Bass Berry & Sims Tower "The Crown"

[Hankster]

From the article, it sounds like the design has been changed (improved). If so, I look forward to seeing the new design improvements.

[barakat]

^ Does sound that way. I bet this gets approved rather quicky, and the design changes significantly. Since it's potential scale is not what was intended for the area, I can see where compromise could play a lot in the final appearance of the building. It will be interesting to see what changes have been made. This has the potential to be a high-impact, forward-thinking project; I'm sure all the various city agencies are aware of that. At least there's plenty of room for improvement.

[reednavy05]

god help the metro council if they dont approve this. a glass wall skyscraper currently doesnt exist in nashville. its time for change, let er rip

[frankliner]

I notice that MDHA gave the go-ahead to this project. Does anyone have more detailed/updated renderings from this meeting? The article mentions that they were requested to redesign the top of the building, but were they also asked to change the dead space at the bottom of the building?

http://www.nashvillecitypaper.com/index.cf...p;news_id=53540

[Plasticman]

I notice that MDHA gave the go-ahead to this project. Does anyone have more detailed/updated renderings from this meeting? The article mentions that they were requested to redesign the top of the building, but were they also asked to change the dead space at the bottom of the building?

http://www.nashvillecitypaper.com/index.cf...p;news_id=53540

[it's just dave]

The article stated over a million square feet. That just doesn't seem right to me. The Bellsouth building contains about half that.

So now, plastic, maybe they should add 28 more stories. That'd be cool. lol.

[Lexy]

The article stated over a million square feet. That just doesn't seem right to me. The Bellsouth building contains about half that.

So now, plastic, maybe they should add 28 more stories. That'd be cool. lol.

[barakat]

^ I question the sf too. 1 million sf in 432 ft would seem to make for a chunky building. I'm pretty sure Bellsouth contains about 1 million sf, including the lobby, dining and meeting spaces.

[atlrvr]

Could that also include the square footage of the parking garage?

[cheeriokid61]

^ I question the sf too. 1 million sf in 432 ft would seem to make for a chunky building. I'm pretty sure Bellsouth contains about 1 million sf, including the lobby, dining and meeting spaces.

[barakat]

Bellsouth is also only about 30 stories.

[Hankster]

Correct.

[it's just dave]

I've seen the Bellsouth tower listed in four places today at 633,000 sq. ft. That's how it's being advertised for sale.

I was just saying that I hadn't seen a million sq ft before when talking about the Crown. I think the references used are for leasable office space.

[franktown]

Is there any way for anybody to find a rendering of this thing? The MDHA website? BBS website? ANYTHING, I REEEEEALY want to see what this thinglooks like.

[chris holman]

This building, I believe was recently advertised on Bidclerk as a 30 story building. The height in the City Paper article was listed as 432 Ft which is up from the earlier height listing. Maybe this project has added a couple of floors. At 30 floors, the average floor plate would have to be a little over 180 Ft x 180 Ft to equate to a Million Sq Ft. Judging from the earlier rendering, the building floorplate is roughly one-third of its height...say 140 Ft x 140Ft. With a floorplate that sized, the building would have 51 floors to have 1 Million Sq Ft.

Since I thought the original rendering looked a little squat, here's my vote that it really be 1 Million Sq. Ft, have a 140 Ft x 140 Ft footprint and have 51 floors. Yeah, baby! That would probably make it over 700 Ft tall.

[Hankster]

Is there any way for anybody to find a rendering of this thing? The MDHA website? BBS website? ANYTHING, I REEEEEALY want to see what this thinglooks like.

[reednavy05]

Is it just me or is there a pattern developing the Nashville market? A proposed high rise is set a a height, but as time goes on, it seems to grow taller, wtf? Not that it's a bad thing though. Regardless of height, the Pickard-Chilton Company builds fantastic glass fascade buildings, their latest completion is 1180 Peachtree in Atlanta. It seems more and more reputable companies are lookin over there shoulders in Atlanta and see a beam of light from Nashville, bring on the buildings.

[doormanpoet]

The rendering will be available to the public within 45 days. It will look nothing like the original design. It will be more slim with many art deco elements including fins and a facade that is relative to the 1920's and 1930's design.

Ground breaking is scheduled for April or May of 2007.

[cheeriokid61]

More slim means taller, right?

[doormanpoet]

No, it means less square footage per floor.

[cheeriokid61]

Do you know why they decided to go with less square footage?

[frankliner]

After initial concerns about this "blocking" the Schermerhorn, I don't really have a problem with this project. In fact, the more art deco the better for me, bring it on!!!

[Jeeper12]

Is it just me or is there a pattern developing the Nashville market? A proposed high rise is set a a height, but as time goes on, it seems to grow taller, wtf? Not that it's a bad thing though. Regardless of height, the Pickard-Chilton Company builds fantastic glass fascade buildings, their latest completion is 1180 Peachtree in Atlanta.

[Hankster]

I think 1180 is now the best modern high-rise in Atlanta. It looks incredible at night.

I think we're also quite lucky to have a high-caliber firm like Pickard working on something for our market. Whatever we might think of the ultimate form I think you can count on them to deliver on the details, a rare quality these days, unfortunately.

[reednavy05]

Here's a link to 1180 Peachtree (Symphony Towers) on Emporis. I look forward a spectacular structure for the Crown just as is Symphony Towers.

Symphony Towers