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Urbannizer · #**481** Posted **Aug 6, 2019, 2:41 AM**

Austin city skyline by Joshua Garner, on Flickr

corvairkeith · #**482** Posted **Aug 15, 2019, 4:47 AM**

KevinFromTexas · #**483** Posted **Aug 15, 2019, 5:18 PM**

I don't mind that view of the Aloft Hotel going away, but I will miss that view of the One American Center. I've spent a lot of time at Auditorium Shores going to concerts with an eye on the skyline.

StoOgE · #**484** Posted **Aug 15, 2019, 6:13 PM**

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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

I don't mind that view of the Aloft Hotel going away, but I will miss that view of the One American Center. I've spent a lot of time at Auditorium Shores going to concerts with an eye on the skyline.

It's obviously all about to start changing with Indeed/6x and a few others, but our skyline became very lake-focuses in the last decade. It's very shallow and very wide.

the Genral · #**485** Posted **Aug 16, 2019, 12:51 AM**

Silicon Labs is sitting on some pretty high dollar land. I wonder if within 20 years or less, they get an offer they can't refuse and go suburbia. The spots they are hogging just begs for something taller.

The ATX · #**486** Posted **Aug 16, 2019, 1:04 AM**

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Silicon Labs is sitting on some pretty high dollar land. I wonder if within 20 years or less, they get an offer they can't refuse and go suburbia. The spots they are hogging just begs for something taller.

I'd speculate that it could be possible closer to 20 years out rather than sooner. They just spent a few million giving the inside of the buildings that trendy loft look. (It's one of the featured local projects on Gensler - Austin's website.) They are also getting ready to gut the remaining old offices for more of that trendy loft/open work space. The CEO has stated that the floors they rent out and the paid public parking almost pay for the buildings' expenses. But the biggest factor for not selling is that the CEO loves using Downtown Austin as a recruiting tool much like other Tech companies.

corvairkeith · #**487** Posted **Aug 17, 2019, 6:31 PM**

Echostatic · #**488** Posted **Aug 19, 2019, 7:00 PM**

Looks like there's only one floor of parking left, maybe two. This should start making a serious impact on the skyline from the south pretty soon.

Mopacs · #**489** Posted **Aug 28, 2019, 2:53 AM**

From this weekend. The dark glass facade looks good thus far

Jdawgboy · #**490** Posted **Aug 28, 2019, 4:04 PM**

I also like the glass, moreso than I expected. It's dark, yet at the same time it isn't. The way it reflects light and colors is really neat. Depending on angle of the sun, the glass looks silvery or kinda like mercury. At other angles it looks dark like a very deep sort of charcoal almost to a black tone. It reflects the colors of the surrounding area whether buildings, sky or clouds really well so it has a mirror like effect as well. Overall will be a nice contrast to it's neighbors.

Sigaven · #**491** Posted **Aug 28, 2019, 5:05 PM**

Also I'm digging the black mullions, giving it a similar look to the Bank of America tower on congress. I think once this building is done it will look like we will have another black tower on the skyline (albeit very reflective as Jaydawg pointed out). A nice break from the blue glass that's going up everywhere else that'll give downtown some more variety and texture

gillynova · #**492** Posted **Aug 28, 2019, 6:01 PM**

Keep on rising!

KevinFromTexas · #**493** Posted **Aug 28, 2019, 7:48 PM**

Yeah, I'm digging the dark glass. I like it because it's a change of pace for Austin. Don't get me wrong, blue is my favorite color, but I can't help but stare at this one a bit. It's so...different. I also like the texture of the facade. There's even a bit of an optical illusion happening where the narrow sections of the mullions make them appear to jut out from the glass. It reminds me a bit of some of the great black international towers in New York and Chicago.

zrx299 · #**494** Posted **Sep 3, 2019, 3:57 PM**

This weekend from the JW

corvairkeith · #**495** Posted **Sep 8, 2019, 5:12 PM**

They are working on the first office floor now.

the Genral · #**496** Posted **Sep 8, 2019, 10:54 PM**

In Austin, you can get relegated to the first office floor and still get a decent view out your window. Kudos on the parking podium disquise.

myBrain · #**497** Posted **Sep 20, 2019, 7:32 PM**

Getting big and looking dark

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Jdawgboy · #**498** Posted **Sep 20, 2019, 7:55 PM**

Crane raise has to be soon.

AustinGoesVertical · #**499** Posted **Sep 20, 2019, 11:14 PM**

I thought the dark black mullions were going to give this a pretty industrial look, and it appears to be turning out that way. At the very least I felt it would stave off another glass box, but what I didn’t catch from the renderings was how dark the actual glass panes would be. That really sets it apart and gives it a SOM style architecture look — similar to some of their work in Chicago. This is an exciting project. I like that it flipped from residential to office, sort of enhances a new little business district off Colorado.

Geckos_Rule · #**500** Posted **Sep 21, 2019, 4:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by AustinGoesVertical

I thought the dark black mullions were going to give this a pretty industrial look, and it appears to be turning out that way. At the very least I felt it would stave off another glass box, but what I didn’t catch from the renderings was how dark the actual glass panes would be. That really sets it apart and gives it a SOM style architecture look — similar to some of their work in Chicago. This is an exciting project. I like that it flipped from residential to office, sort of enhances a new little business district off Colorado.

Which is good. Austin really only has one international-style building (the BofA building on 6th and Congress), and I wish we had more. This isn't quite that, but it's reminiscent.

Whereas to use your example, Chicago is full of them and they look amazing