LOS ANGELES | Downtown Project Rundown 6.0

[Illithid Dude]

So happy we are getting our very own slice of Australian architecture. Visiting Melbourne is a downright magical experience. Of course, I'll be shocked if this ever actually breaks ground...

[SoCalKid]

Quixote, bhunsberger, and BillinGlendaleCA, those are truly excellent photos. Thank you for sharing and well done!!

[CaliNative]

Originally Posted by SoCalKid

Quixote, bhunsberger, and BillinGlendaleCA, those are truly excellent photos. Thank you for sharing and well done!!

Ditto. The LA Times published a photo today of the skyline & snowy mountains from K. Hahn Park, but all of the photos here are much much better! Calendar/post card quality.

[CaliNative]

Originally Posted by ChelseaFC

Australian-based architect Koichi Takada designs LA tower inspired by California Redwoods

https://www.commercialrealestate.com...nian-redwoods/

Supertall? Maybe not quite. 850-900 feet perhaps?? Looks about 2X the height of Occidental/Transamerica/USC tower to the left (452'), so 900' approximately would be my guesstimate. Still would be awesome for the area & not another boring flattop. Maybe add a spire, but maybe with the slanted top it wouldn't need one? Maybe spires are becoming a bit cliche? I agree with Illithid Dude, it does look "Melbournesque" in a good way, or maybe "Torontoesque"?

[Illithid Dude]

Originally Posted by CaliNative

I agree with Illithid Dude, it does look "Melbournesque" in a good way, or maybe "Torontoesque"?

Well the building is being designed by a prominent Sydney architect, hence my descriptor. Regardless, I almost feel like this is too good to be true.

I give this proposal a... 20% chance of breaking ground within the next ten years. See y'all in 2030!

[Zapatan]

I really dig the sky gardens, and the facade.

Definitely one of my favorite US proposals at the moment.

[Boatguy619]

Amazing photos of the snow capped mountains! Nothing is prettier than LA on a clear day. Fill the gap between Oceanwide and the Ritz and LA will be the best looking skyline in the USA with that backdrop. Is there any projects under construction or proposed that would do this?

[scania]

Originally Posted by Boatguy619

Amazing photos of the snow capped mountains! Nothing is prettier than LA on a clear day. Fill the gap between Oceanwide and the Ritz and LA will be the best looking skyline in the USA with that backdrop. Is there any projects under construction or proposed that would do this?

Depending on the angle...the W Hotel will help. And possibly 9th and Fig, or the Olympic Tower.

[bhunsberger]

Originally Posted by Boatguy619

Amazing photos of the snow capped mountains! Nothing is prettier than LA on a clear day. Fill the gap between Oceanwide and the Ritz and LA will be the best looking skyline in the USA with that backdrop. Is there any projects under construction or proposed that would do this?

I have had the same thought! The luxe redevelopment and the proposed mack urban tower directly north of USC building would really help to connect the skyline.

[NYC2ATX]

Originally Posted by scania

Depending on the angle...the W Hotel will help. And possibly 9th and Fig, or the Olympic Tower.

Originally Posted by bhunsberger

I have had the same thought! The luxe redevelopment and the proposed mack urban tower directly north of USC building would really help to connect the skyline.

This latest proposal is a dynamo, but perhaps some of you in the know can assuage my concerns about the viability of the tallest projects currently proposed. I've always believed LA deserved a much more impressive skyline for both its size and its cultural and economic impact. The news lately of the pullback in Asian investments in the US, particularly the West Coast, and the delays at Oceanwide rattled my confidence a bit in the current construction boom, despite the ongoing housing crisis in the LA region and California.

I'm focusing on the tallest projects with greatest potential skyline impact...what's the consensus on the following?

333 South Figueroa
925 South Figueroa
11th/Olive (Crescent Heights)
Angel's Knoll
Luxe/W Hotel (Shenzhen Hazens)
Olympia Towers (City Century)
Olympic Tower
Olympic/Hill (Onni)
..and now SkyTrees

feel free to enlighten on other significant proposals I might have forgotten

[mt_climber13]

Originally Posted by ChelseaFC

Australian-based architect Koichi Takada designs LA tower inspired by California Redwoods

https://www.commercialrealestate.com...nian-redwoods/

Yep, when I see that, I immediately think “redwood”

[CaliNative]

Originally Posted by SoCalKid

Quixote, bhunsberger, and BillinGlendaleCA, those are truly excellent photos. Thank you for sharing and well done!!

