On my drive to Panama City when I lived there I passed through Mobile, AL and thought their tallest looked nice. Would be a nice companion to Frost tower.
The first Comcast Center in Philly is a beauty. (973 feet) It’s comprised of curtain wall glass but it’s not bland. It’s slender and sleek, with a cubical crown on top. Really nice cohesive scale as it widens a bit at street level. It was built in 2008 and is just really well done. Have seen it in person a couple times.
We don't know yet what an 800 ft tower would look like with our current skyline. I'd wager anything between 700'-1000' would really make a huge difference in our skyline.
That being said, I personally prefer the more traditional iconic skyscrapers like The Chrysler, or Willis Tower. If we have a more modern structure something like the Wilshire Grand Center in Los Angeles would be amazing.
Austin's proposed 98 Red River tower is trash compared to the masterpieces featured in this thread. Just look at 9 Dekalb or Rose Hill then at 98 Red River tower, then back to 9 Dekalb or Rose Hill and back at Waller Creek Tower. You'll appreciate how disappointing and messy the 98 Red River tower is. Many of the posters on this forum seem enamored by its height and the fact that it might be breaking ground during the pandemic. To paraphrase Carl Sagan, extraordinary height demands extraordinary scrutiny since it will be visible to everyone around Lady Bird Lake. The current design of 98 Red River is a jumbled, asymmetric, discontinuous mess. Austin can absolute do better than this.
Austin's proposed 98 Red River tower is trash compared to the masterpieces featured in this thread. Just look at 9 Dekalb or Rose Hill then at 98 Red River tower, then back to 9 Dekalb or Rose Hill and back at Waller Creek Tower. You'll appreciate how disappointing and messy the 98 Red River tower is. Many of the posters on this forum seem enamored by its height and the fact that it might be breaking ground during the pandemic. To paraphrase Carl Sagan, extraordinary height demands extraordinary scrutiny since it will be visible to everyone around Lady Bird Lake. The current design of 98 Red River is a jumbled, asymmetric, discontinuous mess. Austin can absolute do better than this.
I don't think that the lack of cohesiveness is a bad thing for this tower. As I've mentioned before, I think it's another exploration of a new type of tower that Austin will be getting more of, which is a mix of uses (residential, office, hotel). Like 6xguad, the mixed uses are broken up visually on the tower and the separations create some amazing sky lobby amenity floors. It's not traditional, it's new, and therefore it's different and I presume it will ruffle a few feathers. But I think it's great for Austin to be getting these types of towers to sort of define its look, rather than the traditional same old.
Outstanding design! This one's planned to be 1,646' tall! One Vanderbilt, the building in the diagram to the east of Grand Central Station, is 1,401' tall.
Oh, if you haven't noticed, this building may still have an Austin connection. MSD Partners was originally involved with this project. Michael Dell's investment company. However, that was in February 2019. I'm not sure if they are still involved.
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. I'd prefer to see something more modern and adventurous befitting our image as a young, up-and-coming city.
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