![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In September Kohn Pedersen Fox broke ground on Waterline, a 1,022 feet tall (312 metres) skyscraper on the river that runs through Austin. A number of supertall skyscrapers have recently been announced in Austin, many vying for the title of Texas' tallest building. These include a ground-floor restaurant, movie theatre, coworking spaces, and a fitness centre, and the top of the podium will be a pool deck.īritt Design Group will be in charge of the interiors while Nudge Design will carry out the landscaping work on the property. ![]() "We believe it is important to add intentionally designed density along the city's transit corridors to accommodate the unprecedented level of population growth Austin is experiencing," said Wilson Capital founder Taylor Wilson.Īlong with the variety of housing options, which span from studios to four-bedroom homes, the development will have amenities on the podium. The residential tower is being developed by Austin-based Wilson Capital and will have 450 apartments. HKS HKS believe it will be the tallest building in Texas and the tallest residential building outside New York in the United States. On the podium, classic vertical louvres will be used to shade the interiors, while the tower itself will be covered in a blocky metal structure that changes its profile depending on the needs of the apartments. The shading will take on two different forms on the facade of the structure. The tower itself will rise from the podium level and will be relatively flat with expansive glazing on the broadside of the structure and a metal brise-soleil that wraps around the narrow sides, covering the rounded top.Īccording to the studio, the brise soleil is a specific response to the hot Texas summers. Taking up a half-block location on 5th Street in downtown Austin, the tower will feature a raised pedestal that cantilevers over the ground-level walkways with concrete columns. HKS Austin released plans for an 80-storey, 1,035-ft-tall (315 metres) skyscraper called Wilson Tower, which will be wrapped in a brise soleil. A movement studio, workout studio and steam room will be located one floor above along with soaking tubs, hammocks, a BBQ pit, and a communal dining area.Architecture studio HKS has released plans for a supertall skyscraper to be built in Austin, Texas, which will be tallest building in the state. Upscale residential homes will fill the building’s top thirty-three stories offering residents access to two pools on the 41st floor along with a lounge, bar, kitchen, and co-working space. Office tenants also will have access to a 7,000-square foot fitness center on the second floor featuring cardio equipment and weights along with a yoga and dance studio. Twenty-seven stories of KPF’s Waterline tower in Austin will host office space, while 14th-floor amenity deck will feature 24,000 square feet of landscaped outdoor space along with a bar and lounge, indoor meeting spaces and a prep kitchen for special events. These spaces are separated from the waterline by a floodplain forest which will preserve the natural experience and walking trails. Along the vibrant ground level, the architects plan 24,000 square feet of public retail and restaurant space overlooking Waller Creek and the Waterloo Greenway. With sweeping views across the city, the architecture will take shape with floor-to-ceiling windows, native stone, and warm textures. The design team at Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) adds the Waterline tower in Austin, Texas to its larger body of work which includes New York’s 55 Hudson Yards and One Vanderbilt towers. Kpf unveils waterline: the tallest tower in texas View of Waterline overlooking the river | image by WAX It marks the third high-rise in downtown Austin that LPC has co-developed and broken ground on over the last three years, showing the group’s impact on the rapidly expanding capital city. The project is being developed by partners Lincoln Property Company (LPC) and Kairoi Residential. What’s more, the group is targeting LEED Gold certification throughout the building. Rising 74 stories and 1,022 feet, it will include 352 luxury apartments, 700,000 square feet of office space, and a 251-room 1 Hotel Austin - the hospitality brand’s first location in the state. Upon its completion in late 2026, the project will become the tallest tower in the state of Texas and the growing city’s first supertall skyscraper. Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) unveils the design of its Waterline tower, which has just broken ground in downtown Austin. ![]()
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