http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8479/8217506950_cff341ed45_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/katsrcool/8217506950)

Would be cool if someone can snap a photo of Devon Tower with "Happy New Year" lit up on the side of the building.

Via okcjohnson (http://instagram.com/p/inWOpPPPUm/)

http://distilleryimage2.ak.instagram.com/f596205a72a611e3ad2312bb969afd0a_8.jpg

https://vine.co/v/hVHTwvwIu9x

I just snapped this picture and did some minor adjustments to make it pop. http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/04/27/pepepumu.jpg


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*LIKE*

scratch that

*LOVE*

I would totally buy a print of that.

Much obliged guys. My thought was all about closeness versus all the distant pictures we see. I uploaded it to flickr so I'll see if I get any "likes" there.


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Went up to the 50th floor today, tagging along with a friend who is planning to hold his wedding in the conference rooms above Vast. Here are some pics, I hope you enjoy.

Immediately after exiting the elevator, this is what you see.
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Some pics of the room he will be using.
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Aaaaaaand some views of outside. (I may have gotten a bit camera-happy)
I have never had a fear of heights, but it took me a second to adjust to standing close to these windows. I got a little bit of vertigo, but after a minute or so I was fine.
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Finally, I grabbed a detail pic of some of the structure outside the window. I would not like to be the guy who has to repair or replace one of these cables if they ever go bad.
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Really cool pics!! Thanks for posting. It is kind of odd to see a chunk of the Crosstown Boulevard sitting there in the distance.

Anyone have any idea why the LEDs have been off since the last playoff game?

Anyone have any idea why the LEDs have been off since the last playoff game?

I seem to remember the same thing last year. It was a decent while before they were on again consistently.

I know they are still doing some programming.

i haven't seen those lights on in what seems like forever. The bldg looks so cool when its all lit up, as does the skyline in general.

They must monitor this thread, lights were on last night. lol

Really cool pics!! Thanks for posting. It is kind of odd to see a chunk of the Crosstown Boulevard sitting there in the distance.

However seeing it sitting there you realize exactly how easy it would be to restore the grid and connect that piece of crosstown to existing grid. I hope that is what happens

However seeing it sitting there you realize exactly how easy it would be to restore the grid and connect that piece of crosstown to existing grid. I hope that is what happens

+1

An interesting article by Richard Mize about the thought process in building this tower.

http://www.oklahoman.com/article/4948952?embargo=1



An image of Devon Tower flashed among the slides of distinguished Hines projects.

“If you’re not from Oklahoma City, you might wonder why you would build this building in Oklahoma City,” said C. Hastings “Hasty” Johnson, vice chairman of Houston-based Hines, developer and now facility manager of the 1.8-million-square-foot, 50-story skyscraper and Devon Energy Center.



It was “to make Devon more appealing to top geologists,” he said. Devon brass told Hines “if that results in one meaningful find, it’ll pay for a building like this,” Johnson said.

They just pulled a big building permit to do a big remodel on the 34th floor:

http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/wellcon.jpg

As another sign of Devon being out of space, they just leased 8,500 square feet on the 3rd floor of the old IRS building at 55 N. Robinson.

They also have a sizable chunk in Corporate Tower.

Maybe the Devon is going to be the builder of another tower at Main and Hudson?

sure wish they would have build the 925 ft version with 4 more floors (or better yet, made it 986 ft (8 more floors) so it could be a supertall).

Devon might be okc's only chance at a supertall, I wonder if they wish they'd built the additional floors?

sure wish they would have build the 925 ft version with 4 more floors (or better yet, made it 986 ft (8 more floors) so it could be a supertall).

Devon might be okc's only chance at a supertall, I wonder if they wish they'd built the additional floors?agreed

sure wish they would have build the 925 ft version with 4 more floors (or better yet, made it 986 ft (8 more floors) so it could be a supertall).

Devon might be okc's only chance at a supertall, I wonder if they wish they'd built the additional floors?

As much as I love tall buildings, I am glad they didn't. Their building already sticks out among the rest in OKC. I prefer the aesthetics of a second building, which would help balance the skyline and help increase the density of the CBD. Maybe they will build a matching tower and put a bridge or two between them a la the Petronas Towers?

Is there somewhere that they could do that if they chose to?

As much as I love tall buildings, I am glad they didn't. Their building already sticks out among the rest in OKC. I prefer the aesthetics of a second building, which would help balance the skyline and help increase the density of the CBD. Maybe they will build a matching tower and put a bridge or two between them a la the Petronas Towers?
That's pretty short sighted thinking though. Just because it sticks out now doesn't mean it will forever.

That's pretty short sighted thinking though. Just because it sticks out now doesn't mean it will forever.

Exactly. I don't want it to stick out. I prefer a more balanced skyline, so I would rather have two 750-foot Devon towers (or whatever it is) instead of a 1,000-foot Devon tower. If Devon was a supertall, it would take even longer for enough other tall buildings to get built so that it wouldn't stick out. Like I said, I like tall buildings, but I would rather have several big buildings instead of one BIG building. Just my opinion though, and I am only talking about aesthetics.

