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New Rendering of the Intermodal Transit Terminal

http://files.cosential.com/FirmFiles/8/images/46009_gardenviewLG.jpg

http://www.eekarchitects.com/portfolio_projects.cfm?ProjectID=127610

[Complex01]

Wow talk about super fancy. I like it. Would be hella kewl if Houston got this built. Very Kewl...

:tup:

[Texas Tuff]

That transit terminal looks absolutely awesome! That would be very cool indeed for Houston to end up with something like that. :cheers:

[Von]

I remember seeing another rendering of the terminal but is this a proposal??
it says it would be for the U & H Downtown and I-10, but again?...is this a proposal lol?

[photolitherland]

Sorry for the lack of quality for these 2 pics, but i was not sure that i was allowed to go to the sky lobby in the wells fargo building downtown. Well I did, and the view was amazing, so very kewl. Now that i know i can go up there i will bring my camera for sure. Please enjoy, again sorry for the low quality...

Main Place...

http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp200/complex2501/wf0509a.jpg

http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp200/complex2501/wf0509.jpg

Yeah, I just found out about that place over Christmas and I love it better than the view from JPMorgan since you can see all of downtown pretty much. Ill be going up there monday to take some pics for sure. Oh and damn, that terminal is freakin amazing. Looks like something from Star Trek, no joke. It probably wont get built though :(

[vjhe]

New Rendering of the Intermodal Transit Terminal

http://files.cosential.com/FirmFiles/8/images/46009_gardenviewLG.jpg

http://www.eekarchitects.com/portfolio_projects.cfm?ProjectID=127610

My God, if only this could be the actual design chosen? Such fancy type designs like this do not happen every day in Houston anymore. My fingers will be crossed on this awesome piece.

[photolitherland]

Methodist Outpatient Center today and boy does this tower look good from that side. Not so much so on the other. On the main street side they were installing the last of the glass paneling. YAY

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3382/3544565339_ae9bd18eb2_o.jpg

[KevinFromTexas]

New Rendering of the Intermodal Transit Terminal

http://files.cosential.com/FirmFiles/8/images/46009_gardenviewLG.jpg

http://www.eekarchitects.com/portfolio_projects.cfm?ProjectID=127610

That looks sweet. Love that dome? on top. It almost looks like a squashed globe of the earth. I guess it's just glass though reflecting the clouds. Looks awesome.

[Von]

wow medical center is looking sexy I wonder how that tower will look at night!!

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More info on The Perennial from RealEstate on HAIF

The rendering posted is HKS's handiwork. I'm a fan of the concept. At this point, the Redstone/Stream conceptual plan that you're looking at calls for (1) a 20 story office tower that consists of 12 stories of large floorplate office (each floor over 33k sf, thus approx. 370k sf in total) sitting atop 8 stories of parking, (2) a taller approx. 30 story hotel/resi tower with 297 hotel rooms and 100+ resi units and (3) just under 75k sf of accompanying ground level+ retail.

~20 story office tower
~30 story hotel/residential tower
~Ground level retail

Another rendering with additional info from the mortage package.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm99/YahTrickYah57/Development_Team.jpg

[rdavis4559]

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a373/rdavis4559/IMAG0188.jpg
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a373/rdavis4559/IMAG0190.jpg
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a373/rdavis4559/IMAG0191.jpg
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a373/rdavis4559/IMAG0192.jpg

[Von]

[QUOTE=()_T;4258559]More info on The Perennial from RealEstate on HAIF



~20 story office tower
~30 story hotel/residential tower
~Ground level retail

Another rendering with additional info from the mortage package.

hmmm where is this located?

[JMancuso]

[QUOTE=()_T;4258559]More info on The Perennial from RealEstate on HAIF



~20 story office tower
~30 story hotel/residential tower
~Ground level retail

Another rendering with additional info from the mortage package.

hmmm where is this located?

post oak where the compass bank building stood.

[Complex01]

Great Main Place pics. Getting up there. Very Kewl...

:tup:

[weatherguru18]

New info on the condo tower going up in the Med Ctr...now up to 42 stories!

