It’s not like we haven’t had plenty of other important things to think about lately, but over the last few months our minds have wandered once again to the status of the Seaholm Waterfront, the long-awaited adaptive reuse project by the Austin Parks and Recreation Department, the Trail Foundation, the Austin Parks Foundation, and local architecture firm…
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Digging Into East Austin’s John Treviño Jr. Metro Park Master Plan
After about a year of development, the City of Austin’s Parks and Recreation Department and Seattle landscape architecture firm GGN finally have a master plan for the improvement of the unused 330-acre East Austin parkland named for the city’s first elected Mexican-American City Council member John Treviño Jr. — and this is great news, because the…
Govalle’s Art Deco Wastewater Plant is an East Side Architectural Gem
The federal agencies of the New Deal brought some classic examples of Depression-era public works architecture to Austin in the 1930s, much of which embodies the forever-popular Art Deco styles known as Streamline Moderne and PWA Moderne. Though most of these buildings still stand in the city today, one shining local example remains decidedly under the radar, likely due…
Meet the BBVA Tower Planned at Sixth and Guadalupe, in All Its Narrow Glory
The Hanover Brazos Street tower we checked out yesterday isn’t the only project up for a density bonus review at the City of Austin Design Commission’s next meeting — the charmingly narrow 60-story mixed-use tower planned at
Here’s Hanover Brazos Street, Ready for Its Close-Up in Downtown Austin
You’ll notice in our prior coverage of Hanover Brazos Street, the 45-floor, 308-unit apartment tower planned by Houston developers the Hanover Company for the southeast corner of East Third and Brazos Streets, there are almost no images including the top of the building. That’s because its architects at
Grab Some New Views of the 41-Story Condo Tower Headed to 84 East Avenue
As we announced back in February — which feels like a decade ago — the 41-floor downtown Austin condo tower headed for 84 East Avenue will bring a reported 283 “attainably priced” residences to the ever-popular Rainey Street District, courtesy of local developers Pearlstone Partners . . . Become a patron to get the full story and gain access to TOWERS’ archive….