Is there somewhere that they could do that if they chose to?

They do have a large plot of grass and corporate plaza on-site. If they built to the sidewalk it is a bigger chunk of land than the main tower is sitting on.

FWIW, they did build those floors. They simply did so in an appropriate business manner and chose to establish their data center at a different location from the main location. It clipped the height of the building, but it wasn't a bad decision to do so.

They do have a large plot of grass and corporate plaza on-site. If they built to the sidewalk it is a bigger chunk of land than the main tower is sitting on.

Which is a rumor I heard in passing just this week...

Is there somewhere that they could do that if they chose to?
They do have a large plot of grass and corporate plaza on-site. If they built to the sidewalk it is a bigger chunk of land than the main tower is sitting on.
Which is a rumor I heard in passing just this week...

Don't get my hopes up. When I suggested this 2 years ago based on the reaction you would of thought I was out killing the free kittens from the box in front of Walmart with my bare hands.

Exactly. I don't want it to stick out. I prefer a more balanced skyline, so I would rather have two 750-foot Devon towers (or whatever it is) instead of a 1,000-foot Devon tower. If Devon was a supertall, it would take even longer for enough other tall buildings to get built so that it wouldn't stick out. Like I said, I like tall buildings, but I would rather have several big buildings instead of one BIG building. Just my opinion though, and I am only talking about aesthetics.

I hear you

They do have a large plot of grass and corporate plaza on-site. If they built to the sidewalk it is a bigger chunk of land than the main tower is sitting on.

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Why no? That would rock.

I'd heard that Devon might want to build on that lawn as well so I did some investigation....

The grassy area is only 150 x 70, and that's if you build right up against that huge glass expanse on the auditorium, which they certainly wouldn't do. So, there is a lot less room there than you would think. And it would completely mess up the Garden Wing, water features and patios, etc., etc.

Why not just buy the old IRS building (which they are now partially occupying) or build bigger on the Preftakes block? Those would seem like much more logical steps.

There's a little park space between the IRS building and Corporate Tower. Seems if you wanted to build again it would be easy to buy the IRS building, the park, and build there.

I'd be okay with that too

Rainey Williams is trying to sell extra land on the Stage Center site as well.

There are plenty of options for Devon if they want to build more space.

I suspect they may move their midstream company to the Main & Hudson tower, since they are supposed to keep that business separated anyway. That would free up a bunch of space in Devon Tower.

Rainey Williams is trying to sell extra land on the Stage Center site as well.

There are plenty of options for Devon if they want to build more space.

I suspect they may move their midstream company to the Main & Hudson tower, since they are supposed to keep that business separated anyway. That would free up a bunch of space in Devon Tower.

I thought the midstream was going to Dallas and merged with Crosstex ? But that doesn't mean they wouldn't still have some kind of interface unit with them.

Why no? That would rock.

Why do we hate green space? It's a nice corporate plaza that ties in VERY nicely with Myriad Gardens. I would love more tall buildings too, but not at the expense of the nicely done corporate plaza around Devon Tower. I enjoy urban walls like others, but do not agree that every inch of the sidewalks downtown need to be wall-to-wall butted up against buildings.

I'd heard that Devon might want to build on that lawn as well so I did some investigation....

The grassy area is only 150 x 70, and that's if you build right up against that huge glass expanse on the auditorium, which they certainly wouldn't do. So, there is a lot less room there than you would think. And it would completely mess up the Garden Wing, water features and patios, etc., etc.

Why not just buy the old IRS building (which they are now partially occupying) or build bigger on the Preftakes block? Those would seem like much more logical steps.

Bingo!

I love green space and the tie-in. But I would have been okay with using that space for expansion as well. However given a choice between this space and the IRS location I'd say down with the IRS.

Rainey Williams is trying to sell extra land on the Stage Center site as well.

There are plenty of options for Devon if they want to build more space.

I suspect they may move their midstream company to the Main & Hudson tower, since they are supposed to keep that business separated anyway. That would free up a bunch of space in Devon Tower.

The original plans were to build a 925 ft., high 54-story tower; they downscaled to 844 ft., 50-story tower and put the call center at the airport if I recall. Devon needs to go ahead with a second 500 ft., 30-story tower and bring the call center back to the CBD.

Is it true that Continental will be need more room?


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I'd heard that Devon might want to build on that lawn as well so I did some investigation....

The grassy area is only 150 x 70, and that's if you build right up against that huge glass expanse on the auditorium, which they certainly wouldn't do. So, there is a lot less room there than you would think. And it would completely mess up the Garden Wing, water features and patios, etc., etc.

Why not just buy the old IRS building (which they are now partially occupying) or build bigger on the Preftakes block? Those would seem like much more logical steps.