MEDISTAR, Houstonian Medical Tower, Houston, Texas
Klotz Associates provided paving, grading and site utilities for a forty-two story combination luxury hotel and condominium tower attached to a nine-story parking garage with two basement levels on a 1.4 acre site in the Houston Medical Center. Services also provided were the ADA / TDLR accessible routes and facilities, public street improvement and off-site public utility relocations to serve project site.

-from HAIF

[Von]

great news! that tower will look awesome in medical center!

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Interior renderings of the YMCA from swamplot...

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm99/YahTrickYah57/YMCa1.jpg

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm99/YahTrickYah57/YMCA2.jpg

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm99/YahTrickYah57/YMCA3.jpg

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm99/YahTrickYah57/ymca4.jpg

..and, here's a rendering from the corner of Pease @ Travis

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm99/YahTrickYah57/ymca5.jpg


Also, a construction update.

http://www.houstonpress.com/slideshow/view/13227297

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New info on the condo tower going up in the Med Ctr...now up to 42 stories!

MEDISTAR, Houstonian Medical Tower, Houston, Texas
Klotz Associates provided paving, grading and site utilities for a forty-two story combination luxury hotel and condominium tower attached to a nine-story parking garage with two basement levels on a 1.4 acre site in the Houston Medical Center. Services also provided were the ADA / TDLR accessible routes and facilities, public street improvement and off-site public utility relocations to serve project site.

-from HAIF


Thanks WeatherGuru, if anyone forgot about The proposed Houstonian Tower here's a rendering from last year.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm99/YahTrickYah57/houstonian-tmc-main-tv.jpg

...and the video.

http://media.swagit.com/s/houstontx/City_of_Houston_TX_Planning_Commission/03132008-17.high.flash8.html

[photolitherland]

Hey guys, thought Id let you know, the Embassy Suites [22 stories] at Discovery Green is having a ground breaking ceremony on May 26th! The mayors going to be there and all that jazz!

Link to article
http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2009/05/18/daily34.html

Just in case anyone forgot what this project is, here you go. Its the light brown tower next to OPP. Checkmate, one more parking lot gone! 8 1/2 vacant lots just in and around Discovery Green than have been filled in just a couple short years. Now we just have to wait and see if that last convention center hotel will be completed anytime soon. But hey, I dont care, Im just glad we got ES.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3656/3423630023_71bb8b4ba1_o.jpg

[Bailey]

Great News

[weatherguru18]

Regent Square Tower, 28-stories atop ground retail, will break ground in 2010! This project is approved and looks to be moving forward. What a gorgeous tower!

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/news.php?ref=2125

-From HAIF

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Regent Square Tower, 28-stories atop ground retail, will break ground in 2010! This project is approved and looks to be moving forward. What a gorgeous tower!

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/news.php?ref=2125

-From HAIF

Yeah I posted that on HAIF, im UpupUp if you did'nt realize it yet. Are you wxman on HAIF?


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More info on the GBI International projects.

GBI International Injected a New Stimulus to Further Prop Out Houston Asian Town

http://www.zzi.net/news/20081112000557.shtml

Stimulating Local Projects

When some investors are lingering on the sideline to be spooked when confirmation of economic weakness materialized, GBI envisioned a new stimulating project, including commercial, residency, and warehouse buildings.

The Twin Towers, two 12-story buildings consisting of approximately 250 four-start luxury condo rooms, 192,000 square feet professional office space, 40,000 square foot conference center, and a 10,000 square foot international bank, is estimated $92.5 million.

Central Park, an approximate $350 million project, gauges 476,000 square feet of commercial space and seven high-rise condo buildings with 812 residential condo units.

The Twin Tower and Central Park, both located in Asian Town/Houston, touted the prospect not just as Houston's conquest on business diversity but as an ideological turning point, one could embrace commercial bank, professional office space, and resident condominium, likening the conventional segregation between commercial and residency sites.

Foreign Trade Zone, approximated $213 million which GBI acquired 340 acres in Fort Bend County to be developed, has approximately 7.5 million square feet of office warehouse buildings.

Residential projects, New Horizon Villas, Villas at Ashford Point, and Fondren Gardens, comprehend the spectrum from high-end to lower middle income families, which has a $41.3 million value.

