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Texas Building Architecture

#1 Post by Cam » Wed May 28, 2008 6:21 pm

While looking for photos of the San Antonio Riverwalk I found this site of Texas Building Architecture photos which I found interesting.

http://photohome.com/photos/texas-pictu ... tures.html
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#2 Post by Omicron » Wed May 28, 2008 6:42 pm

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One of the great differences between Australian and American cities - the way American skyscrapers just poke out of nowhere.

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#3 Post by AtD » Wed May 28, 2008 8:58 pm

Yes I've always wondered why US cities have so much open air car parking? Surely there's a more profitable use for the land!

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#4 Post by Omicron » Wed May 28, 2008 10:03 pm

AtD wrote:Yes I've always wondered why US cities have so much open air car parking? Surely there's a more profitable use for the land!
It's surprising that the owners don't seek to develop the land or sell it to someone who will, especially in Houston with its lack of zoning regulations and readiness to build.

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#5 Post by Ho Really » Wed May 28, 2008 11:17 pm

Many US cities (CBDs) have great looking buildings, but they can also be so sterile. Houston is probably a good example.

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#6 Post by Howie » Wed May 28, 2008 11:20 pm

Dallas looks hot! Although is it normally that quiet on the streets there?
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Thanks for the link!

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#7 Post by Ho Really » Wed May 28, 2008 11:36 pm

Ho Really wrote:Many US cities (CBDs) have great looking buildings, but they can also be so sterile. Houston is probably a good example.

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Howie wrote:Dallas looks hot! Although is it normally that quiet on the streets there?
And so is Dallas.

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#8 Post by monotonehell » Wed May 28, 2008 11:43 pm

Howie wrote:Dallas looks hot! Although is it normally that quiet on the streets there?
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Thanks for the link!
That must be a sunday? Or when everyone is in their offices. Do note however the complete lack of substantial footpaths, and the fact that that huge brown building dead centre is a 'parking structure' (as they call them over there).

While the skyline is well populated, all US cities of a particular age look exactly the same. Check out Phoe(eo?)nix, which also looks the same. But they all suffer from capitalism-itis which is a complete lack of any kind of city planning, other than utilitarian ones. Right now the majority of these cities are trying to work out how to shoehorn some community back into their simcity-esque blocks.
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Re: Texas Building Architecture

#9 Post by Howie » Wed May 28, 2008 11:50 pm

The lovely glass tower in the middle caught my eye.. that's one fine building.

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#10 Post by Omicron » Wed May 28, 2008 11:52 pm

We're very lucky in Adelaide to have the street-level character that we do - we could have quite easily succumbed to the American form of CBD planning and development that existed in the '60s and '70s, which was essentially to treat the core as a place of weekday business and nothing more.

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#11 Post by Will » Wed May 28, 2008 11:53 pm

Is it just me, but skylines with plenty of glass make their respective city look succesful.

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#12 Post by Ho Really » Thu May 29, 2008 12:11 am

Will wrote:Is it just me, but skylines with plenty of glass make their respective city look succesful.
I agree. Maybe it has something to do with glass (crystal) being synonymous to diamonds, jewels and other precious stones.

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#13 Post by Omicron » Thu May 29, 2008 12:13 am

Ho Really wrote:
Will wrote:Is it just me, but skylines with plenty of glass make their respective city look succesful.
I agree. Maybe it has something to do with glass (crystal) being synonymous to diamonds, jewels and other precious stones.

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#14 Post by Cruise » Thu May 29, 2008 7:16 pm

Ho Really wrote:
Will wrote:Is it just me, but skylines with plenty of glass make their respective city look succesful.
I agree. Maybe it has something to do with glass (crystal) being synonymous to diamonds, jewels and other precious stones.

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Re: Texas Building Architecture

#15 Post by Shuz » Thu May 29, 2008 10:24 pm

Ironic.

Texas is a weird place, actually, the whole of USA (except New England States) is just a gigantic mess of poor urban planning and chaos.

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