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[markhollin]

Some shots from the west side of the 27th floor of The Westin. The density of the Gulch is profound from this angle.  Who woulda thunk it 15 years ago?  

 

[Nashtitans]

I love the scenery around Nashville. Real beautiful

[MidTenn1]

In five more years..crosses fingers....

[Pyramid Scheme]

Infilling all those blighted buildings and un/under-used lots was something I would daydream about when I was a lad; especially after I saw a few cities in Europe. I think that is when I became a building weirdo.

[wmaddbb2018]

A few I snapped today from 415 Church St of the surrounding buildings including 505.

[Vrtigo]

[rookzie]

2 hours ago, markhollin said:

Some shots from the west side of the 27th floor of The Westin. The density of the Gulch is profound from this angle.  Who woulda thunk it 15 years ago?  

This anti-climactically complements those "newfound-vantage" spectacular views.  The ground photo was shot from the area surrounded by the highlighted rectangle (above).

[LA_TN]

The view coming up I-65 from the south:

[Nashtitans]

The MCC is huge!!

[bhibbs]

from that view point you can really tell how just a coat of paint completely transformed the Renaissance 

[chris holman]

This is not planned here or anything but if they are building Box shaped buildings in Nashville will it hurt to design one or more  like this , one 

 

On the bottom is a Apartment tower planned for Atlanta 

Edited October 31, 2016 by chris holman

[chris holman]

Like the  almost 40 building proposals for The Gulch if had any similar elements that this building has on the upper portion of the building that building will look incredible not that they design it's bad for what it is, this is only 25 floors and has a solid design when I went to Miami a lot of the residential buildings the upper portion of the building had like a slant to it or different simplistic features on the upper portion of the building that your eyes up to appreciate the architecture I'm not trying get off topic just something that I noticed and other cities that we're not trying to incorporate in our own architecture I'll take 505cts for the building we have I just hoping for more JW Marriott design architecture

[VSRJ]

^ I think your period key is broken.

[rookzie]

41 minutes ago, chris holman said:

This is not planned here or anything but if they are building Box shaped buildings in Nashville will it hurt to design one or more  like this , one 

 

On the bottom is a Apartment tower planned for Atlanta 

There's much that can done with "boxes" to be aptly and creatively applied to towers such as with these renderings.  The designs can remain rectilinear along any axis, yet maintain optimum volumetric use, without the need for costly special structural compound contours while still conferring classiness and a command of attention.

I can envision even a judicious selection of accents of stainless steel and stone or vitreous-glazed cladding material used in small quanties applied to the exterior of curtain walls, to the extent of establishing elements of striking contrast.

[dmillsphoto]

48 minutes ago, VSRJ said:

^ I think your period key is broken.

Speech to text.

[markhollin]

Some shots from the south side of the 27th floor of The Westin. SoBro, LoLa (Pie Town), and South Gulch are all going to look so much different in the next 5-10 years.


 

[dmillsphoto]

3 big things to point out in the above photos. First is that the Olmstead is going to loom large in SoBro, should have a strong impact. Second is that Broadstone is going to loom large over the South Loop. Third is: What a disappointment it is, losing the Smithfield project.

[titanhog]

There is so much open land south of KVB for construction.  I just hope the city will change its mind one day on height restrictions in that area.

[kc8501]

On 10/30/2016 at 6:24 PM, Nashtitans said:

^Those parking lots in the first pic need to go

Oh, they are.  The leftmost with the white building has plans for it and the middle one First Baptist has plans for as well.  Just have to give it a couple years!

 

[smeagolsfree]

As discussed with several of you is the fact that we have so much space that can be developed. A blessing and a curse. The more area we have, the less likely we will get tall and super tall buildings. We will have a sprawling skyline but it will take a while to fill in. A while meaning several decades.

i am hopeful we will get a 700' + tower soon, but not going to hold my breath.

[Nashtitans]

Fall colors coming in

 

Radnor lake

Edited November 1, 2016 by Nashtitans

[Neigeville2]

On 10/30/2016 at 9:10 PM, LA_TN said:

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Look how incredibly striking the glass pattern is on the Westin in this shot.  That building is a chameleon.

[NashRugger]

On 10/31/2016 at 4:01 PM, chris holman said:

This is not planned here or anything but if they are building Box shaped buildings in Nashville will it hurt to design one or more  like this , one 

 

On the bottom is a Apartment tower planned for Atlanta 

The top proposal is in Orlando and that bottom proposal was the Mandarin Oriental that was cancelled over a year ago. 

[Nashtitans]

42 minutes ago, Neigeville2 said:

Look how incredibly striking the glass pattern is on the Westin in this shot.  That building is a chameleon.

Wow!! I did not notice that. The Westin looks really good from certain angles...but in others...

[chris holman]

L27 Rooftop Westin