Downtown Austin condos are our true loves here at TOWERS hq, so we couldn’t let Valentine’s Day pass without giving y’all an opportunity to express your deepest feelings via some puns about tall buildings, courtesy of our extremely unfortunate senses of humor. She’ll never know the truth. pic.twitter.com/xx36GjLOcN — TOWERS.net (@austintowers) June 2, 2017 We’re not the only folks…
Take a Peek at Downtown Austin’s Future Skyline
3 New Towers Headed for the Domain
A rendering of the residential tower and one of the office towers planned by Stonelake at the Domain. Image: Stonelake Capital Partners / HPI / StreetLights Residential / Beck / Boka Powell / DWG. Texas real estate firm Stonelake Capital Partners submitted an application to the city last summer concerning sidewalks and landscaping for three…
After 158 Years, the Austin State Hospital Deserves Better
Last week, we saw the release of a master plan for a redesign of the Austin State Hospital campus, a state-owned mental health facility located at 4110 Guadalupe Street near the Hyde Park neighborhood. A group venture between the University of Texas at Austin’s Dell Medical School and the Texas Health and Human Services system, the plan is just…
Pretend You’re the Mayor for a Day and Close a Street in Downtown Austin
As downtown Austin residents and true believers in the power of design to shape the human experience of the urban environment, it’s our job to periodically remind y’all that the best way to create fun, safe, and memorable public spaces in cities is to pick a street and take away some (or all!) of the cars. Denver’s 16th Street Mall is…
Finally, We’ve Got a Better View of the Block 185 Office Tower
Ever since we dug up the first drawings of the 35-story office tower planned by Trammell Crow Company atop Block 185, the final piece of redevelopment at the site of the city’s former Green Water Treatment Plant, we’ve been itching to get a better look at this upcoming project — especially now that prep work is clearly…