Quixote, bhunsberger, BillinGlendale: would you please post your exceptional new L.A. skyline/mountain photos from K. Hahn on the "Skyline Pictures" thread here (Photography Forum/Found City Photos/Skyline Pictures) so all can be dazzled by them. Thanks.

[BillinGlendaleCA]

Originally Posted by CaliNative

Great panorama shot from Mt. Wilson to Baldy & Cucamonga Peak on the right. Look at all that green. Any more rain & bracken ferns will start growing. It would be great to have a panorama pic going from the ocean on the west, Century City, Hollywood, DTLA all the way to Mt.San Jacinto. Would probably have to combine three or more photos.

I've tried to shoot that panorama, you can't shoot it from that location due to houses to the west; but there is a place further to the northwest that does have that view, unfortunately there are power lines that run though the view to to the east

[pwright1]

[scania]

Originally Posted by NYC2ATX

This latest proposal is a dynamo, but perhaps some of you in the know can assuage my concerns about the viability of the tallest projects currently proposed. I've always believed LA deserved a much more impressive skyline for both its size and its cultural and economic impact. The news lately of the pullback in Asian investments in the US, particularly the West Coast, and the delays at Oceanwide rattled my confidence a bit in the current construction boom, despite the ongoing housing crisis in the LA region and California.

I'm focusing on the tallest projects with greatest potential skyline impact...what's the consensus on the following?

333 South Figueroa
925 South Figueroa
11th/Olive (Crescent Heights)
Angel's Knoll
Luxe/W Hotel (Shenzhen Hazens)
Olympia Towers (City Century)
Olympic Tower
Olympic/Hill (Onni)
..and now SkyTrees

feel free to enlighten on other significant proposals I might have forgotten

I totally forgot about Olympia Towers. That would be major as far as the connection.

[Blesha13]

Originally Posted by NYC2ATX

This latest proposal is a dynamo, but perhaps some of you in the know can assuage my concerns about the viability of the tallest projects currently proposed. I've always believed LA deserved a much more impressive skyline for both its size and its cultural and economic impact. The news lately of the pullback in Asian investments in the US, particularly the West Coast, and the delays at Oceanwide rattled my confidence a bit in the current construction boom, despite the ongoing housing crisis in the LA region and California.

I'm focusing on the tallest projects with greatest potential skyline impact...what's the consensus on the following?

333 South Figueroa
925 South Figueroa
11th/Olive (Crescent Heights)
Angel's Knoll
Luxe/W Hotel (Shenzhen Hazens)
Olympia Towers (City Century)
Olympic Tower
Olympic/Hill (Onni)
..and now SkyTrees

feel free to enlighten on other significant proposals I might have forgotten

If possible, can someone do us all a favor and photoshop these proposals as mentioned to the skyline, please?

[ChelseaFC]

Originally Posted by mt_climber13

Yep, when I see that, I immediately think “redwood”

To clarify, it was 'inspired' by a redwood, it's not supposed to be a treehouse. It's still a skyscraper. But in actuality, the dimensions/circumference of the 70-story tower are actually quite a close approximation to that of a California redwood. In addition, as evidenced in the close-up rendering, wood or a wood substitute definitely appears to be one of the materials used in the facade.

[Wilcal]

Originally Posted by pwright1

Although not easily seen from this distance when I view this kind of panorama of DTLA buildings my eye invariably goes to the top of the WG tower and I still wonder about the protruding window washing platform that I find to be so unsightly (the closer you get the worse it looks). I would have thought that the device's design would include that it could fold or retract to essentially be not visible or out of sight behind the glass parapet. How is it that such a sophisticated design firm such as AC Martin/Towanga Smith could not manage this? When one looks at the top of the building against the horizon the mechanical platform is ugly and looks like a design or mechanical failure which they could not fix. Does anyone have the same feeling? What happened? Such a beautiful building whose clean lines I think are are marred by this detail.

[CaliNative]

Originally Posted by pwright1

Wow! Please post also on the "Skyline Pictures" thread on the Photography forum here so eveyone will see this.

[Quixote]

https://la.curbed.com/2019/2/7/18215...rought-weather