GBI's 6 local projects with launching $700 million pave the way to resurge Houston's booming economy by bringing more business and job opportunities. They also target to make Asian Town to be another hot tourist spot in Houston.


...and the Presentation...

http://i609.photobucket.com/albums/tt171/Z_T/20081108-gbi01.jpg

http://i609.photobucket.com/albums/tt171/Z_T/20081108-gbi02.jpg

http://i609.photobucket.com/albums/tt171/Z_T/20081108-gbi03.jpg

http://i609.photobucket.com/albums/tt171/Z_T/20081108-gbi04.jpg

http://i609.photobucket.com/albums/tt171/Z_T/20081108-gbi05.jpg

http://i609.photobucket.com/albums/tt171/Z_T/20081108-gbi06.jpg

http://i609.photobucket.com/albums/tt171/Z_T/20081108-gbi07.jpg

http://i609.photobucket.com/albums/tt171/Z_T/20081108-gbi08.jpg

[weatherguru18]

[QUOTE=()_T;4266703]Yeah I posted that on HAIF, im UpupUp if you did'nt realize it yet. Are you wxman on HAIF?

Hey, yeah, I am. I'm more of a lurker. I'm on and off pretty quickly. I usually keep my head buried in the weather forums. LOL

[weatherguru18]

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Hey, yeah, I am. I'm more of a lurker. I'm on and off pretty quickly. I usually keep my head buried in the weather forums. LOL

Cool lol, thanks for posting info here on SSP. :yes:

[weatherguru18]

The 19-story Embassy Suites broke ground today! The tower will add another 262 rooms to downtown.

http://www.khou.com/topstories/stories/khou090526_jj_downtown-hotel-funding-approved.1c997159.html

[photolitherland]

I was there today at the ceremony and Ill post a bunch of photos tomorrow. Actual groundbreaking for Embassy Suites wont be until thursday or friday. But the head of the project said that for sure, construction will be started on it by the end of this week. Mayor White was there too and I got to speak with him briefly and he said that hes very excited about this project and knows that it will bring more new development to that area.

[Complex01]

:previous:

Awesome news that project will start. Good to see this one happen....

[photolitherland]

I am going to post a bunch of photos but I didnt want them to be on the last post of this page. ;) It seems that whenever I post photos on here its always on the very last one so nobody ever sees em :(

[weatherguru18]

Perhaps my post will push us over to another page....

[weatherguru18]

nope, somebody esle try!

YAY! Ok, post away!

[Von]

grr hurry up! lol

[Complex01]

I saw the pics on the other site... :yes:

They are very Nice...

I just don't post on the other site...

:D

[photolitherland]

Oh sorry, for taking long to post. Photos are from yesterday.

Dedicating of Embassy Suites yesterday with the mayor and a really hot reporter girl!
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3340/3570310131_f4dd25f934_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3358/3571119710_2b654cc4e5_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3635/3570310827_5c9dd2101f_o.jpg
This could very well be the last photo you see of this parking lot! YAY
Its the one to the right of the power transfer station. Actual construction should start tomorrow and def by Friday. You can see in the photo the dirt box they were putting their shovels in earlier in the day right in front of that white truck.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3352/3570458235_b92d63ec4a_o.jpg
Medical District

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3320/3571226010_8114d5ea36_o.jpg
Memorial & Studemont

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2422/3571219088_bc38bfc145_o.jpg
Main Place can be seen in the back.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3581/3571202400_fe69e107df_o.jpg
OPP and as right now the owners said it was about 40% full. People were actively moving in while I was there yesterday and families too. So thats really good.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2422/3570479951_bb5df1f007_o.jpg
And finally a shot from the Woodlands last Thursday.

[Complex01]

Ah just awesome. Great job...

:wizard:

[JMancuso]

i was there was some way they could enclose that power station.

[photolitherland]

i was there was some way they could enclose that power station.

Yeah, its a blight for sure. I dont know what you can do about it though.

[TexasPlaya]

It's not TOO bad at ground level, but from the air it's definitely bad.

[Dan Denson]

It's not TOO bad at ground level, but from the air it's definitely bad.

How long has that power station been there? Never have seen it when driving around downtown. It's really awful.

