Have you noticed there’s a very small building now sitting in the parking lot at the corner of Cesar Chavez and Red River Streets? It’s got sort of a modernist hot dog stand thing going on, but what’s the real purpose of this structure? The panes of glass offer a clue — though it’s subtle,…
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Admiring the Curves at Gensler’s Stunning Whole Foods Office Project
It’s not often that a low-rise building stops us in our tracks, but here goes nothing — the five-story office project designed by Gensler Austin as an expansion for the corporate headquarters of Whole Foods, now sitting in a late stage of construction at the corner of West Fifth and Bowie Streets, is shaping up to be one…
The Loren Condos Are Nearly Sold Out at South Lamar and Riverside
The long-expected development of the “Taco PUD” at the southeast corner of South Lamar Boulevard and West Riverside Drive has taken shape over the last two years since the 2019 start of work on the eight-story hotel and condo project known as the Loren at Lady Bird Lake, and though the building at 211 South Lamar…
The Long-Awaited Seaholm Waterfront Project Starts Up Its First Phase
We’re huge fans of the plan by the City of Austin’s Parks and Recreation Department to rehab the historic 1950s Art Deco-style facility on Lady Bird Lake formerly used as the pump house of the adjacent Seaholm Power Plant into a new downtown public space — and unlike . . . Become a patron to get the full story and gain access to…
AIA Austin’s 2021 Homes Tour Arrives With a TOWERS.net Reader Discount
Due to ongoing pandemic concerns, next month the Austin chapter of the American Institute of Architects will host its 35th annual AIA Austin Homes Tour in a hybrid format of in-person and virtual visits showcasing nine modern homes designed by prominent local architecture studios — three of those homes will offer in-person tours, with the rest toured online, including “3D…
Apple-Inspired Modular Apartments Break Ground in East Austin
Juno, a Silicon Valley real estate startup dedicated to the modular production of multifamily housing from the engineered wood material known as mass timber, has reportedly broken ground on its first project in East Austin. This five-story, 24-unit apartment community with ground-level retail space will rise on an extremely narrow 0.17-acre site at the northwest . . . …