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The Westin Nashville Facebook post... Meet a new Nashville star! The Westin Nashville's penthouse suites—filled with luxury from private songwriter’s rounds to savory chef dinners—are the most ex

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Substantial excavation has occurred since that last shot:     It was hard to tell without anything to base the scale on, but it appeared to be as much as 30 feet deep at its deepest part. I only

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Westin seems to be moving through the typical permitting/approval process. I saw on the last metro council agenda that the 2nd [of 3] readings regarding a sewer abandonment on the Westin property passed.

Yes.  Third (and final) reading of the ordinance is scheduled for this coming Tuesday's (08/05/14) Council meeting  http://www.nashville.gov/mc/ordinances/term_2011_2015/bl2014_830.htm.

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I don't know how we got this new thread started for the Westin, but ....

 

The original permit was: Excavation and grading associated with the construction of a 25 story, 456 room hotel with associated underground parking facility

 

http://environment-online.state.tn.us:8080/pls/enf_reports/f?p=9034:34031:12799860293112::NO:34031:P34031_SITE_ID:98318

http://www.urbanplanet.org/forums/index.php/topic/116453-the-westin-music-city-in-process-25-floors-430-rooms/?p=1305652

 

Switch and bait ?????!?!?!?!?!?!

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It looks like the firm in charge of the design is a relatively new firm with little experience (if any) in projects of this scope. They are apparently deeply involved in casino design (which may explain a lot concerning the architectural style choices).

 

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The rendering of the windows with its unusual reflection pattern puzzled me until I saw this design for a building in Buckhead in Atlanta...

 

Atlanta Rendering

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The window design system is referred to as a "faceted glass curtain wall system". That may be what the architect is trying to achieve. 

 

The street level design in at least one of the firms buildings is impressive...

 

Singapore "W"

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What he really needs to achieve is a better rendering (see both of the above) if he wants his client to impress potential financiers, clients, staff, local politicians, etc.

 

PS; Is that the rooftop pool we see on the right side within the square boxy thing? Will the swimmers be able to see the street below as they swim? Wow!

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It looks like the firm in charge of the design is a relatively new firm with little experience (if any) in projects of this scope. They are apparently deeply involved in casino design (which may explain a lot concerning the architectural style choices).

 

The rendering of the windows with its unusual reflection pattern puzzled me until I saw this design for a building in Buckhead in Atlanta...

 

Atlanta Rendering

 

 

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Thanks for posting that! The Atlanta rendering gives a much better context to ours... That being said, ours is still hideous, but I digress...

 

I definitely agree with the stark difference between the renderings. How do they get such a realistic, lifelike render in Atlanta and we get this chintzy 3D render from some 1992 B-movie?

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Thanks for posting that! The Atlanta rendering gives a much better context to ours... That being said, ours is still hideous, but I digress...

 

I definitely agree with the stark difference between the renderings. How do they get such a realistic, lifelike render in Atlanta and we get this chintzy 3D render from some 1992 B-movie?

 

That's just the only one they felt comfortable releasing. Be patient, we'll get more renderings eventually, even if the design doesn't change. Me and another few guys a work had to crank out a few "vague" renderings for a client. We spent half of a Saturday at the office trying to get the right look..we wound up going with a half hand rendered/half photoshop renderings that looked really good. I was really proud of them. Monday the client told us "those look like s***". I couldn't help but laugh because I know he wanted some 24 hour Revit rendering for something that hadn't even had a design finalized. 

 

Anyways, what works me is that everyone now is using the whole "waterfalls glass" that was used on One57 in Manhattan. It looks good there until you get to the top (I actually prefer One57's pin strips). With this rendering I can't help but think granny's patch work quilt. 

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Thanks for posting that! The Atlanta rendering gives a much better context to ours... That being said, ours is still hideous, but I digress...

 

I definitely agree with the stark difference between the renderings. How do they get such a realistic, lifelike render in Atlanta and we get this chintzy 3D render from some 1992 B-movie?

 

My guess is they designed this thing to be reminiscent of a jukebox (because it's inevitable), but it looked a little too much like a jukebox in the first draft of the rendering so they had to add all the sky/cloud covered hyper-reflective window camouflage. 

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My guess is they designed this thing to be reminiscent of a jukebox (because it's inevitable), but it looked a little too much like a jukebox in the first draft of the rendering so they had to add all the sky/cloud covered hyper-reflective window camouflage. 

 

I can see that, now that you mention it.

 

Still:

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Getahn has a good piece on the selection of the contractor for the Westin.  D.F. Chase has been chosen to lead the 27-story project.  Given the parapet and revised number of floors, it's is very likely that this building will exceed 300 feet by a noticeable margin. Let's watch also to see if that 27-floor reference is to the tower portion alone... and as done frequently in news articles maybe that does not account for base, which in this rendering appears to be 2-3 floors.  Anyway, just my rambling thoughts. Good night! 

 

http://www.tennessean.com/story/money/2014/09/17/d-f-chase-builder-nashville-westin-hotel/15802841/

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Getahn has a good piece on the selection of the contractor for the Westin.  D.F. Chase has been chosen to lead the 27-story project.  Given the parapet and revised number of floors, it's is very likely that this building will exceed 300 feet by a noticeable margin. Let's watch also to see if that 27-floor reference is to the tower portion alone... and as done frequently in news articles maybe that does not account for base, which in this rendering appears to be 2-3 floors.  Anyway, just my rambling thoughts. Good night! 

 

http://www.tennessean.com/story/money/2014/09/17/d-f-chase-builder-nashville-westin-hotel/15802841/

So...I guess David Chase's legal issues aren't harming the company's bottom line.

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