[TexasPlaya]

How long has that power station been there? Never have seen it when driving around downtown. It's really awful.

Not sure how long, my guess would be about 10 years. They do a SOMEWHAT decent job of covering it up at ground level with the high walls and surrounding trees.

[photolitherland]

Photos from today

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3366/3575325360_d9839b3180_o.jpg
Mainplace

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3397/3574504445_1f32ef7920_o.jpg
Hess

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3626/3575291554_5fe0bd2de1_o.jpg
Mainplace

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3618/3575291678_0fbf8a927d_o.jpg
Mainplace

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3583/3574636517_271cde5b25_o.jpg
I forget the name of this tower but its new and its the one in the background, the tan one with the terrible looking crown.

Well, I wont be back in town for a few more months again :(
Back to redneckville arkansas for now to do some chemistry. I cant wait to see Mainplace, ES, and Discovery Tower when I come back though!

[JMancuso]

^ memorial herman professional building. i just noticed 2nd baptist church in that pics (in the middle). where did you take that from?

btw, bill white is gettin' fat.

[photolitherland]

I took three of those photos from the Harris County Criminal Court Building. It has a free observation deck sort of thing at the top as does that building with the ugly round copula.

[Samwill89]

Loved the Med Center shot

[Von]

really nice shots... buttt I hate all of those parking lots by the court house

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www.thedomemovie.com

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?se...cal&id=6834828


Studio plans Astrodome documentary Wednesday, May 27, 2009 | 3:47 PM HOUSTON

(KTRK) -- The company that wants to use the Astrodome as a movie studio has announced their first film project.

Astrodome Studios Productions, a division of Astrodome Studios, the proposed motion picture production facility for the re-use of the Houston Astrodome, has partnered with documentarians Chip Rives and David Karabinas to produce the company's first project, The Dome, a history of the legendary Eighth Wonder of the World itself. A trailer of the work, featuring President George H.W. Bush, Dan Pastorini, Bum Phillips, Nolan Ryan, Dene Hofheinz Anton and former mayor Fred Hofheinz, will debut Thursday evening, May 28, 6:30 PM, at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, 5216 Montrose. The filmmakers will be in attendance.

Astrodome Studios development partner J.L. Trahan was extremely supportive of the company's choice for their first film saying, "When astrodome studios founders Elise Hendrix and Cynthia Neely introduced me to The Dome movie creators, Chip Rives and David Karabinas, I couldn't have been more pleased. Like everyone that sees their trailer, I was moved emotionally and knew we would all work well together. It's a perfect match of like-minded teams working together to not only tell an important story, but also to bring about the best outcome for Harris County taxpayers and their beloved Astrodome."

Rives and Karabinas have won more than 20 Emmy Awards for their documentaries about many of sport's most amazing athletes. Both native Houstonians, currently residing in Austin, Rives and Karabinas have a profound admiration for the building that changed the worlds of both architecture and sports forever. In an age of monolithic retractable roofs, corporate luxury boxes, and multi-story high-definition "Godzilla-tron" screens, it's easy to forget where it all began. The producers and Astrodome Studios Productions will refresh those memories in grand style with "The Dome." To view the trailer on-line visit www.thedomemovie.com.

The May 28 screening of the trailer at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston is part of an exhibition featuring two rarely seen documentaries about the Astrodome. Artist/curator Andrea Grover will present Geoff Winningham's 1975 film "The Pleasures of this Stately Dome" and the 1974 documentary "The Lord of the Universe," which chronicles the guru Maharaj Ji's appearance at the Dome and the much-hyped event, Millennium '73.

Astrodome Studios is a concept to transform the Houston Astrodome into a state-of-the-art film/video/sound production facility that would establish a center of commerce for the creation of moving image products in Texas. The project has been officially presented to Harris County officials and is under review.

