Here are two street-level renderings of Penn Centre, courtesy of Browning Day Mullins Dierdorf. The first shows the Omega
Building along Maryland Street, and the second is a view from Pennsylvania Street. These still are early concepts and the
developers are working with the Indianapolis Historic Preservation Commission to finalize the design. What do you think?
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It seems like the buildings embrace the sidewalk and street very well and hopefully this baby will be u/c next month!!
As far as architecture is concerned, I give it a C+. (Which means absolutely squat, but hey, that's the beauty of the internet!) That's a far higher grade than most of the structures built downtown in the last 40 years would get. For example, the new JW Marriot, if built according to the latest renderings, will get a big F.
http://skyscrapernews.com/news.php?ref=1150
In a nutshell, good architecture for Indianapolis=mediocre architecture in the rest of the world. This building is a step in the right direction.
The Pennsylvania St. facade is OK. It's a bit repetitive. Reminds me of the new Indiana Convention Center design.
Maryland St. is pretty blah. The parking levels are horrible. It seems that architects in Indianapolis just give up when asked to design parking garages. At least put some decorative screens on it. I'm looking forward to seeing the Omega Building's facade restored.
Georgia St. was horrible. It was basically a big blank wall with a bit of glass in the corner of the first floor and. None of the facades on this structure should be considered less important than the others. They're all highly pedestrian corridors and should be treated as such.
Where is this write-up? I've been waiting for this project to go public for a while.
I asked Ryan the same question, via e-mail. If anyone knows, please share.
From the standpoint of someone who's done a lot of traveling. . .we
could do a lot worse (i.e. St. Louis). Seattle has great spot architecture,
but as a city it's not unified in style and looks hodgepodge. You have to admit that
our city, at least looks unified and like each building fits well with the others
rather than like each architect was trying to outdo the other. Enjoy it for
what it is.
I am loving the Omega building, after the restoration I think it will be one of the more ornate 1860s buildings downtown.
Is the Omega building going to be renamed its original historic name?(somethign like osteymer and holland or something like that)
I can't wait for construction to start.
Paramount Towers was designed by Heartland Design/Architects.
As for Paramount Towers, any idea when this will go public Cory?
i hope that article on skyscrapernews is accurate in describing the potential redesign of the JW. Penn Center isn't my favorite design in the world, but I'd gladly take it over the JW.
Erich actually has a good point about the skyline. You may get a fresh perspective on it if you view it from the parking garage at the airport. Actually, I HIGHLY recommend looking at it from there. You can REALLY see how BIG Lucas Oil stadium is from out there! Anyway, our skyline is not the most impressive, the most beautiful, or anything else, but it ain't that bad, especially if you view the silhouette, and to me it'll always represent home! (cue the sappy home-coming music).
http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/indianapolis/testbuilding.htm