Yves Behar

Was is Scully's on the Skywalk or something like that? I hear they had a hard time with the city for quite a while before closing down

To add, I think they should cover each side with lattice work and let vines cover the walls.

I disagree, I think this would look EXTREMELY tacky.

I just wish they wouldn't put that EIFS stuff on there, just instantly says cheap to me. Otherwise I think it'll be okay.

The only real captivating part was the atrium on the roof, but I think I read here that that it has been modified from it original version. I think that the atrium would be about the only thinkg worth trying to return to original, but without the Miro painting whats the point? (Or was Miro in the lobby??). It's also a bummer that half of the once 360 view is now blocked.

everyones gonna get fat.

The problem is that they would probably not being trying to restore the building but modernizing it in some way, which we here all know often ends up looking pretty bad. BUT! They could do something nice, it is very possible, not sure tho after seeing the CR portfolio. But have you seen the progress on the apt. towers on UC's campus? I think they're going to look fantastic, however in this case the entire facade is being completely replaced. Regardless tho no one should tear that thing down, either do a resto or go full throttle modern and keep it very clean.

Also, CR has some concept renders of the building that they did some time ago. Now the quality of the renders is pretty bad, but it in no way an excuse for how disjointed and ugly it looks. I believe these were also for a hotel concept, and it sounds like this might turn residential. Personally I would like to see the bottom part made of completely brick and turned into a parking garage, bottom floor being retail and a lobby. And the rest being the terrace, a remodeled residential part, and one hella dope penthouse, or maybe a public restaurant, either would be fine and a roof top restaurant would be interesting to say the least.

I'm all for historic preservation, but I wouldn't mind letting this one go. Or letting it go through some thorough alterations, e.g. WINDOWS! Agreed, just cause it was designed by SOM doesn't mean it's anything special.

"Green" is overrated. It may not be the prettiest thing but it beats the parking lot Why is green overrated? I dont care what they choose to build it out of, so long as they improve the land from an empty parking lot. If they want to use "green" materials because they are efficient, and cheaper, great. I just think building "green" for the sake of calling yourself "green" is overrated and pandering to the politcal correct class. In my opinion of course. Green for the sake of calling yourself green is indeed bad. But being greener in anyway is an improvement. Green is not a political movement, it's a necessary shift we are going to need to make in order to continue to exist on this planet. Being green to actually reduce your carbon footprint is important.

It would be near enough to the Times Star Building, and a few other 10 - 13 story buildings over there to create an interesting micro business center.

Will there no longer be street level retail in the building?

It's marble, they're going to have to quite a while to see how it weathers.

I think the key issue is quality, you can have building that has a great overall design, but if it is not made of quality material or constructed well, then it will either look awful from the beginning or be a liability later in it's life. However, one cannot just expect quality to overcome a poor design.

Gotta say LIG, I think those first two garage examples are pretty awful. Especially #2, oh my god is that ugly. But the third one yes, the third one is awesome, love the plants, just not sure what you see in the other two.

Well let's remember that just because a building isn't tall doesn't mean that it can't be of some importance. Hopefully, givin the significance of the site, Dunhumby will step up and really put some emphasis on the design of the structure. Guess we'll have to wait and see.

Wow, what a foreseeable let down.

This is the best I could find so far, http://www.cincinnativiews.net/images-2/UC%20BEV-6.jpg. You can see there appears to be some shotgun houses where the Shell is now.

This is what happens when developers design these projects, it isn't community based, and it's designed to maximize profits for them. This is the kind of bogus and backwards way of doing things that is keeping us from growing as a people, and fueling our auto dependent and independent lifestyles, which just isn't good.

Yeah, totally read that wrong. Just glad to see the residential component is still involved. I'll just go back to lurking....

Yes, very good news!

Since it's been nearly a year since that article about the IRS tower, has anything really transpired as to what their plans are?

This makes so much sense to me, just a theory but I assume that reducing each street a lane will in turn reduce the amount of lane changing that occurs. It's often kind of hectic driving down there when people are zipping around each other and you have to cross 4 lanes of traffic to turn. But really I think that this is such a huge opportunity for the city that it has to be done right, and we as citizens need to demand that.

There are multiple blocks down there, I would think that having both green space and buildings would be ideal. I always imagined having green space in the middle few, then buildings capping the ends. Another possibility would be to incorporate both on each block, which could be done in interesting ways. Imagine retail or small commercial buildings with public green roof space!

I hope that someday, MY generation can be proud of the the buildings that we construct, but for now, almost EVERYTHING I see being constructed (that isn't some massive endeavor in NYC or Dubai or w/e) is a heinous tasteless and spiritless homage to the US's love for cheap and disposable existence.