Both towers include substantial structured parking podiums containing approximately 15 garage levels, but the Republic’s parking component doesn’t protrude so far from the rest of the building - which deprives us of a very large rooftop amenity space, but does less harm to the tower’s overall appearance. The towers obviously aren’t exactly alike, with the outdoor amenity levels of the Atlanta tower extending out much further, along with some different “facets” in the origami-like folds of the exterior glass that have become almost a trademark for Duda Paine - but they’re unmistakably similar, even for two buildings by the same firm.Įach structure has roughly 800,000 square feet of rentable space and similar floor counts, though estimates from marketing materials appear to show the Atlanta tower rising 50 feet or more beyond the height of the Republic. Images: Duda Paine / Stream Realty Partners / Lincoln Property Company / Phoenix Property Company We’re not often in the business of following the development world over in Atlanta, Georgia, but as dedicated fans of North Carolina-based architecture studio Duda Paine - you know, the folks that designed the Frost Bank Tower and the slightly more divisive 405 Colorado molar - we couldn’t help noticing that the firm’s recently-announced design for a 45-story office tower in downtown Atlanta looks suspiciously similar to its design for Austin’s 46-story Republic office tower plan. The other stuff in this post is still good.

The last time anyone mentioned a museum at this site was in 1997, so you’d better believe we’re excited to see where it goes - considering our timing today and the fact that we brought up the merits of art galleries in new buildings last week, we’re either really on the ball or several miles off it. This new permit doesn’t contain much beyond a description of the Republic project as now containing “office, retail and museum” uses, and that last one is news to us. Images: Duda Paine / Stream Realty PartnersĮXTREMELY IMPORTANT UPDATE: In a classic twist of dramatic irony, mere hours after publishing this article the Republic tower project showed its first city permit activity in roughly two years - if we didn’t know better, we’d think it had something to do with us pestering the folks at Lincoln for this story all week.

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