Some of you guys may know this as 'Discovery Tower' but, it had a name change to 'Hess Tower'.

Brief:A 29 story, 871k square foot office tower located at 1501 McKinney Street in the Downtown district, across from Discovery Green. The building will also have windmills at the top and LEED certified.

Floors: 29

Height:149 M (490 FT) pretty tall for a 29 story building.

Website: www.discoverytowerhouston.com

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These renderings were added to the building's website in June of 2008.

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2-4-09

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The underground garage is now completely covered by what will be the plaza/driveway.
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2-15-09
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A highrise with an oil company name that has a a windmill and is going for leed certified = :weird: in my opinion.

^^^

When Hess decided to lease the whole building, they changed the name to Hess Tower ( Discovery tower was the previous name.)

Btw there will be 10 windmills at the top. 2 stacked on each other.

Very cool! :yes:

Hess Tower on 13th Floor.

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From Yesterday..
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Glass coming soon..
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They're not wasting any time getting that thing in the air! Cool. :)

^^^ Yup, they're already at the halfway point. :D

Here's what the windmills will look like.

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I like the windmills! really cool

From Today.

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From user "ChannelTwoNews" on HAIF, Jul 22

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Awesome! Almost there! :yes: :rock:

Aug 12. update
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Update by user Channel2News on HAIF

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Looks like they started on the "crown".:):)

http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/index.php?showtopic=10424&st=800&gopid=348540&#entry348540

Channel2News provided this update on HAIF


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For your viewing pleasure, these are recent shots of Hess Tower in Houston, taken by its architect, Marshall Strabala

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Photo Credit: Copyright, Marshall Strabala, 2DEFINE Architecture

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Photo Credit: Copyright, Marshall Strabala, 2DEFINE Architecture

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Photo Credit: Copyright, Marshall Strabala, 2DEFINE Architecture

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Photo Credit: Copyright, Marshall Strabala, 2DEFINE Architecture

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Hess Tower seen at far right in this skyline shot. Discovery Park, a 12-acre public park, is at its base.

Photo Credit: Copyright, Marshall Strabala, 2DEFINE Architecture

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