The office building at 2001 North Lamar Boulevard might not keep your attention for long. After all, it’s essentially a beige box, built with the same tan bricks it appears every architect in Austin was contractually obligated to use in their institutional and commercial projects from about 1960 to 1980. But there’s a compelling sort…
MÁSMACC: Downtown Austin’s Boldest Architecture At Risk
A couple of weeks ago, the Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Culture Center held a community open house to review and provide input on design concepts by CasaBella Architects for the center’s expansion. The firm is engaged to develop a new vision and Master Plan for the MACC, a design effort being touted as . . . Become a patron to get…
Refresh Your Memory on Rainey Street’s Most Mysterious Mixed-Use Project
You know that food truck park on Rainey Street across from Banger’s? It’s an awfully large undeveloped space considering the hotness of the area, occupying multiple lots from 78 to 84 Rainey Street. The rough value of the assembled lots is about $3.6 million, and hey, whaddaya know — they’re all owned by LLCs associated with developer Sackman Enterprises,…
Renderings Emerge for 30-Story Alexan Apartment Tower at 11th & Sabine
We’ve been following the ongoing saga of the apartment tower at 700 East 11th Street since long before we knew its identity as part of developer Trammell Crow Residential’s national Alexan brand of communities. Now, thanks to new filings with the city’s Design Commission, we’ve got a first look at renderings of the 30-story tower set…
Spotted: Demolition Clearing the Way for Downtown’s New Marriott
Hey, remember the new Marriott hotel planned at the block just west of the convention center on Cesar Chavez Street? Sure you do! We’ve seen some evidence of site prep at the address in the last few months, but today, demolition’s kicking off in earnest on the southwest corner of the block. The building at 101 San Jacinto Boulevard,…
More Than 1,000 Apartment Units Headed to Austin’s South Shore
Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve watched cities around the nation bend over backwards for a chance at the economic windfall of a second Amazon corporate headquarters — even Cleveland. Cleveland! I was never under the impression Austin was a major contender, with the details of Amazon’s RFP appearing fairly out . . . Become a…
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