So when they designed this building were they trying for the Ugly award? Prefab at it's (near) worst. Rather have the empty lot and wait for a decent building.
Design police signing off.......
O get away from these tan brown buildings, we have too many of them as it is.
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Originally Posted by MichaelB
So when they designed this building were they trying for the Ugly award? Prefab at it's (near) worst. Rather have the empty lot and wait for a decent building.
Design police signing off.......
Thank you and you are so right. The color is disgusting, what is with this brown stucco facade we keep seeing on a lot of these hotels that should be in El Paso than in Austin. Its ugly and I have never liked that look. Austin needs to get away from those brown colors, we have too many of them as it is.
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It could have been worse, this was the original rendering.
It's pretty darn close to that now. Prefab slabs of tan/brown crap.
I will say one thing.
It makes a lovely companion for the Hampton Inn! LOL!
Two turds in a row!
Austin Business Journal by James Jeffrey
Date: Friday, July 6, 2012, 12:47pm CDT
James Hernandez and Paul Leaman are crane operators working on the 285-foot crane northeast of Brazos and East Third streets and the 240-foot tower crane at San Jacinto Boulevard and East Third Street in downtown Austin.
Four years working on an aircraft carrier, including travel to Hong Kong and Dubai, introduced 31-year-old Hernandez to high-rise cities built by tower cranes.
“I love it, though it’s not for everyone with the height and winds,” he said. “You’re always concentrating,” particularly to avoid hurting the many workers below.
Due to two cranes working in proximity — their tips pass within 6 to 8 feet of each other — operators communicate via radio to coordinate each crane’s movements. Camaraderie among operators is one of many satisfying elements of a job high above the city.
The 296-room Hyatt Place Austin Downtown is scheduled to open in Spring 2013. The hotel has already begun to secure guests such as the National League of Cities for the 2014 Congress of Cities and Exposition in November 2014 and the 2014 Annual Meeting for the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, scheduled in July 2014.
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The hotel will host a Topping Out ceremony at 4 p.m. Thursday to celebrate the near completion of the structural construction on the hotel.
It topped out last Thursday and I got downtown this afternoon to get a few shots of it. It's got quite a bit of the glass hung on the East side. I was really hoping that the glass would help the looks of this building but so far I'm not sold. I guess I'll have to wait until it's finished.
Thanks for the picture update Corvairkeith. I think I'm finally coming around with the color schemes. Your first shot facing south with the buildings lined up sold me. Because of the density and with the morning sun, that section will be bright and inviting on a pedestrian level and not dark and shadowy and Gotham like if a darker color pallet had been chosen and especially if the east side of the street gets built up. Almost seems Miami like. I hope they line the street with trees, maybe even palms. BTW, I had a Corvair a long time ago, took it off road, hit a tree stump which stopped me dead in my tracks and caused the engine to fall out. If I recall, they didn't have engine mounts. Thank God they don't make 'em like that anymore...
I agree that the new density is really looking great! It's a really nice thing to see, even if the Hyatt itself leaves something to be desired. On the plus side, it fits in with the Hampton next door and kind of helps it not stand out as such an eyesore, though it always will be. But now less so.
I have updated heights for Hyatt Place. The heights that I'd gotten from the developer were being measured from another side of the building at a place where the street elevation is higher, so that subtracted from the overall height.
I was able to view the building elevation which shows the building heights. Hyatt Place will be 207 feet from street level to the pyramid top at the corner of 3rd & Brazos. And it will be 192 feet to the mechanical penthouse and 180 feet to the main roof. If it were complete today, it would be the 37th tallest building in Austin right between the Capitol Centre and Callaway House (which is also under construction).
Hopefully once all the windows are in the contrast between them and the facade will make it more attractive. I am really liking the northeast corner of the building. That glass is nice and I certainly appreciate the rooftop ornamentation. It looks like a baby Hilton to me.
Just had an up close look at the Hyatt under construction. THe glass corner is OK, but it does not hide the fact that this is one cheaply constructed and ugly looking buiding. There is just nothing to like about it except that it fills in a parking lot and gives a little heft to the streetscape. I think the very ordinary Hampton Inn next door is actually a nicer looking building in some ways. It looks alright at street level and the upper floors could almost be mistaken for a pre WW2 building.
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