Currently, Texas does not have a mega-sized soundstage facility. New legislation was recently passed that will be driving more production business to the state. If approved, the Dome's famous ball field would become the world's largest soundstage, an indoor "back lot," vast enough to build sets of whole towns unaffected by weather or time of day or night. Former concourse areas would be used for smaller soundstages, production offices, and offer tenant space to companies with industry-related services and equipment. Divisions of Astrodome Studios include Astrodome Studios Productions and museums for the histories of the Texas film industry and the Astrodome

[photolitherland]

^^^
Holy shit! That would be awesome! Whatever happened to that thing with making the astrodome into an indoor hotel/mall thing? I guess that fell through. Im glad though because this sounds like a way better use for it.

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^^^
Holy shit! That would be awesome! Whatever happened to that thing with making the astrodome into an indoor hotel/mall thing? I guess that fell through. Im glad though because this sounds like a way better use for it.

There has'nt been anything new on the proposed hotel for the astrodome since late last year. I also agree that this movie studio would be better for the Astrodome.

[towersla]

2008 allowed for two different visits to Houston. The first time I stayed at the JW Marriott by the Galleria. The second time had me at the Four Seasons downtown. Being from "Nobody Walks in LA" country, even I was astounded by the empty sidewalks, plazas begging for people. Where was everyone?

[DallasTexan]

Sitting in traffic?

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2008 allowed for two different visits to Houston. The first time I stayed at the JW Marriott by the Galleria. The second time had me at the Four Seasons downtown. Being from "Nobody Walks in LA" country, even I was astounded by the empty sidewalks, plazas begging for people. Where was everyone?

Possibly in the underground tunnel system.

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:banana: The new Outpatient Care building has blue lighting!

http://www.instacam.com/instacamimg/khout/khout_l.jpg

[Von]

yayy i saw that on my way back home from 59 south
I can't wait till downtown gets light up again, :)

[Von]

wait why or how did the picture change? hmmm

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wait why or how did the picture change? hmmm

Its the KHOU Webcam, if yu post a image that used their webcam, it will change. i do'nt know how but its kinda cool.

[Complex01]

A couple quick photos of Main Place from today. They are starting to put glass up. Looks Very Nice...

http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp200/complex2501/mp0605b.jpg

http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp200/complex2501/mp0605a.jpg

:wizard:

[johnme]

I hate to tell you this Von, but the nighttime skyline will not get much brighter than it is now. Most of the owners of the downtown skyscrapers have committed to energy reduction and one of the first things the owners did was to turn off the decorative lighting on the buildings. I am personally disappointed in their decisions to eliminate those lights, but in a progressive city such as ours change is inevitable. Hopefully one day these owners realize that our downtown looks like a ghost town and turn the lights back on. There is more information on the project to save energy downtown at this site. http://www.houston.org/lights-out-houston/

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Thanks Complex01. The Glass looks awesome. :banana:

[vjhe]

but in a progressive city such as ours change is inevitable.

:rolleyes:

[DallasTexan]

I hate to tell you this Von, but the nighttime skyline will not get much brighter than it is now. Most of the owners of the downtown skyscrapers have committed to energy reduction and one of the first things the owners did was to turn off the decorative lighting on the buildings. I am personally disappointed in their decisions to eliminate those lights, but in a progressive city such as ours change is inevitable. Hopefully one day these owners realize that our downtown looks like a ghost town and turn the lights back on. There is more information on the project to save energy downtown at this site. http://www.houston.org/lights-out-houston/

If Houston was truly progressive, it wouldn't look like what it does.

A truly progressive city would innovate and come up with green ideas to keep the exterior lighting on in downtown. LEDs are not that expensive and are utilized in many other cities. Houston does not have to use incandescent lightbulbs or argon/neon that Texas cities are so fond of to light the skyline during the evening hours...

[KevinFromTexas]

I would hope the next time any of those buildings go through a renovation that they'd make the switch to LEDs. The Tower of the Americas in San Antonio went through one a little over a year ago, and they completely replaced all the exterior lights with LEDs. They even added more lighting to the tower than was there before and it looks so much better. Besides using less electricity and lasting longer, they also produce very little heat so they're also safer.

At least a few of the new buildings in Austin have used LEDs, and the ones that have look quite nice.

We still have buildings that use incandescent bulbs and neon of course. As much as I love the look of neon lights, they don't last long enough, especially for exterior lighting that can sometimes be exposed to the brunt of the elements. One building in Austin in particular, One Congress Plaza, has blue neon lights on the setbacks. The lights are constantly burning out. We had a strong line of storms that came through last year in May, and it busted out a lot of the neon lights on that building. They replaced them all a short time later, and now more of them are burned out.

