Austin | Travis Co. Courthouse | 239' Feet | 13 Floors | Complete - Page 2

urbancore · #21 Posted **Jul 25, 2018, 2:24 PM**

In the last rendering posted, are the flagpoles facing Guad?

Geckos_Rule · #22 Posted **Jul 25, 2018, 2:48 PM**

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Originally Posted by Dcbrickley

In the last rendering posted, are the flagpoles facing Guad?

Yes.

The ATX · #23 Posted **Jul 27, 2018, 3:57 AM**

I came across these, and they're labeled as "Travis County Courthouse". There's no date or location given. The building looks more like the 308 Guadalupe massing. But not exactly, and it could just be a placeholder.

http://www.envisualab.com/index.php/...house/?lang=es

The ATX · #24 Posted **Aug 8, 2018, 5:53 AM**

Almost the entire block will be used for this project. March is the planned start date.

ftp://ftp.ci.austin.tx.us/ATD_AULCC/AULCC_2018/180816/

MichaelB · #25 Posted **Aug 8, 2018, 5:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by The ATX

I came across these, and they're labeled as "Travis County Courthouse". There's no date or location given. The building looks more like the 308 Guadalupe massing. But not exactly, and it could just be a placeholder.

http://www.envisualab.com/index.php/...house/?lang=es

we keep hoping they will make it neighborhood friendly instead of dead and not interactive .
Pleeeease !

paul78701 · #26 Posted **Aug 8, 2018, 8:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by The ATX

Almost the entire block will be used for this project. March is the planned start date.

ftp://ftp.ci.austin.tx.us/ATD_AULCC/AULCC_2018/180816/

Wow. That little, old apartment building is going to be completely surrounded. I can't believe it is going to stay there.

The ATX · #27 Posted **Aug 31, 2018, 1:33 AM**

Here's an update via Community Impact. Even if this stays on schedule, it won't be starting until Fall 2019.

https://communityimpact.com/austin/s...urts-facility/

The ATX · #28 Posted **Sep 28, 2018, 5:09 PM**

The site plan has been filed.

https://abc.austintexas.gov/web/perm...ertyrsn=474926

KevinFromTexas · #29 Posted **Oct 25, 2018, 12:33 AM**

I'm not sure what the technical name for this is, but it's showing what's there now showing the tract elevations of the site.

ftp://ftp.ci.austin.tx.us/ATD_AULCC/...RS_PLAN_01.pdf

The ATX · #30 Posted **Oct 29, 2018, 7:18 PM**

According to the formal site plan filing this project consists of two buildings:

430,000 sq. ft. courthouse

300,000 sq. ft. "public office building'

https://abc.austintexas.gov/attachme...gly3%2Fw%3D%3D

The ATX · #31 Posted **Nov 2, 2018, 5:10 PM**

The one building left on the block is now planned for Demo. It is being Demo'ed as part of this project even though the project site map previously posted did not show this site as part of the courthouse project.

Permit:
https://abc.austintexas.gov/web/perm...ertyrsn=428828

The building:

KevinFromTexas · #32 Posted **Dec 8, 2018, 6:36 AM**

Soil retention plans.

ftp://ftp.ci.austin.tx.us/ATD_AULCC/...N%20-%2002.pdf

The ATX · #33 Posted **Dec 15, 2018, 12:09 AM**

This project consists of two buildings. The courthouse will be built first, and an office building will be built at a later date. The heights listed in the thread title are probably not exact. Some estimating was needed based on the available elevations, and there were some discrepancies concerning the heights in the document which is linked to after the last image.

More elevations are in the link below these.

http://www.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=312440

SkyPie · #34 Posted **Dec 15, 2018, 12:42 AM**

The buildings aren't terrible, but the street level pedestrian experience is awful. It shouldn't have to be that way.

kingkirbythe.... · #35 Posted **Dec 16, 2018, 12:55 AM**

Lame!

CastleScott · #36 Posted **Dec 16, 2018, 1:15 AM**

Looks like a rooftop terrace on one of em-too boxy though but its infill..

atxsnail · #37 Posted **Dec 17, 2018, 3:35 PM**

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Originally Posted by SkyPie

The buildings aren't terrible, but the street level pedestrian experience is awful. It shouldn't have to be that way.

It seems like this could be for security reasons a la the federal courthouses. If I remember from the republic square version, security was the main reason retail wasn't being proposed in an area which demands good street level interaction.

Or is it just a less-than-ideal way of dealing with the sloped land?

Geckos_Rule · #38 Posted **Dec 17, 2018, 5:19 PM**

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Originally Posted by atxsnail

It seems like this could be for security reasons a la the federal courthouses. If I remember from the republic square version, security was the main reason retail wasn't being proposed in an area which demands good street level interaction.

Or is it just a less-than-ideal way of dealing with the sloped land?

I think this is likely the case. That being said, you'd think there could be some sort of way to design around that issue, segregating the retail part of the building from the courthouse part entirely.

KevinFromTexas · #39 Posted **Dec 18, 2018, 1:44 AM**

I've pretty much accepted the fact that you shouldn't expect good architecture out of government related projects. I mean, the best you can hope for most of the time is somewhere between meh and barf.

Anyway, I actually like that this was two buildings. When I saw that they were building on the entire block, I cringed at first because I was expecting it would be a single massive (but short) building. Separating the two uses allowed it to be two buildings which gave the the opportunity for a public plaza between the two. It also meant that they're taller being separated into two. Otherwise we'd be seeing a much larger and slightly shorter building. Just look at the federal courthouse. It's a tree stump.

MichaelB · #40 Posted **Dec 18, 2018, 4:37 PM**

truly horrible neighborhood interaction. No excuse except lack of care or concern. The elevation facing west is the office tower not the courthouse..... safety is less of a concern. Just looks like quick and dirty way to deal with street elevation ( as in land height shift from east to west on the block. This means the building will turn it's back on the area to the west. An area that is a final frontier adjacent to the CBD.
So all the "park your food truck here" earlier renderings were just BS to shift attention away from this?
Very disappointed .