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Houston: Needs a defining supertall
Austin: Impressive how their skyline grew
Miami: What can I say? 10 years ago Miami had 6 towers over 500 feet now it has 27! It still needs a supertall to seal the deal.
Dallas: What has happened to this city? It missed the boom.
Nashville: Nice & compact skyline & love the Batman tower!
Jacksonville: Pitfull skyline for being our largest city
Charlotte: Quality architecture & a well balanced skyline
Memphis: what skyline? I couldn't even name one of their buildings except for that Pyramid thingy!
New Orleans: decent skyline but needs a Signature tower also.
Atlanta : way to many gaps in it's skyline but has some very good architecture in it's individual buildings.
Hope I wasn't to brutal!
We have a few super talls. The JP Morgan Building and the Wells Fargo Plaza. Granted, they might not be pretty to look at (JP Morgan) or extremely recognizable amongst similar buildings (Wells Fargo) but, at sunset, Wells Fargo looks pretty nice.
JP Morgan
Wells Fargo
That said, I would agree with you in that I wish more of Houston's skyscrappers were more defining. I think our two most defining have to be the Bank of America building, the new MainPlace (hopefully) and Williams Tower (Williams Tower isn't even IN downtown!)
Bank of America
http://www.jonssons.org/bin/Johnson-Bank-of-America-Center.jpeg (broken link)
MainPlace
William's Tower (which is known for its revolving beacon which can be seen in the video around 1:14)
^ Jacksonville still has a very anemic skyline anyway you slice it!
I suppose you just don't like the skylines of metros under 1.5 million or so because for its size, Jacksonville's skyline is very appropriate. It has depth and variety that people can't see in typical skyline shots. Plus it has a gorgeous setting.
Houston: Needs a defining supertall
Austin: Impressive how their skyline grew
Miami: What can I say? 10 years ago Miami had 6 towers over 500 feet now it has 27! It still needs a supertall to seal the deal.
Dallas: What has happened to this city? It missed the boom.
Nashville: Nice & compact skyline & love the Batman tower!
Jacksonville: Pitfull skyline for being our largest city
Charlotte: Quality architecture & a well balanced skyline
Memphis: what skyline? I couldn't even name one of their buildings except for that Pyramid thingy!
New Orleans: decent skyline but needs a Signature tower also.
Atlanta : way to many gaps in it's skyline but has some very good architecture in it's individual buildings.
Houston: Needs a defining supertall
Austin: Impressive how their skyline grew
Miami: What can I say? 10 years ago Miami had 6 towers over 500 feet now it has 27! It still needs a supertall to seal the deal.
Dallas: What has happened to this city? It missed the boom.
Nashville: Nice & compact skyline & love the Batman tower!
Jacksonville: Pitfull skyline for being our largest city
Charlotte: Quality architecture & a well balanced skyline
Memphis: what skyline? I couldn't even name one of their buildings except for that Pyramid thingy!
New Orleans: decent skyline but needs a Signature tower also.
Atlanta : way to many gaps in it's skyline but has some very good architecture in it's individual buildings.
Hope I wasn't to brutal!
I was basing it more on architecture than height, and Houston seems to have best skyscraper architecture of any Southern city regardless of how many supertalls it has. Usually tallest building doesn't have the most impressive architecture. Have you ever been to Chicago? The Willis Tower is far from the most impressive skyscraper architecture in the city. As for Memphis, have you ever been? I have driven through, and although small, they have kind of a cool skyline.
I was basing it more on architecture than height, and Houston seems to have best skyscraper architecture of any Southern city regardless of how many supertalls it has. Usually tallest building doesn't have the most impressive architecture. Have you ever been to Chicago? The Willis Tower is far from the most impressive skyscraper architecture in the city. As for Memphis, have you ever been? I have driven through, and although small, they have kind of a cool skyline.
Yeah, but imo, I think Dallas' and Atlanta's tallest buildings are WAY better architecturally than Houston's tallest buildings. Houston does have more height, and thus, our buildings seem more imposing.
But, actually take any citie's tallest buildings and they seem to be aesthetically pleasing, for the most part, than Houston's. I mean LA's, Seattle's,Chicago's, NYC's, Philly's, Atlanta's, Dallas' all have better architecture exhibited in their tallest buildings in comparison to Houston.
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Originally Posted by jluke65780
Houston has a supertall......
The poster said Houston needs a defining supertall, which is hard to do for a skyline with the height of Houston's with its top 3 tallest buildings all over 900 ft, making a defining supertall in Houston having to have a height of at least 1150+ ft, which of course, buildings of that height only exist in Chicago, NYC, Asia, and Dubai. So doubt that Houston will ever get one, at least not in the forseeable future.
Yeah, but imo, I think Dallas' and Atlanta's tallest buildings are WAY better architecturally than Houston's tallest buildings. Houston does have more height, and thus, our buildings seem more imposing.
But, actually take any citie's tallest buildings and they seem to be aesthetically pleasing, for the most part, than Houston's. I mean LA's, Seattle's,Chicago's, NYC's, Philly's, Atlanta's, Dallas' all have better architecture exhibited in their tallest buildings in comparison to Houston.
The poster said Houston needs a defining supertall, which is hard to do for a skyline with the height of Houston's with its top 3 tallest buildings all over 900 ft, making a defining supertall in Houston having to have a height of at least 1150+ ft, which of course, buildings of that height only exist in Chicago, NYC, Asia, and Dubai. So doubt that Houston will ever get one, at least not in the forseeable future.
I think what helps Houston's case though is the fact that its skyline is very tall and dense compared to other sunbelt skylines.
I'll have a more in depth response later. For now, Atlanta has wonderful and unque architecture. It's skylines are unique and each district serves a different purpose.
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