Thyssenkrupp North American HQ - Suntrust Park

[Buck]

Originally Posted by bigstick

Actually I did not, is this separate from the elevator test bldg??

Yes, it's in every rendering.

[bigstick]

Originally Posted by Buck

Yes, it's in every rendering.

So what are they building now? Just the office?

[Buck]

Originally Posted by bigstick

So what are they building now? Just the office?

Both... I mean they are still doing foundation work from what I can tell.

[bigstick]

https://atlanta.curbed.com/2020/2/3/...r-thyssenkrupp

Though it’s barely above ground now, one of suburban Atlanta’s tallest buildings could top out in time for the Atlanta Braves’s opening day—or very close to it—at The Battery next door.
That’s the word today from thyssenkrupp Elevator officials, who announced that Brasfield & Gorrie has begun building the marquee, most visible component of the global elevator company’s new North American headquarters next to Interstate 285 in Cobb County.
The three-building complex will include thyssenkrupp’s Innovation and Qualification Center—the tallest elevator test tower in the Western Hemisphere.
Construction is expected to happen around the clock, at a pace of about seven feet per day. That means the project will reach about 100 feet tall—becoming visible to commuters on both I-75 and I-285—within just two weeks, officials said.

New web cam.
https://www.thyssenkruppelevator.com...a-headquarters


This is the process they used for the core of the then called IBM Tower in Midtown

[bigstick]

BUMP, this is very interesting....I have seen it jump up today on the webcam..

[atlantaguy]

Originally Posted by bigstick

https://atlanta.curbed.com/2020/2/3/...r-thyssenkrupp

Though it’s barely above ground now, one of suburban Atlanta’s tallest buildings could top out in time for the Atlanta Braves’s opening day—or very close to it—at The Battery next door.
That’s the word today from thyssenkrupp Elevator officials, who announced that Brasfield & Gorrie has begun building the marquee, most visible component of the global elevator company’s new North American headquarters next to Interstate 285 in Cobb County.
The three-building complex will include thyssenkrupp’s Innovation and Qualification Center—the tallest elevator test tower in the Western Hemisphere.
Construction is expected to happen around the clock, at a pace of about seven feet per day. That means the project will reach about 100 feet tall—becoming visible to commuters on both I-75 and I-285—within just two weeks, officials said.

New web cam.
https://www.thyssenkruppelevator.com...a-headquarters


This is the process they used for the core of the then called IBM Tower in Midtown

I remember this very well, it looked like a lighthouse was going up.

[netdragon]

Here's the page for it (part of Vinings skyline)
http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=119013
Current status (taken from the building next to it by someone else)

[smArTaLlone]

https://www.instagram.com/p/CC_EzT-J8SK/

[smArTaLlone]

https://twitter.com/JoshGreen1234/st...45502392307712

[Martinman]

Will this have glass on just one side?

[Buck]

Originally Posted by Martinman

Will this have glass on just one side?

No, but looks like might be a different type of treatment.

[smArTaLlone]

New Construction | Battery Atlanta area | Prisma photograph by steveartist, on Flickr

[nmadsen]

Originally Posted by smArTaLlone

New Construction | Battery Atlanta area | Prisma photograph by steveartist, on Flickr

Thanks for the updated pic! Drove by yesterday and it really stands out in that area.

That is some wavy glass!

[DNR]

Originally Posted by nmadsen

Thanks for the updated pic! Drove by yesterday and it really stands out in that area.

That is some wavy glass!

I believe the "wavy glass" is a side-effect of the photo image filter.

[smArTaLlone]

Here's another view.


https://twitter.com/mckayWSB/status/1317092177856573442

[smArTaLlone]

https://www.instagram.com/p/CHZNfm1BOUm/

[DNR]

Originally Posted by smArTaLlone

https://www.instagram.com/p/CHZNfm1BOUm/

It will be interesting to see how they deal with the glass placed over the concrete portion of the building core. It may just look like a permanent dark area of the building day and night with the exception of the little openings at each floor level.

I'm also thinking that Thyssenkrupp must own this building outright. What lender would finance such a highly specialized building that would be so difficult to lease as office space if Thyssenkrupp left at the end of the building lease.

[Street Advocate]

I think a lot of that exposed concrete will be remaining.

Hope I am wrong.

[DNR]

Originally Posted by Street Advocate

I think a lot of that exposed concrete will be remaining.

Hope I am wrong.

Looking back at the rendering, it looks like there may be some panels covering the concrete - may be some glossy painted metal rather than glass.

Thankfully there is something there!

[bryantm3]

When I told my dad that elevator shaft wasn't going to have a building around it he thought I was joking. Looks pretty silly to me as well as being indicative of the era. Back in the 60s you had public funded monuments like the St. Louis arch, now we consider it lucky if we can land a corporate attraction that likely none of us will ever enter.