As for the heat and safety issue, two of the minor high rise fires that have happened in Austin in recent years were caused by exterior lights.

[TexasPlaya]

If Houston was truly progressive, it wouldn't look like what it does.

A truly progressive city would innovate and come up with green ideas to keep the exterior lighting on in downtown. LEDs are not that expensive and are utilized in many other cities. Houston does not have to use incandescent lightbulbs or argon/neon that Texas cities are so fond of to light the skyline during the evening hours...

I'm glad Houston isn't "progressive" (another buzz word people like to use), Dallas's skyline looks gaudy at night. What other Texas cities are lite up during the evening hours?

[Saddle Man]

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[TexasPlaya]

Really? I haven't been to Austin in a month but I don't recall lots of neon and brightly colored lights. I'll have to look at some photos in the other forums.

[ThreeHundred]

^ http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3271/3106329813_48fd2a515c_b.jpg
Adrian World

[Saddle Man]

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Menil Expansion from HAIF...

The journal Cite recently had an article on the Menil expansion: link. It indicates that the Menil had been reviewing potential campus masterplans, not only from David Chipperfield, but also from Madrid firms Herreros Arquitectos and Mansilla / Tunon, and the Boston firm Office d'A. They, apparently, would be in the running for design of the new buildings, once the Menil reaches that stage.

I've found some basic renderings of some of the other firms' masterplan proposals:
- Mansilla and Tunon
- Herreros Arquitectos
Nothing yet from d'A.

Mansilon and Tunon proposal (tower boxed in r-e-d).
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm99/YahTrickYah57/Landscape.jpg

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm99/YahTrickYah57/drawing_institute.jpg

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm99/YahTrickYah57/auditorium.jpg




Herreros Arquitecos MasterPlan proposal

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm99/YahTrickYah57/000_menil.gif

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm99/YahTrickYah57/001_menil.jpg

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm99/YahTrickYah57/02_menil.gif

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm99/YahTrickYah57/03_menil.jpg

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm99/YahTrickYah57/004a_menil.gif

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http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm99/YahTrickYah57/11_menil.jpg

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Europa at Houstonian Lakes, a 500-acre master planned community. LandQuest development group (or L Star, they've recently partnered with Starwood development) is the developer. If built, it will be located ssw of the Reliant Stadium.

Europa features a variety of new homes, upscale midrise
condominiums and town homes available at affordable
prices surrounded by pristine lakes with a European-style village
center.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm99/YahTrickYah57/22.jpg

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm99/YahTrickYah57/23.jpg

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm99/YahTrickYah57/25.jpg


http://www.enzoinv.com/brochure/brochure.htm (pg. 20-23)

[JMancuso]

are they going to raze those gray houses surrounding the menil to make way for that?

[johnme]

to Optimus Prime and Kevin from Texas;

The L.E.D. idea is great, the L.E.D. lights take up very little electricity and they are much brighter than traditional bulbs. The medical center has several buildings with L.E.D. lighting and the area looks awesome at night. The Mosaic towers on 288 are great examples of L.E.D. lighting done right. The towers each have two rows of colored L.E.D. lights on each floor going up. Going back to the downtown towers, maybe the new towers going up will be lit up. In the renderings for Main Place and the Hess Tower; they show the buildings lit up on the top floors. The Reliant energy plaza, Chase tower, Wells Fargo tower, Heritage plaza, and the WEDGE tower are the buildings that I would like to see lit up at night again. The Wells Fargo tower has a small section of neon that is on but the rest of the "halo" has been out for over a year now.

[Reverberation]

are they going to raze those gray houses surrounding the menil to make way for that?

They look like future ghetto. How many public housing projects are planned to be nearly identical modern buildings with nice lawns around them and end up looking horrible in 20 years.

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More renderings of regent square

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm99/YahTrickYah57/condo-view1.jpg

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm99/YahTrickYah57/rs-view8.jpg

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm99/YahTrickYah57/RS-condo_hero1.jpg

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm99/YahTrickYah57/rs-view10_small.jpg

Link (http://www.wo-design.net/pages/tagged/residential)

[Von]

niceee!! short but sleek tower!

