black steel adds some much needed color and texture. I am hoping in reality this one will look darker and more textured than some of the renderings.

corvairkeith · #**427** Posted **Dec 19, 2018, 11:43 PM**

The crane is visible from Auditorium Shores.

Echostatic · #**428** Posted **Dec 19, 2018, 11:53 PM**

That crane looks so tiny...

the Genral · #**429** Posted **Dec 20, 2018, 3:42 AM**

That's a pretty good sized gap this is going to fill. And maybe its because I wasn't really paying attention that I hadn't noticed this before, but its going to be a decent height, almost as tall as 5th and West, the W...ect, ect...

ahealy · #**430** Posted **Dec 21, 2018, 12:59 AM**

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All an architect needs to do is look at how Chicago's black buildings have aged like a fine wine

SO. EFFING. TRUE. God I wish we had something like Sears of JHC (Nope, not doing new names)

The ATX · #**431** Posted **Jan 26, 2019, 12:54 AM**

Not the best photo. But looking down at the site from the Colorado Tower.

https://www.instagram.com/explore/lo...olorado-tower/

The ATX · #**432** Posted **Feb 14, 2019, 7:21 AM**

A worker was injured on the site when a tool apparently dropped from above landed on him. A lot of columns are up.

MyFox7: http://www.fox7austin.com/news/local...ign=fox7austin

Austinite101 · #**433** Posted **Feb 14, 2019, 7:44 AM**

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A worker was injured on the site when a tool apparently dropped from above landed on him. A lot of columns are up.

MyFox7: http://www.fox7austin.com/news/local...ign=fox7austin

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Urbannizer · #**434** Posted **Feb 21, 2019, 9:26 PM**

300 Colorado by Darius Fontenette, on Flickr

The ATX · #**435** Posted **Mar 3, 2019, 10:27 AM**

Here are a couple more of the updated renderings from Riverside Resources showing the update to the mechanical screen.

https://www.riversideresources.com/

Echostatic · #**436** Posted **Mar 3, 2019, 2:53 PM**

This one has an interesting look. It's like a blend of the 80s office buildings and our more modern towers.

Jdawgboy · #**437** Posted **Mar 3, 2019, 4:58 PM**

Looks bigger in overall size compared to the tower across the street. I know they like larger floorplates rather than smaller ones but this tower could have been taller. It's not a bad looking office tower.

We vs us · #**438** Posted **Mar 3, 2019, 9:00 PM**

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Looks bigger in overall size compared to the tower across the street. I know they like larger floorplates rather than smaller ones but this tower could have been taller. It's not a bad looking office tower.

You know, the earlier renderings confused the height for me . . . it always seemed visually to mirror the W rather than the Colorado Tower. But it looks like it's not a W contender . . . rather somewhere in between the two in these last two pics.

ATxponent · #**439** Posted **Mar 20, 2019, 3:02 AM**

Status: Foundation appears complete and now first level above ground level is taking shape on south side and northwest corner. This project involved drilling piers but no other significant excavation. It has no level below ground level.

Jdawgboy · #**440** Posted **Mar 20, 2019, 3:24 AM**

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Status: Foundation appears complete and now first level above ground level is taking shape on south side and northwest corner. This project involved drilling piers but no other significant excavation. It has no level below ground level.

Thanks for the update and welcome to the forum ATxponent!