jockboy69

In the flesh, the building and its cladding do not look cheap (there is absolutely nothing about this building that looks cheap!). Strange, odd shape, but every bit as first-class as the rest of the complex. The glass wall in front of the stage is spectacular. Faces the green lawn, the garden, the atrium and the massive circular legs that the tower sits on. The naysayers who make odd comments about this project, once they see it, they will drastically alter their viewpoints. And if they don't, they are aesthetic Neanderthals. Like hearing a lecture or concert outdoors, even in January.

Well, the first monster building in Dallas probably gave a similar lopsided impression. Then 4 or 5 more towers of equal or greater height balanced out the downtown. The same thing could occur in OKC, but I am not predicting anything. The Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building made midtown Manhattan a bit lopsided for several decades. Did anyone complain about it? I don't think so. Yes, the Devon tower is huge. But it is also beautiful, which is much more important than its sheer size. Furthermore, this is not a tall building by present-day world standards. There are buildings that are 4 or 5 times as tall as this one.

Indeed they do have restaurants on the ground floor and on the top two floors, both open to the public. Most corporate cafeterias are just that: only for the corporation and no one else. Very few private corporations would allow this kind of public access to its facilities. As far as being silly or ridiculous, make no mistake: this is a serious, major piece of architecture. The elegance, both inside and outside, is absolutely astonishing. Nothing silly about it!

I have taken about 45 pics. Will try to figure out how to upload them. One set from July, 2011, the other from nearly completed campus, inside and out, May, 2012. I was told that one of two light sculptures in the Nebu restaurant (this one over the sushi bar) was incorrectly installed and it crashed to the ground. Its replacement cost was a mere $250,000!! That gives you some idea of the super high-end nature of the design and the furnishings. Behind the massive reception desk is a huge wall, covered with wood from a single tree in Thailand. The patterns of wood are identical, and match each other perfectly, since they originate from one source. Astonishing to behold. You jaw drops to the floor in awe. Suprised that the employees get any work done, such are the distractions of their exquisite surroundings. Devon and their architects got this one right, down to the very last nail!

Everything finished, and up and running. Auditorium is similar to NYTimes auditorium, with glass walls on both ends. It looks good, and a nice trapezoidal foil to the round atrium and the angular tower and the 6-story, block-long garden wing. A stunning achievement, to be guilty of understatement!

This remark is absolutely upside down! The building "siting", as you wrote, is actually beyond fabulous. Either you have not seen it, or you have lost your eyesight!

I am totally shocked at the negative comments concerning the Devon Tower. This building and its placement, the quality of materials used, the artistic conception, are beyond first-class. This is a world-class building and campus, by anyone's standard. They thought of literally everything. The massive, burnished aluminum legs that support the building "float" in a circular moat (lit from below at night) which continues inside the building. Amazing. Nothing was left to chance. This is one of the most phenomenal skyscrapers I've ever seen, and I used to live in Manhattan, and before that, Cleveland. All of the muscular vulgarity of Dallas's big buildings is conspicuously missing in this masterpiece. You have to see this thing in the flesh. The 49th & 50th fl. restaurants opened last week, and are booked past Xmas, I think. If you're an architecture buff, and have some pocket change, fly here to have a look-see. You won't be disappointed. It can be seen from 30 miles away. Utterly magnificent, on all levels, especially aesthetic. This is, and will be, a game-changer for this city. There can be no turning back now. Every company that does something in this town, from here on out, will have Devon to answer to. And if they don't, the screams will go up. Matching the aesthetic, by any company wishing to erect a headquarters here, will be difficult and very costly!