Can you imagine Austin having a Pyramid tower as it's tallest?

ahealy · #1 Posted **Jul 24, 2016, 10:43 PM**

Something London Shard meets TransAmerica? DISCUSS

clubtokyo · #2 Posted **Jul 24, 2016, 10:52 PM**

Sounds awesome!

the Genral · #3 Posted **Jul 25, 2016, 2:51 AM**

If it would look like this beauty they've been planning in Paris, I'd be all in. The problem is, for it to be Austin's tallest, the base would have to be even wider than this one which is only 590' tall, and where is the available land for that? Or you could build a taller narrow version of this.
There's no angle cuts on this, each floor is straight and narrower, so the edges are stair stepped, but the number of floors smooths out the lines, I love this design. Austin would never be the same if the French took back the Statue of Liberty in NY and gave us this instead. Maybe it could go where the AAS is.

corvairkeith · #4 Posted **Jul 25, 2016, 5:13 AM**

You mean like this?

http://downtownaustinblog.org/2009/1...reet-district/

sammyk · #5 Posted **Jul 25, 2016, 2:54 PM**

Ryugyong Hotel anyone?

clubtokyo · #6 Posted **Jul 25, 2016, 3:33 PM**

[QUOTE=corvairkeith;7511833]You mean like this?

http://downtownaustinblog.org/2009/1...reet-district/[/QUOTE

I actually think that's really cool looking! I think it would be neat just as a structure, does not have to be functional, except maybe just to go to the top for observation? But with really cool led lighting, it could be a "famous" landmark? No?

JACKinBeantown · #7 Posted **Jul 25, 2016, 5:40 PM**

One of Austin's tallest from about 1987-2005.

http://aroundaustin.typepad.com/phot...kyline_web.jpg

drummer · #8 Posted **Jul 25, 2016, 8:42 PM**

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Originally Posted by sammyk

Ryugyong Hotel anyone?

I mean...it would certainly draw attention. Maybe if it had some sweet neon lights.

JACKinBeantown · #9 Posted **Jul 27, 2016, 12:49 PM**

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...fa0ee4a642.jpg

electricron · #10 Posted **Jul 27, 2016, 2:35 PM**

I though Austin was "special" and wanted to remain "special". Copying what other cities have done will only make Austin "common". I don't want to see pyramids in Austin's landscape.

corvairkeith · #11 Posted **Jul 27, 2016, 3:57 PM**

What do you have against a giant Bass Pro Shop Pyramid downtown?

http://www.11points.com/Travel/The_L...d_in_the_World

Jdawgboy · #12 Posted **Jul 27, 2016, 3:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by electricron

I though Austin was "special" and wanted to remain "special". Copying what other cities have done will only make Austin "common". I don't want to see pyramids in Austin's landscape.

We already have one building. It's 101 Congress and it's been pictured twice on here. Its not a pyramid in the traditional sense and from certain angles it looks like a thin square tower with rows of neon lights but that's what makes the building interesting to look at. It will always be one of my favorite buildings that we have.

Now if you mean specifically Egyptian style then I'd have to agree with you. I think 101 Congress pays homage to to Central American pryamids which makes sense. I would have liked to have seen the Rainey Street proposal get built but I'm happy with what's going to be built there too albeit more of the same in terms of the typical box or rectangular design that is so common with most of our towers lately.

We vs us · #13 Posted **Jul 27, 2016, 5:09 PM**

I would like Austin to acquaint itself with circles, ovals, and generally curved exteriors, rather than anything with hard angles We've got a pretty geometrical skyline, all things considered.

the Genral · #14 Posted **Jul 27, 2016, 6:10 PM**

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Originally Posted by We vs us

I would like Austin to acquaint itself with circles, ovals, and generally curved exteriors, rather than anything with hard angles We've got a pretty geometrical skyline, all things considered.

I agree, I was always a fan of curves, ovals ect... such as the Enron bldgs in Houston, though when I look at them now, they look a bit prematurely dated.

ahealy · #15 Posted **Jul 29, 2016, 10:52 PM**

PRECISELY! I was looking everywhere for this old thing. Austin's main 'look' was a pyramid with 101 Congress and I'd like to see a 2020's era version of that.

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Originally Posted by corvairkeith

You mean like this?

http://downtownaustinblog.org/2009/1...reet-district/

drummer · #16 Posted **Jul 30, 2016, 6:15 PM**

Did anything ever happen with that? I've never heard of it, but it seems like it'd be a great collaboration for MACC and some developer who wants to add units to the area. Interesting that they're so dramatically opposed to development around them, yet this was a proposal (on some level anyway) just seven years ago. It would certainly be interesting over in the Rainey area, but I do like the unique aspect of it, along with the nod to the cultural center at the base and the heritage pre-Columbian peoples throughout Central and South America.

the Genral · #17 Posted **Jul 30, 2016, 11:20 PM**

If I recall, and mind you I can't find my tv remote most of the time, this was just a concept project produced by a few young wanna be architechs and was never really proposed.

electricron · #18 Posted **Jul 31, 2016, 3:34 AM**

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Originally Posted by the Genral

If I recall, and mind you I can't find my tv remote most of the time, this was just a concept project produced by a few young wanna be architechs and was never really proposed.

Few concept projects by wanna be architects ever get built. Above all else, there has to be someone, a business or government entity, that wants a building to be built and is willing to pay or find financing for it to be built. That entity has a need that great architects design to meet, because that's the design the entity needing a building will pick. That's basic Economics 101, Supply meeting Demand. Ignore that simple economic fact at your own peril.

Flatiron · #19 Posted **Aug 4, 2016, 10:37 PM**

Can it go on the One-Two East site?