The Austonian - "Official" - 683 feet - 56 floors - Page 3

MichaelB · #41 Posted: **Jan 29, 2007, 8:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by Mopacs

Cool, no problem. Just like Kevin, I'm also fascinated how a building as tall as this will impact the skyline as a whole. The scale may be off on some shots, but I think it gives you pretty good idea how the building will fit in. I may try and pull a "greenbelt" and add a few more buildings to these shots... T-Stacy, 360 and Altavida.

Do it! Do it! Do it! It will be intersting to see how the addition of the other towers around the Austonian chantge the impact of the tower. I think it will actually make the height make more sense. Right now it looks like a beacon! ( Which I don;t mind) I think it will look even better with other "vertical texture" (just made that up!) around it.

rad707 · #42 Posted: **Jan 29, 2007, 9:42 PM**

a straight shot looking north from south congress would also be great, if you are taking requests...

SoCoRandy · #43 Posted: **Jan 29, 2007, 10:37 PM**

Don't forget to add Spring to your compilation. That's going to be another good looking building. It's amazing how dramatically our skyline is changing.

DanE008 · #44 Posted: **Jan 30, 2007, 2:57 AM**

^^^^ Actually you could even photoshop the buildings into some of the shots that Spring has already photoshopped itself in..... one less building to mess with!

JRCool · #45 Posted: **Jan 30, 2007, 4:35 AM**

I'm just REALLY glad that there are other buildings like T Stacey and 360 that will most likely be built, cause I don't know, to me this building, as beautiful as it is, looks a little odd all by itself. In some pictures it doesn't look all that awkward, in others it really does to me. But I still want it built SOO bad, because I know it would only look awkward for a short time, as it would open the door for more buildings like itself to be built. And like I said, with all the other new buildings being built, it won't look all that odd.

Mopacs · #46 Posted: **Jan 30, 2007, 4:37 AM**

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Originally Posted by MichaelB

Do it! Do it! Do it! It will be intersting to see how the addition of the other towers around the Austonian chantge the impact of the tower. I think it will actually make the height make more sense. Right now it looks like a beacon! ( Which I don;t mind) I think it will look even better with other "vertical texture" (just made that up!) around it.

Done! Additional buildings were added to the following two vantage points... Riverside Drive/Town Lake and South Congress...T Stacy and Altavida will definitely help balance things out.

From South Congress Avenue...

...with Altavida

With Block 21 and Altavida

...and with T-Stacy's 700 footer (sorry, thats the only angle of this rendering I could find):

Now from Riverside Drive/Town Lake (I made the best of the renderings here as well...from odd angles)

With the Four Seasons Residences thrown in

MichaelB · #47 Posted: **Jan 30, 2007, 5:52 AM**

Get it Mopacs!!!!!!

KevinFromTexas · #48 Posted: **Jan 30, 2007, 6:50 AM**

Sweet job, Mopacs.

GoldenBoot · #49 Posted: **Jan 30, 2007, 7:54 AM**

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Originally Posted by Mopacs

This view will look even better, in my opinion, when The Shore, Hotel Van Zandt and the two 30-story Constellation towers go up between the Milago and that old senior living tower (I forgot the name) - basically blocking the view of the Hilton.

KevinFromTexas · #50 Posted: **Jan 30, 2007, 8:52 AM**

^ And don't forget the 31-story Legacy on Town Lake.

GoldenBoot · #51 Posted: **Jan 30, 2007, 11:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

^ And don't forget the 31-story Legacy on Town Lake.

True... But, you may only see a sliver of it's side in the photo above (to the right of the Milago).

Speaking of which...New renderings of Legacy at Town Lake - courtesy of EDI Architecture:

Blakesalot! · #52 Posted: **Jan 31, 2007, 3:04 PM**

I'm speechless!

Saddle Man · #53 Posted: **Jan 31, 2007, 4:31 PM**

I like it. Very understated. Austin needs understated buildings to compliment buildings like Frost, the Austonian, and TStacy. If too many building scream 'LOOK AT ME!' it lessens them all. Just look at Dubai or Shanghai.

