JW Marriott - 385' - 34 Floors

[The ATX]

2 points about the JW Marriott Austin -

 

1) That is the exact design that they were going to put into Nashville

 

2) Glad we waiting for the Turnberry design - heads and shoulders above the Austin JW IMO

 

 

That's not what Austin's JW looks like.  That was one of the ugly original renderings.  They stepped up the design after the Fairmont was announced.  Here's the final rendering from whit Lodgings website:  

 

http://www.whitelodging.com/about/developments/jwmarriottaustin

[MidTenn1]

An Engineers take...(retake)

 

 

Assuming a 25 story office building (including 5 floors of parking) is typically about 350' tall....and

 

....assuming the ethereal glowing stuff on top of both buildings is actually another floor (doesn't matter for the calculations as long as both buildings a measured the same...

 

...and assuming the alignment of the office building is slightly to the south of the JW...(otherwise subtract 20')

 

I compute the Height of J-Dub (J W Marriott) to be very close to 480 ft. If the rendering is accurate.

 

 

 

Embarrassing revision (didn't extend line up to peak of JW correctly)...My estimate is now 480'. I changed the diagram accordingly.

 

Sorry. You can delete all those 'Likes"!

Edited November 13, 2014 by PHofKS

[titanhog]

Anything 500'+ would be terrific.

[TNinVB]

Anything 500'+ would be terrific.

Especially at that elevation in the city!

[Guest]

The updated Austin JW is much improved.

Edited November 12, 2014 by Guest

[mirydi]

The updated Austin JW is much improved.

Yeah, it is. I'd take it over our Omni any day of the week, but I think our JW design is much, much nicer. Here is the front of the JW Marriott Austin.

 

 

 

 

 

By the way, since hotels in Austin were brought up, specifically the Fairmont, has anybody seen that behemoth? I believe it just broke ground...It's huge! 

 

Here are the details: 

 

- $370M

- 47 stories

- 595'

- 1054 rooms

- 32 months to complete

- 100k square feet of meeting space

- aerial walk-way connecting to CC

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[MLBrumby]

I like that Fairmont!   The vertical layers look great in profile... and give it a sleek look.

[UTgrad09]

I agree that design is much better than the Omni.

 

My question is this: what other hotels are connected to Austin's convention center? 

[mirydi]

^Yeah, the tower portion is fantastic, but that gigantic box behind it, not so much. Still though, that's one hell of a hotel. Especially for a city of Austin's size. Props to them. 

[gannman]

By the way, since hotels in Austin were brought up, specifically the Fairmont, has anybody seen that behemoth? I believe it just broke ground...It's huge! 

 

Here are the details: 

 

- $370M

- 47 stories

- 595'

- 1054 rooms

- 32 months to complete

- 100k square feet of meeting space

- aerial walk-way connecting to CC

-

 

That's actually the previous design. This is the updated version:

 

[smeagolsfree]

I will see the site tomorrow. I will take a few pix got you guys.

[The ATX]

The Fairmont just had their official ground breaking.  But there won't be much activity on the site until December 1st when the the lane shifts/closures around the site are in place.

[CenterHill]

Welcome back to the Nashville page, ATX.     This isn't the thread for it, but I'd love to get some backstory from you sometime on the recent Prop 1 vote that defeated the LRT proposal.    

[Paramount747]

Architecturally speaking, this is the most exciting design besides 505 CST.

[TNinVB]

Was scrolling through Facebook on my iPhone and the Tennessean is showing a new rendering. It's a birdseye view and shows more detail.

Edit: it's actually on Downtown Nashville's page but the article is from the Tennessean. Was only posted about 12 minutes ago.

Edited November 13, 2014 by bruceman73

[titanhog]

Was scrolling through Facebook on my iPhone and the Tennessean is showing a new rendering. It's a birdseye view and shows more detail.

Edit: it's actually on Downtown Nashville's page but the article is from the Tennessean. Was only posted about 12 minutes ago.

That's a really cool view.  I love how the two buildings are connected, with the pool in-between.  Also...love how the office building mirrors the shape of the hotel.

 

When you hit the Tennessean link, though, it doesn't show that photo.  It's only on the DT Nash FB page.

 

https://www.facebook.com/DowntownNashville

[MLBrumby]

That Fairmont hotel is what the Omni should have been... and I believe Mr. Rowland, CEO of Omni now regrets not going bigger and bolder on that building.

[nashvillwill]

That new rendering shows something I didn't notice before. The office tower swoops backwards the last 8 or so floors. Nice touch. I like it even more now.

[dmillsphoto]

[titanhog]

I'm in LOVE!

[MLBrumby]

Ooooh... swoopy!

[TNinVB]

I love it!  I'm a little confused by the crown though.  It looks like a transparent wall of glass.  Does anyone else see that?

[mirydi]

I love it!  I'm a little confused by the crown though.  It looks like a transparent wall of glass.  Does anyone else see that?

Well, glass does tend to be transparent...

 

As far as what it is...No telling. It could just be the mechanical penthouse up there, or maybe, just maybe, it could be some kind of atrium with an observation deck. Oh how awesome would that be?!

[satalac]

I'm sure the office workers will be ok with the pool being right outside their windows.

[BnaBreaker]

That's going to be one quiet break room with everyone just staring out the window. 

Edited November 14, 2014 by BnaBreaker