Did anyone ever determine if the final office design was simplified?
I remember seeing the nice angular faceted exterior walls in the early renderings (Forum p.1 & 2) but I didn’t see them present in the later renderings (Forum p. 3,).
The angles were one of the nicest features of the project design.
Yes, the Spring Street façade of the office building portion was one of the sides that originally had indicated facets/angles, but the later rendering shows that the design element has been eliminated in that particular example. It clearly shows a flat surface treatment now (Forum p.3).
However, there were other early schematic renderings that showed us the building placement and height within the over-all development that also indicated flat building facades. So it looks like we still may not know what the final design is for sure, since the renderings seem contradictory.
We may just have to wait and see what version of the project rendering the developer decides to post along the newly installed fencing – or better yet - wait until the actual building floors start going up.
Don't you think New City is more likely to get going well before Cousins? does Cousins have land disturbance and others needed to go vertical? anyone know new city status as well?
I actually like this more. The only thing I think is worse, is the parking deck. I would rather they do something that blends more with the rest of the buildings rather than stand out like "hey look at my big parking deck". I hope that the DRC asked them to make changes to the parking deck.
I don't think this is a downgrade at all. Other than the art that accentuates the parking deck, the project looks great. The residential portion is drastically improved over the previous rendering.
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