I'll continue to revel in my philistine tastes and preferences --- I hate it. Can't even begin to see how anyone would find this attractive, other than if it happens to match up to whatever is passing for "contemporary design" these days. This is a style that can't possibly wear well over time, regardless of how it's received in the context of the moment.
This is the project that got a variance last year from city council in spite of the fact that it will be built in a 100 year (?) flood plain and will not have a safe way to evacuate the building in the event there is high water. I have been wondering what happened to this project. I happened to be at a city council meeting the night this thing got approved.
I'll continue to revel in my philistine tastes and preferences --- I hate it. Can't even begin to see how anyone would find this attractive, other than if it happens to match up to whatever is passing for "contemporary design" these days. This is a style that can't possibly wear well over time, regardless of how it's received in the context of the moment.
Austin people crack me up, could someone please show me an example of an amazing small to midsize office tower in a city comparable to austins size? Just curious of what exactly the standard is supposed to be......
What a bunch of hot air to describe a really quite unimportant little office building development. Will a video like this really attract tenants or appease neighbors up on the hill who don't want the thing built but have already lost that battle with the city council?
I thought it was a well done marketing video that if you take away all the 801 Barton Springs references, it would work well with any office building dowtown, especially south of Sixth St. Its definately different from the surrounding buildings so it will stand out. Maybe if the top section was a lighter color...not the Van Zandt color they chose in the render, I could live with a brass color, maybe. Overall, given the location, I have to say this design is a big long turd that resembles a self storage building.
I thought it was a well done marketing video that if you take away all the 801 Barton Springs references, it would work well with any office building dowtown, especially south of Sixth St. Its definately different from the surrounding buildings so it will stand out. Maybe if the top section was a lighter color...not the Van Zandt color they chose in the render, I could live with a brass color, maybe. Overall, given the location, I have to say this design is a big long turd that resembles a self storage building.
I dig that they're thinking ahead to a time when fewer people will be driving cars, so that there's only a 1:1 parking to office floor ratio. They're going to force people to only drive one car to work.
The drive-through portion of the building is tres chic, reminds me of some of the stellar projects in North Austin from the 70s-80s. Real class act, I couldn't be more thrilled.
Some guys on shaggy are saying how terrible traffic in and out of this place will be, especially with the building being right next to the sidewalk like that.
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