JACKinBeantown · #54 Posted: **Jan 31, 2007, 5:15 PM**

I gave it a 6.3 on another thread I guess. But I'll up it to a 7.2. One thing I really like (and I've said this about other buildings) is that it has clear delineation of its floors. You can see all the windows, so you have a sense of scale. If it were all blue glass it wouldn't look nearly as tall. That's something I think architects have forgotten about.

MichaelB · #55 Posted: **Jan 31, 2007, 6:55 PM**

Sorry to cont. the off thread comments.....but I will at least say this version (of the "Legacy") has more going for it than the last! (Does that sound back handed?)

texastarkus · #56 Posted: **Jan 31, 2007, 7:52 PM**

I kinda like the building but the garage needs some work. Has anyone figured out just how tall this thing's gonna be?

GoldenBoot · #57 Posted: **Feb 1, 2007, 12:09 AM**

Roughly 340 ft.

Jdawgboy · #58 Posted: **Feb 1, 2007, 8:10 PM**

Not a bad height at all for that area. It will be the tallest building in the Waterfront district.

KevinFromTexas · #59 Posted: **Feb 2, 2007, 3:33 PM**

I believe the Hotel Van Zandt is also supposed to be around that height.

Legacy @ Town Lake could even a bit taller than that. EDI Architecture, the architect of Legacy @ Town Lake, has several other similar 31-story residential towers around Houston that are around 350 feet. Right now that'd be our 6th tallest just behind the Dobie Center.

This was kind of funny. I sort of sympathize with what he's saying.

From the Austin American-Statesman
http://www.statesman.com/news/conten...02/2kelso.html

COMMENTARY: JOHN KELSO
Look: Up in the sky: it's a bunch of yuppie Austonians

Friday, February 02, 2007

Second Congress Ltd. is laying a large egg by planning to put a new high-dollar 55-story condo tower at Second Street and Congress Avenue.

Don't these people realize that Perrier goes flat above 44 stories?

It's not just the height of this building — 22 stories higher than the Frost Bank Tower, the tallest building in town — that bothers me. Nor is it the price: units running from $500,000 to more than $1 million. Nor is it the tony amenities: resort-style pool, promenade sundeck, concierge service.

It's the name: The Austonian. Isn't that a bit too close to Bostonian? Since when did people who live in Austin become Austonians? Last I heard we were Austinites.

The Austonian. Noses are rising as we speak. Why would someone come up with such a pretentious tag?

"We felt like it portrayed what the building is going to stand for, and we thought that was a very strong name that sets off the stage that it is a very strong building with all the amenities and the array of people that it will hopefully entice," said Shannon Windham, of Gottesman Residential, the company selling the condos.

Oh.

In other words, a bunch of yuppies sat around a big table to come up with this name while Starbucks shot out their noses.

The Austonian disturbs me because it could change the term we use to define Austin residents. On the other hand, it may be time for our city's inhabitants to get a new tag. With all the monied snoots moving in to fill up all these condos going up downtown, we have a brand-new class of people here.

So how do you tell an Austinite from an Austonian?

If you have Lone Star, you're an Austinite. If you have OnStar, you're an Austonian.

If you think it's OK to take your dog to a bar, you're an Austinite. If you think it's OK to take your dog to a bar in your purse, you're an Austonian.

If the Valle in your life is preceded by Del, you're an Austinite. If the valet in your life is parking your Acura and you own a piece of Dell, you're an Austonian.

If you call it I-35, you're an Austinite. If you call it THE I-35, you're an Austonian.

If you've got a beer koozie, you're an Austinite. If you've got a Jacuzzi, you're an Austonian.

If it bothered you when the 'Dillo closed, you're an Austinite. If it bothered you when that silly-looking Warehouse District bar called Oslo closed, you're an Austonian.

If you think it's acceptable to pay $3.25 for an order of tortilla chips and salsa, you're an Austonian. If you think the owner should be caned for charging anything at all for chips and salsa, you're an Austinite.

greenbelt · #60 Posted: **Feb 3, 2007, 3:39 AM**

this seems almost crazy!
the scale and location may be off, if so, let me know and i'll tweak it. thanks.