Duke Energy Plaza Headquarters | 40 Story formerly Charlotte Metro Tower

[j-man]

Now that I look at it and where the architect is based, yeah this building screams Atlanta. And what's that bottom portion in the front. Should have been a small hotel.

Edited March 15, 2019 by j-man

[EllAyyDub]

Reminds me of 1 BAC.  Looks to be a hair shorter than BOAT at LU?

[Guest]

What’s your height estimation?

Maybe 550 to the roof 625 to top of feature


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[King of the Queen City]

On 12/10/2018 at 8:08 PM, King of the Queen City said:

The “four points” reminds me of Norman Foster’s original design for the new Two World Trade Center in New York City.

Looks like I called the slope in December and @KJHburg called the solar panels!

On 12/10/2018 at 8:27 PM, KJHburg said:

^^^ The diamonds in that design above could be solar panels what better for a huge energy company that has a huge renewables division. 

[queensguy06]

My guess is 630'-640'.  I'm assuming that is standard signage, but how cool would it be if they could project the logo from behind onto the glass facade??  That would be awesome.

[Jasons0013]

[SydneyCarton]

12 minutes ago, King of the Queen City said:

Looks like I called the slope in December and @KJHburg called the solar panels!

Will the roof be like 2 WTC or more like the Citicorp Tower?  I think the latter but don’t know.

[Norm2]

I like the design overall. Even though it's a box, it has a few flourishes to make it a little unique. I like the top of it and the separation in the glass down the sides. When do you think this will go public in the news? It hasn't hit the news......yet. LOL

[King of the Queen City]

5 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

Will the roof be like 2 WTC or more like the Citicorp Tower?  I think the latter but don’t know.

That remains to be seen, and I’m not sure how much it will look like either of them... we need to see more renderings!

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[CTiger]

I'm mostly interested in the strange white box at the lower left-hand side of the building and what they have planned for the street level.  The rendering is too small to really see any detail, but I remember some posters on here saying that there might be some sort of low-rise retail incorporated somewhere in the design.  

[JorgiPorgi]

If we are going by that picture, this building will be shorter than Legacy Union. Looks to be between 5-600 feet. 

[CarolinaDaydreamin]

6 minutes ago, JorgiPorgi said:

If we are going by that picture, this building will be shorter than Legacy Union. Looks to be between 5-600 feet. 

DEC is 786 feet and this looks to go around 5/6ths the way up DEC. So could be up to 650ft.

[UPEnergy]

1 hour ago, KJHburg said:

I pretty sure Charlotte Metro Tower is what Duke is calling it internally to identify its location to all its employees across the fruited plain.  I am sure it will have another name and remember after they build this they are doing a sale leaseback.

This IS the internal name for the overall Project only.

[SydneyCarton]

48 minutes ago, ricky_davis_fan_21 said:

 

Maybe 550 to the roof 625 to top of feature


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By the feature, do you mean the slanted roof, or is there something else that we can't see from the angle that's shown?

[Guest]

By the feature, do you mean the slanted roof, or is there something else that we can't see from the angle that's shown?

It’s more than a roof. Looks like decorative slanted glass panels.



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[Guest]

So initially I as a little disappointed that the top angle as facing toward the South East, but now that i see those panels. Which are not flat, they are angled slightly away from eachother. It looks like it will have a very very very cool textural effect.  Its going to be our own very cool Norman Foster knock off. 

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[Dale]

1 minute ago, ricky_davis_fan_21 said:

So initially I as a little disappointed that the top angle as facing toward the South East, but now that i see those panels. Which are not flat, they are angled slightly away from eachother. It looks like it will have a very very very cool textural effect. 

Color me giddy that we’re not getting another suitcase handle.

[carolinaboy]

Somebody Photoshop this into a skyline picture already!

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, ricky_davis_fan_21 said:

So initially I as a little disappointed that the top angle as facing toward the South East, but now that i see those panels. Which are not flat, they are angled slightly away from eachother. It looks like it will have a very very very cool textural effect. 

So this is what I'm thinking front facing. 

[King of the Queen City]

6 minutes ago, ricky_davis_fan_21 said:

So this is what I'm thinking front facing. 

So almost the love child of the original 2WTC design and the Citicorp Tower?

Edited March 15, 2019 by King of the Queen City

[King of the Queen City]

27 minutes ago, carolinaboy said:

Somebody Photoshop this into a skyline picture already!

This probably isn’t very good, but I’m trying.

[Dale]

Seems tiny next to DEC, like an apartment tower.

 

[Bruco72]

2 minutes ago, Dale said:

Seems tiny next to DEC, like an apartment tower.

 

I do wish it faced College for a little more separation from DEC, but I get why it didn't. 

[King of the Queen City]

3 minutes ago, Dale said:

Seems tiny next to DEC, like an apartment tower.

 

It’s probably not really to scale in what I posted. I’m just playing with it. DEC also looks fatter from that angle, so that might make a difference too, but it is the only angle we have of the new tower so far.

[Dale]

1 minute ago, King of the Queen City said:

It’s probably not really to scale in what I posted. I’m just playing with it. DEC also looks fatter from that angle, so that might make a difference too, but it is the only angle we have of the new tower so far.

Don’t get me wrong. I appreciate your efforts!