[nature's calling]

Wow, those renderings look delicious. :cool: :notacrook: :banana:

[toxteth o'grady]

More renderings of regent square

Definitely impressive, but has the financing been lined up?

[TexasBoi]

Man I hope that gets off the ground. I mean I REALLY hope it gets off the ground. How far along is it happening in the stages? I would really love to see this happen for Houston. This along with West Ave are very impressive projects inside the loop in Houston.

[toxteth o'grady]

"Europa at Houstonian Lakes, a 500-acre master planned community. LandQuest development group (or L Star, they've recently partnered with Starwood development) is the developer. If built, it will be located ssw of the Reliant Stadium."

On Holmes Road.

Maybe I'm not visioning it right, but it's out in the middle of nowhere and doesn't really look like anything else in the neighborhood.

As for the Menil proposals, those boxy little midrises caught my eye. They look very European. I assume all residences?

[Complex01]

Regent square renderings look awesome. Very Kewl...

:wizard:

[Complex01]

It is with much sadness that i must say these will be my last pics of Houston. I am moving back to San Antonio and not at all happy about it. But hopefully it will only be temporary and i will find my way to some place else. It is exciting and yet frightful, but that's life. Please keep updating on all the great projects. Houston is a city like no other, and i will never forget it.

Best,

Andy...


I give you my last photos. Please Enjoy...

http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp200/complex2501/mp06f.jpg

http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp200/complex2501/mp06e.jpg

http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp200/complex2501/mp06d.jpg

http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp200/complex2501/mp06c.jpg

http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp200/complex2501/mp06a.jpg

DT rising in the distance...

http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp200/complex2501/friends06a.jpg

http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp200/complex2501/dt06f.jpg

http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp200/complex2501/dt06e.jpg

http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp200/complex2501/dt06c.jpg

http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp200/complex2501/mp06b.jpg

http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp200/complex2501/DT06a.jpg

:cool:

[Von]

Main Place glass looks greyish...I like i!

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Definitely impressive, but has the financing been lined up?

I don't think so.

Man I hope that gets off the ground. I mean I REALLY hope it gets off the ground. How far along is it happening in the stages? I would really love to see this happen for Houston. This along with West Ave are very impressive projects inside the loop in Houston.

They are waiting until Oct(?) 2010 to start construction.

It is with much sadness that i must say these will be my last pics of Houston. I am moving back to San Antonio and not at all happy about it. But hopefully it will only be temporary and i will find my way to some place else. It is exciting and yet frightful, but that's life. Please keep updating on all the great projects. Houston is a city like no other, and i will never forget it.

Best,

Andy...

:cool:

Sorry your leaving to S.A Complex01, its a great city though hope you enjoy your time there and come back to visit Houston soon! Thanks for the update!

[weatherguru18]

They may not have secured financing for Regent, but they're is a big step being taken by the city in offering I think a $17 million dollar tax break to get the project up and running. I saw two stories about it one of KHOU and the other in the Chronicle.

[TXLove]

Great updates Complex and I'm sorry that you are leaving Houston!

[rdavis4559]

Posted by DallasScape on his trip to Houston:
http://www.farscapefantasy.com/DFW/Houston/14.jpg

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New Rendering of Five Allen Center

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm99/YahTrickYah57/FiveAllenCenter-1.jpg

http://library.corporate-ir.net/library/91...ch2009FINAL.pdf (http://library.corporate-ir.net/library/91/917/91790/items/328001/2CFA10DB-4FCE-49A0-8C5F-5DE9BCD17680_March2009FINAL.pdf)

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New renderings of EarthQuest
http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/gallery/1237377429/gallery_723_64_71721.jpg

http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/gallery/1237377429/gallery_723_64_49359.jpg

http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/gallery/1237377429/gallery_723_64_6601.jpg

http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/gallery/1237377429/gallery_723_64_24356.jpg

[TexasBoi]

That is one ambitious project. Hope that gets off the ground and I hope it's sooner than later.

