930 Poydras
Work has begun on a new residential tower on Poydras just south of Loyola.
Signs indicate the building design is by New Orleans firm Eskew+Dumes+Ripple, with some dynamic projects in their portfolio.
Details of the project have been "secretive" as no "official" rendering has been released, at least not publicly....Several unofficial renderings have come up on other forums, ie...UrbanPlanet and LaBusiness at HornetsReport, the most recent as shown below....
New Orleans Bloggers, although excited about another new residential tower being built in the CBD, have shown little "enthusiasm" over the designs that have been released.
link to story in TP:
http://blog.nola.com/tpmoney/2008/07...ng_taking.html
E+D+R link:
http://www.studioedr.com/index_flash.html
A sleek new apartment building is rising in the heart of the Central Business District, where its facade of glass and metal panels will join the office towers and hotels that dominate the downtown skyline.
Construction crews are driving pilings at the corner of Poydras and O'Keefe streets, and over the next few months they will erect a 21-story building with a parking garage on the first eight floors and 250 apartments stacked on top.