AUSTIN | Projects & Construction III

[The ATX]

Originally Posted by NYC_Longhorn

Btw am I the only person that thinks Colorado tower ended up looking shorter than expected? Probably once the glass fills in up top it won't look that way

You're not alone. I made that same comment a while back in the thread for that building.

[KevinFromTexas]

The Colorado Tower looks better seen from far away as far as height goes. I took some pics yesterday from the South Austin Hospital garage, and it looked slightly taller than One Congress Plaza even though the two are the same height (397 feet). I assumed it was because the Colorado Tower sits on slightly higher ground than One Congress Plaza does being that it's 2 blocks farther north.

My guess is with the Austin ECC tower is they'll place the tower on the west side of the block. Whatever happens at the "courthouse block" caddy corner to it will likely be along 3rd Street. If the ECC tower were more central on the block or on the east side of it, that would mean three large towers would be across from each other.

[Chiveman]

Here are some updated images from different perspectives of Austin's (Potential) Future Skyline. I included ECC as an 800' building on the western half of the lot.













I really hope y'all enjoy these as much as I do making them!

Please leave comments/suggestions!

[KevinFromTexas]

Looks great! It's funny how the growth of the skyline as seen from the north is almost unnoticeable and insignificant.

[MichaelB]

Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

Looks great! It's funny how the growth of the skyline as seen from the north is almost unnoticeable and insignificant.

We often don't realze how "downhill" the river is from UT!

[NYC_Longhorn]

We can always count on Chiveman! These are fantastic!

[NYC_Longhorn]

Chiveman, can you post some from Mopac, Mabry West Austin?

[KevinFromTexas]

Originally Posted by MichaelB

We often don't realze how "downhill" the river is from UT!

I notice it on my bike. Especially on West Avenue whenever I'm headed north into say West Campus. There are blocks in West Campus that sit 170 feet higher than the level of the river. Even the Capitol sits 110 feet higher than the river. You could have a 170 foot tall building along Cesar Chavez facing the river and still have your eye level be higher in elevation as you were standing in West Campus. The area where the Triangle is is about 220 feet higher than the river level. So those state owned highrises at 51st Street have an eye level elevation of a 350 foot tall building in the lower part of downtown.

Originally Posted by NYC_Longhorn

Chiveman, can you post some from Mopac, Mabry West Austin?

It would be cool to see the view from Saint Edward's University, too.

[NYC_Longhorn]

Wooooo I love the skyline is growing!

[Jdawgboy]

Originally Posted by AusTxDevelopment

Yes - 22,000 square feet. They also signed a 2-year lease for 50,000 square feet a couple of months ago at University Park, the sad, empty office building over by UT that Andy Sarwal went to jail for. Both are expansion spaces. They are growing so fast and they are running out of room at their main office in North Austin. They want to have a headquarters downtown where everyone can be in one building. Its taking them a really long time to figure that out, though.

They should just build a signature tower

There's another company making rounds for more space and that is Amazon. From what I've heard, could be substantial too.

[JACKinBeantown]

Nice work, Chiveman. Can you please explain the color coding? Thanks.

[Chiveman]

I will try to have those other views up tonight. I had to make a trip to SA today.

Originally Posted by JACKinBeantown

Nice work, Chiveman. Can you please explain the color coding? Thanks.

I'm going to be perfectly honest and say that there is no significant reason for the different colors.

But that is something I will consider from now on. How do y'all think I should color code, height? Or by another factor?

[shakman]

Originally Posted by Chiveman

I will try to have those other views up tonight. I had to make a trip to SA today.



I'm going to be perfectly honest and say that there is no significant reason for the different colors.

But that is something I will consider from now on. How do y'all think I should color code, height? Or by another factor?

Commercial, residential, mixed use commercial / residential.

[JACKinBeantown]

Originally Posted by Chiveman

I will try to have those other views up tonight. I had to make a trip to SA today.



I'm going to be perfectly honest and say that there is no significant reason for the different colors.

But that is something I will consider from now on. How do y'all think I should color code, height? Or by another factor?

Under construction / Approved / Proposed

[Chiveman]

Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

It would be cool to see the view from Saint Edward's University, too.

Here is the view from St. Ed's.

Originally Posted by shakman

Commercial, residential, mixed use commercial / residential.

Blue= Office
Black= Residential
Grey= Hotel
Red= Mixed-use
Green= Library

Originally Posted by NYC_Longhorn

Chiveman, can you post some from Mopac, Mabry West Austin?

Here is the view from Camp Mabry with the same color coding as above.

Originally Posted by JACKinBeantown

Under construction / Approved / Proposed

I'm still working on the color coding for this. I hope to have it done sometime tomorrow.

As always, please leave comments/suggestions for future images!

[KevinFromTexas]

Looks great. The view from Saint Ed's is going to be pretty impressive.

[JACKinBeantown]

Thanks, Chiveman. So does this mean all these buildings are or will be under construction? I don't care what kinds of buildings they are, as long as they'll be actual buildings and that's what the skyline will look like... that's what I care about.

[MichaelB]

[QUOTE=KevinFromTexas;6693813]I notice it on my bike. Especially on West Avenue whenever I'm headed north into say West Campus. There are blocks in West Campus that sit 170 feet higher than the level of the river. Even the Capitol sits 110 feet higher than the river. You could have a 170 foot tall building along Cesar Chavez facing the river and still have your eye level be higher in elevation as you were standing in West Campus. The area where the Triangle is is about 220 feet higher than the river level. So those state owned highrises at 51st Street have an eye level elevation of a 350 foot tall building in the lower part of downtown.

YES ! eaxctly!
YES ! eaxctly! When we ride to hike and bike trail, coming home is always a bitch in summer.... uphill, end of ride... !
So where did you find those elevations, I would love to see how Cambridge relates to that.!

[KevinFromTexas]

Originally Posted by MichaelB

YES ! eaxctly!
YES ! eaxctly! When we ride to hike and bike trail, coming home is always a bitch in summer.... uphill, end of ride... !
So where did you find those elevations, I would love to see how Cambridge relates to that.!

You can measure sea level elevations with Google Earth. Just pass your cursor over each block. At the bottom right of the screen it'll show you the elevation. There's also a "3D Buildings" check box to the left that lets you to measure building heights. You have to subtract the 3D building elevation from the sea level elevation to get the number.

According to Google Earth, the footprint of the Cambridge Tower is between 572 and 576 feet above sea level. The river elevation is 429 feet above sea level. So the footprint of the Cambridge Tower is between 143 and 147 feet higher than the river is. The Cambridge Tower itself is 181 feet to the mechanical penthouse. So the roof of the building is 324 to 328 feet higher than the river level. That's slightly more than the height of The Monarch.

[JACKinBeantown]

Originally Posted by MichaelB

So where did you find those elevations, I would love to see how Cambridge relates to that.!

You can use this too.

http://veloroutes.org/elevation/