If they build to the sidewalk (the way city code requires) they end up with about 150' by 150'. That is enough room to build this:

http://www.phillyskyline.com/bldgs/comcast/comcast_uc2562.jpg

The original plans were to build a 925 ft., high 54-story tower; they downscaled to 844 ft., 50-story tower and put the call center at the airport if I recall. Devon needs to go ahead with a second 500 ft., 30-story tower and bring the call center back to the CBD.

It was their data center that was built by the airport, and that won't be moving downtown. Devon could build a new tower but may just keep leasing more space in Oklahoma Tower which is connected to their complex. A friend that works there recently had to move in there.

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I believe you mean Corporate Tower, not Oklahoma Tower.

Devon leases space on the the 2nd, 5th and 6th floors of Corporate Tower, comprising about 45,000 square feet.

These were posted to reddit:

Lightning hits the Devon Tower
http://i.imgur.com/yFzY7C8.jpg

Devon tower reflecting light during fog
http://i.imgur.com/llZofBW.jpg

It seems like the lighting is still very inconsistent on the Devon Tower, with the side-LEDs or the crown being dark quite often. I mention this because its the centerpiece of OKC's skyline and none of the other buildings i.e. the Chase Tower have near the inconsistency with their lighting. Of course, the others are simply lit by floodlights and simple LEDs while the Devon Energy Center is a full computerized display capable of much more. Is this because they are still tweaking the lighting? I have noticed that the side LEDs, in recent months, have looked better.

I noticed the same thing. I love Devon Tower, and check it out each evening I leave work and drive by Downtown. The LED lights are on just about every evening. Both at the top and up the sides.

Over the past couple weeks they have had the crown backlight off. And have the color-changing LEDs going. The crown has a lot of LEDs that are malfunctioning - some flash the wrong color, many are just not on. You can see this much more clear now that the crown is not back-lit.

The sides have improved a lot, but still a few patches of darkness or malfunctioning strips.

Honestly I don't think it will ever be 100%. They obviously do not care enough to try and fix it.

edit: double post.

Over the past couple weeks they have had the crown backlight off. And have the color-changing LEDs going. The crown has a lot of LEDs that are malfunctioning - some flash the wrong color, many are just not on. You can see this much more clear now that the crown is not back-lit.

The sides have improved a lot, but still a few patches of darkness or malfunctioning strips.

Honestly I don't think it will ever be 100%. They obviously do not care enough to try and fix it.

I really think it would look a lot better to simply backlight the crown and leave the LEDs off if they can't get it working. It's disappointing to see it completely dark as it has been the past several nights that I've been downtown. The Devon Tower is the dominant feature for OKC's skyline so one would think they would care enough to at least have basic lighting.

I know the original plan was not to to have the crown back-lit has it has been for most of the last two years.

They wanted the LED lights -- which are highly efficient -- to light the crown but I suspect the installation and operation problems are the reason the back-lighting has been used.


And I have to say, this had a very unanticipated consequence on me personally. I've mentioned several times that I organized a class reunion on the 50th floor and our dance floor was right under one of the crowns.

They could not / would not dim those lights and therefore the whole space was ridiculously bright. It really affected the event and also caused massive glare on the windows which meant you couldn't even see out unless you were pressed right up against them.

We had bars in two side rooms where the LED fins are located (in the indentions) and of course, that did not bring any extra light into the space and actually looked really cool.

I know it sounds like a minor thing but that lighting situation really, really sucked.

We are less than a month away from being 2 years removed from Devon tower being completely finished.

I've been by far the harshest critic on the LED lights, and there is really nothing else left to say. They will never be fully functional & we should count our blessings that only the inlets on the building included them. If you remember the original plans called for the entire building to be fitted with them. If functional, it would have been amazing but as it stands it would have looked like crap.

They have improved slightly over time, but after 2 years of work to fix them heading in to winter we are bound to experience added problems than to solve current ones. Its whatever, as it still looks pretty at night from a distance & I'd much rather have limited lights than none at all.

Devon is taking more space in Oklahoma Tower.

Building permit today for the 18th floor.

Devon is taking more space in Oklahoma Tower.

Building permit today for the 18th floor.

Devon Energy Center wins Urban Land Institute's Global Award for Excellence (http://okenergytoday.com/2015/10/devon-energy-center-wins-urban-land-institute-award/)

Didn't this place used to light up at night? I mean, not just the crown but on, something like, three sides...or am I just dreaming??

Didn't this place used to light up at night? I mean, not just the crown but on, something like, three sides...or am I just dreaming??

I can literally see this building out of every window in my apartment on the LED lights are on every night.

They turn them off around midnight typically.

I can literally see this building out of every window in my apartment on the LED lights are on every night.

They turn them off around midnight typically.

Yah I notice them nightly as well.. . I will say I think the LED system they put on the building wasn't that well thought out. I hoped it would be much more impressive. for instance the once on the lanterns of the crown are useless as the interior lighting usually is lit so you don't see them. and the spines I had hoped would be more impressive.