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Dylan Leblanc · #41 Posted **Jul 21, 2011, 6:37 AM**

reminds me of the dozens of designs we see for proposed Chinese supertalls

BrandonJXN · #42 Posted **Jul 22, 2011, 6:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by QuarterMileSidewalk

Wow! most of those designs look progressive even compared to modern stuff!

The one second from right reminds me of the Al Hamra Tower in Kuwait. Talk about ahead of it's time.

Flickr: Thamerium
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thamerium/5385129971/sizes/l/in/photostream/

DCReid · #43 Posted **Jun 15, 2012, 10:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by ()_T

Here was KPF's design for the tower:

That design appears to have been used for the 311 South Wacker skyscraper in Chicago, also designed by KPF: http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?buildingID=33

DCReid · #44 Posted **Jun 15, 2012, 10:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by volguus zildrohar

Hey, it lived on. Helmut Jahn recycles.

Recycled a third time in Chicago as Two Prudential Plaza. http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?buildingID=32

Interesting it is the tallest of the three but less of an impact on Chicago's skyline because of the other tall Chicago buildings and its location.

gramsjdg · #45 Posted **Jun 17, 2012, 7:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by DCReid

That design appears to have been used for the 311 South Wacker skyscraper in Chicago, also designed by KPF: http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?buildingID=33

I love this design

Urbannizer · #46 Posted **Apr 17, 2013, 3:33 AM**

Another rendering of the BSW tower:

plinko · #47 Posted **Oct 31, 2013, 4:57 AM**

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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

I don't know. I think I like that design better than the one with the hole in it. Plus, that other design would have been to close to Reliant Energy's tower.

Kevin, the renovation to Reliant (added 120ft+) was actually designed by Keating. Must have liked the hole idea so much he decided to try it out there.

BrandonJXN · #48 Posted **Nov 12, 2013, 7:43 PM**

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4133/5027738255_060b20034d_b.jpg

ChiTownWonder · #49 Posted **Jan 7, 2015, 11:19 PM**

that sucks. Would have been my favorite in the city if it was built

TK2001 · #50 Posted **Aug 10, 2024, 10:36 PM**

Found some extra images in books, I posted them here

https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/old-skyscraper-renderings-and-construction/3199/189

TK2001 · #51 Posted **Aug 10, 2024, 10:38 PM**

Bank of the Southwest Tower Houston massing by Philly SkyGuy, on Flickr

Here's my massing of the tower with Houston. Same boundaries as the model made for Murphy/Jahn

Bank of the Southwest Tower structure 3d model by Philly SkyGuy, on Flickr

Bank of the Southwest Tower structure 3d model by Philly SkyGuy, on Flickr

Structural engineering

TK2001 · #52 Posted **Oct 11, 2024, 2:27 PM**

https://vimeo.com/56037487

bilbao58 · #53 Posted **Oct 11, 2024, 4:33 PM**

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Originally Posted by TK2001

https://vimeo.com/56037487

I'm not sure which is more annoying, the glacially-paced crossfades or his constant uhs and ums.

I like the proposed building seen at 4:13 more than the final proposal.

I was in Houston when this was announced. I was never all that fond of the final proposal.