[Metro Matt]

to Optimus Prime and Kevin from Texas;

The L.E.D. idea is great, the L.E.D. lights take up very little electricity and they are much brighter than traditional bulbs. The medical center has several buildings with L.E.D. lighting and the area looks awesome at night. The Mosaic towers on 288 are great examples of L.E.D. lighting done right. The towers each have two rows of colored L.E.D. lights on each floor going up. Going back to the downtown towers, maybe the new towers going up will be lit up. In the renderings for Main Place and the Hess Tower; they show the buildings lit up on the top floors. The Reliant energy plaza, Chase tower, Wells Fargo tower, Heritage plaza, and the WEDGE tower are the buildings that I would like to see lit up at night again. The Wells Fargo tower has a small section of neon that is on but the rest of the "halo" has been out for over a year now.

Yep

LED's & Fiber Optics are the way to go now days. We're starting to use LED's as neon replacement on our buildings here in Tyler out of all places which hasn't had its downtown buildings lit up in a long, long time...at least 20 years. Hopefully by the end of the summer we'll have Tyler's downtown skyline lit up pretty good. The Plaza Tower, Tyler's tallest at almost 300 ft. just got outlined in red LED's, next is the old Petroleum Building hopefully *crosses fingers* :tup:

Wells Fargo's neon was more than likely damaged from Ike & the owners either A. have not clue a small portion of it is still lit or B. they do know & don't care to do anything about it. Houston has so much potential its unreal. Too bad the building owners don't feel as strongly about their city's night time skyline as we do.

Dallas & Austin are doing an excellent job with their night skylines as usual.

[gardenoaksguy]

New Rendering of Five Allen Center

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm99/YahTrickYah57/FiveAllenCenter-1.jpg

http://library.corporate-ir.net/library/91...ch2009FINAL.pdf (http://library.corporate-ir.net/library/91/917/91790/items/328001/2CFA10DB-4FCE-49A0-8C5F-5DE9BCD17680_March2009FINAL.pdf)

Wow! A glass box! What a breakaway design for Houston!:) Wish we would get some interesting architecture. If not for the 80's, we would be quite dull.

[Von]

Wow! A glass box! What a breakaway design for Houston!:) Wish we would get some interesting architecture. If not for the 80's, we would be quite dull.

It's not a box! It's a rectangle get it right! :rolleyes:

[Saddle Man]

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[gardenoaksguy]

It's not a box! It's a rectangle get it right! :rolleyes:

OK, Wow! A rectangular glass box!:)

[jfre81]

"Europa at Houstonian Lakes, a 500-acre master planned community. LandQuest development group (or L Star, they've recently partnered with Starwood development) is the developer. If built, it will be located ssw of the Reliant Stadium."

On Holmes Road.

Maybe I'm not visioning it right, but it's out in the middle of nowhere and doesn't really look like anything else in the neighborhood.

Pretty much. I live just on the other side of Main and there isn't anything special over here at all. However it's close to the light rail which goes downtown, Museum District etc.

[()_T]

OK, Wow! A rectangular glass box!:)

Its a Trapezoid shape building.

[weatherguru18]

There she blows! Flagship to be torn down....FINALLY (god, what an eye sore)

http://www.khou.com/topstories/stories/khou090630_tnt_flagship-hotel-galveston.1f7ec212.html

[ChiPsy]

are they going to raze those gray houses surrounding the menil to make way for that?

Nope, those would apparently replace the Richmont Square apartments on Richmond -- which wouldn't be a loss to lament (except for those, like me, who have positive memories of living there).

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New renderings of High Street

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm99/YahTrickYah57/High20Street1.jpg
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm99/YahTrickYah57/High20Street2.jpg
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm99/YahTrickYah57/High20Street3.jpg
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm99/YahTrickYah57/High-Street4.jpg



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http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm99/YahTrickYah57/earthquestweb.jpg

Earth Quest Adventures | Website (http://www.earthquestadventures.com/)

[Complex01]

Earth Quest looks crazy. I want to go...

:tup:

[TXLove]

Earth Quest looks crazy. I want to go...

:tup:

ME TOO:haha: I so hope this all comes to reality because if so I am so there!