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[TBurban]

GoodNews, on May 4 2006, 11:04 AM, said:

Could not have said it better.  Mabe like 50 story......but I want to see Norfolk with it first.

Haha.  I dont know man, with the Centennial Tower updated press release this summer, the final height could be up to 50  

[GoodNews]

TBurban, on May 4 2006, 11:14 AM, said:

Haha.  I dont know man, with the Centennial Tower updated press release this summer, the final height could be up to 50  

I hope so!

[Cadeho]

The first design to be completed... or if you call it that. I'll still play around with it and the others, but it's basically the same desighn with probably different colors and stuff.  I think I messed up the bottom. I wanted it to be just a big tall temple and I wanted a base like what the Capitol had when it had windows and a door where the stairs will be put back.

[TBurban]

Cadeho, thats awesome!  Modern with a sense of classical.  Beautiful building, it would definately be a breakthrough for Richmond's skyline!

[wrldcoupe4]

Hey that's definitely different... but I like it!

Think about a circular one like the Jefferson Monument in DC with a big round rotunda on top!

[Cadeho]

I've thought about that too... but I dunno if I can make it look round. I lucked out on the columns... maybe I'll try that.  I do think we need a building like that. Virginia's Big Rotunda.

[Culpeper Hokie]

Cadeho, on May 4 2006, 10:41 PM, said:

The first design to be completed... or if you call it that. I'll still play around with it and the others, but it's basically the same desighn with probably different colors and stuff.  I think I messed up the bottom. I wanted it to be just a big tall temple and I wanted a base like what the Capitol had when it had windows and a door where the stairs will be put back.

Ahhh...that's exactly the picture I had in mind when I described it in my post.  Beautiful!  The columns remind me of the "Shopping Bag" building in Tysons Corner, except that one is red brick and it has a Chippendale top rather than the Roman A-shaped top.  I'd love to see your final version photoshopped onto a picture of the Richmond skyline.  Somebody has GOT to build that building!

Edited by Culpeper Hokie, 05 May 2006 - 11:59 AM.

[mclawsdrive]

I would love to see a building like that.  It reminds me of what skyscrapers would look like in heaven.  A building like this should not be crowded out by others.  It should either be far away from other big buildings, or be so tall that it towers above them.  Preferably the latter.

[JWCJ]

I don't think the're skyscrapers in haven, but that is a nice building for downtown. This James Center Expanion is very good for the city, and will add density. What will the future  buildings look like?

[TBurban]

I dont think Burt has seen this topic yet, so Ill bring it back up from the bottom of the piles  

[burt]

TBurban, on May 29 2006, 11:06 AM, said:

I dont think Burt has seen this topic yet, so Ill bring it back up from the bottom of the piles  

Yep, burban, I've perused and enjoyed this topic.  But somewhere there were renderings of what was originally planned at James Center back in the early 80s and now I can't find it.

[TBurban]

burt, on May 29 2006, 11:29 AM, said:

Yep, burban, I've perused and enjoyed this topic.  But somewhere there were renderings of what was originally planned at James Center back in the early 80s and now I can't find it.

James Center Rendering  

[Shakman]

I saw a rendering of Three James Center after the 12-story addition.  It reminds me a lot of One Wachovia Center in Charlotte, NC except that Three James Center will have more glass.  

The finally version of Three James Center will not be boxy in appearance.  The top of the building will have a series of "humps" that will taper towards the center.

If I can only find that darn rendering!!!

Edited by Shakman, 08 June 2006 - 03:20 PM.

[Downtowner]

Yes Shakman I am glad you said that its gonna look like One Wachovia Center in Charlotte reason for that being One Wachovia Center is my favorite building in Charlotte. I can't wait to see the rendering if you can get up on here so I can see the rendering.

[Cadeho]

You have to find it.

[TBurban]

I second that.

[wrldcoupe4]

Shakman, on Jun 8 2006, 05:20 PM, said:

I saw a rendering of Three James Center after the 12-story addition.  It reminds me a lot of One Wachovia Center in Charlotte, NC except that Three James Center will have more glass.  

The finally version of Three James Center will not be boxy in appearance.  The top of the building will have a series of "humps" that will taper towards the center.

If I can only find that darn rendering!!!

Yes, I'dbe curious to see it!

[burt]

Me, too.  Hope you can dig it up, Shak.

[Cadeho]

Now the pressure's on....  we'll come after you with torches and pitchforks...

[Shakman]

Cadeho, on Jun 9 2006, 08:57 PM, said:

Now the pressure's on....  we'll come after you with torches and pitchforks...

Great...  If I do not find this rendering, I will be convicted for being a witch and be hung...

A week ago, the rendering was right next to my office.  Now the people with the rendering have moved.  Shak will push on and find the rendering.