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Houstonian February 21st, 2009, 10:58 PM 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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Houstonian February 21st, 2009, 11:00 PM 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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g-man430 February 22nd, 2009, 06:38 AM A highrise with an oil company name that has a a windmill and is going for leed certified = :weird: in my opinion.
Houstonian February 22nd, 2009, 08:06 AM ^^^
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.
StevenW February 24th, 2009, 06:16 PM Very cool! :yes:
Houstonian February 27th, 2009, 04:41 AM Hess Tower on 13th Floor.
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()_T March 20th, 2009, 05:03 AM From Yesterday..
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Glass coming soon..
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StevenW March 20th, 2009, 03:06 PM They're not wasting any time getting that thing in the air! Cool. :)
()_T March 21st, 2009, 08:52 PM ^^^ Yup, they're already at the halfway point. :D
Here's what the windmills will look like.
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shane453 March 22nd, 2009, 06:51 PM I like the windmills! really cool
()_T March 28th, 2009, 06:55 AM From Today.
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SouthmoreAvenue August 8th, 2009, 11:46 PM From user "ChannelTwoNews" on HAIF, Jul 22
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StevenW August 11th, 2009, 02:41 AM Awesome! Almost there! :yes: :rock:
()_T August 14th, 2009, 02:10 AM Aug 12. update
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SouthmoreAvenue October 26th, 2009, 09:26 PM Update by user Channel2News on HAIF
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Looks like they started on the "crown".:):)
SouthmoreAvenue November 9th, 2009, 04:13 AM http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/index.php?showtopic=10424&st=800&gopid=348540&#entry348540
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ChicagoIcon April 21st, 2011, 07:35 PM For your viewing pleasure, these are recent shots of Hess Tower in Houston, taken by its architect, Marshall Strabala
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ChicagoIcon April 21st, 2011, 07:37 PM http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5264/5637119433_2d7e5d5d11_b.jpg
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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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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