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

[Urbannizer]

[KevinFromTexas]

Whoa, cool angle there on the Independent and Spring.

[mercury6]

This tower needs to get more love on this forum. It's in a prominent location, bold architecture, and will be a defining tower of our skyline. Long live Block 185

[myBrain]

[Geckos_Rule]

Originally Posted by mercury6

This tower needs to get more love on this forum. It's in a prominent location, bold architecture, and will be a defining tower of our skyline. Long live Block 185

I'm not sure there's many people on SSP that aren't excited about this one. The only real downside I see is that like the Frost Bank tower, we'll very quickly be wishing this were taller, when it things around it begin blocking it out.

[Tyrone Shoes]

Just an observation in question form....are Google Tower 1 and Google Tower 2 close enough to put a sky bridge linking them and if so has it been considered?

[H2O]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Shoes

Just an observation in question form....are Google Tower 1 and Google Tower 2 close enough to put a sky bridge linking them and if so has it been considered?

Yes and no. AFAIK.

[enragedcamel]

Originally Posted by Geckos_Rule

I'm not sure there's many people on SSP that aren't excited about this one. The only real downside I see is that like the Frost Bank tower, we'll very quickly be wishing this were taller, when it things around it begin blocking it out.

It's right on the water adn there's the creek and then the library right next to it, so it's unlikely that it'll be blocked.

[The ATX]

From walkableaustin:


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[corvairkeith]

[ahealy]

The more glass, the more beautiful this thing becomes--It really is our first "big city" tower IMO. I really love the slightly different color glass floors with each tier.

[corvairkeith]

[Echostatic]

You're looking at our new signature tower, folks.

I mean. Wow. This one gets more impressive with every new panel of glass. And it's just going to keep going up from here. Curves! Angles! The western face is completely different to anything else in the city and I'd say Texas as well.

[drummer]

That curve really is getting more and more dramatic as the glass goes up. I'm excited to watch this progress.

[Urbannizer]

[StoOgE]

Had dinner at Peacock last night ((Vaccine hollah!) I highly recommend it - really good Mediterranean food)) the view is absolutely *fantastic* of this building and the canyon is very real.

I remember like 10 years ago when we were all seeing renders of the Green Water Treatment plant proposals + the old power station and I have to say from Mayor Wynn and everyone involved at the outset of this plan its really neat to see the end-result of a long term vision come to fruition.

2nd street was absolutely hopping last night with great foot traffic everywhere ranging from tourists to residents walking home from Trader Joes.

[gillynova]

Originally Posted by Urbannizer

That view from SkyHouse Austin is amazing. What a beaut

[Sigaven]

Gosh I can't wait to go paddleboarding soon and see this thing from the water.

[KevinFromTexas]

I like the white horizontal lines. I didn't realize those were in the design. I was worried that the mullions would be a bit repetitious, but those lines are satisfying the way they break up the facade.

[austlar1]

Good looking building. A seductive design in a perfect location.