Devon Energy Center

[jn1780]

Most forums I frequent, people like Thunder get banned for being trolls. Not sure why he gets special privileges.

Your not a troll if you actually believe what you post which I'm pretty sure Thunder does. LOL

[bluedogok]

Frost Bank Tower in Austin remains my favorite building in this region. Too bad it wasn't built taller and is now overshadowed by taller less stylish buildings.

At the time that it was built it was the tallest in Austin, if it had been built a few years later than it would more than likely be taller.

The thing I like about Frost, is that it looks like the inner leaves of an artichoke at the top...

Around here the joke is that it looks like a nose hair trimmer.

[PhiAlpha]

^^LOL,well I chose to post the model over a rendering!

What is this??? A building for ants??? It needs to be at least 3 times that size!

[dmoor82]

What is this??? A building for ants??? It needs to be at least 3 times that size!

ha,you can deri-lick my ba***!! just kiddin,I had to think about your post for a second before I got it!lol

[PhiAlpha]

ha,you can deri-lick my ba***!! just kiddin,I had to think about your post for a second before I got it!lol

Haha glad someone got it

[KayneMo]

Several of my favorites in the region are mostly in Dallas: Fountain Place, JPMorgan Chase Tower, Trammel Crow Center, and, yes, Bank of America Plaza. But, once complete, Devon Tower will be amongst them!

[dankrutka]

Lol. Very nice.

[JoninATX]

I'll be making a trip to OKC this Fall to see the massive tower...

[Jesseda]

with all that reflective glass on the devon, i wonder if we are going to have heat spot problems like the wynn in las vegas..

[okcfollower]

with all that reflective glass on the devon, i wonder if we are going to have heat spot problems like the wynn in las vegas..

We just need to get some other towers built around it...problem solved

[megax11]

I agree with Thunder about the height.

This webpage -

http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=299

Makes it look like you could take a second Chase Tower, stack it on top of the current Chase, and that Chase building would only be slightly higher than Devon.

I, too, would like to know what's going on with the height? Some are saying the floor count was upped to 52, instead of 50. I heard the height would be 909 feet, instead of 850.

One thing is for sure, if there are only 2 floors left, I don't see it being as big as the website I listed above, has it, compared to Chase Tower.

[OKCisOK4me]

There's not 2 floors left. They just put up the diagonal rebar for the top 4 floors of the tower (crown), the floor below that is 47. So, I'm saying 51.

[Pete]

They have completed the 46th level which still leaves about 125 feet to go, including the crown.

Although not all this space will be occupied, it is the equivalent of 8.5 of the current floors.

Or put another way, the current building is only about 85% of what will be the final height. They probably won't top out until late summer.

[Dustin]

That's still just so crazy to me... This thing already towers over everything downtown and can be seen for miles and it's still rising..

[Jesseda]

okay so lets see it was going to be 50 floors at 850, now its 52 floors and the last 4 floors totaling 125 feet... so how big is it going to be now, seems like a lot of changes from the 850 ft 50 floor plan?

[Pete]

It's still going to be 850 feet.

And it's still likely only going to be 50 occupied floors.

[gamermp101]

Here is a pic of downtown I took from I-44 on the morning of 06-11-11:

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[mrktguy29]

Noticed a couple spots today. First I was out around Waterloo Rd and Midwest Blvd. The property I was on was higher than most in the neighborhood but I could see Chase to the right and where you would see Devon if the 2 water towers in Edmond were not in the line of view. Also from Kilpatrick turnpike, eastbound at night you can see the lights inside the building peek over the tree line just before hefner parkway.

[OKCisOK4me]

Ya know, I got to thinking, I recently saw the original floor plan of the tower, where at least two elevator cores only went up to a certain level and then it was one elevator core beyond that. What floor are they on now, and there are still 2 elevator cores? Did something change so much so from the original 54 floors that they're still doing 2 cores to the top? Or will there be more floors?

[sroberts24]

I was pulling out of a freinds neighborhood, just south of Tecumseh road on 12th (Sooner) in Norman last week, and could clearly see it from there.

[Dustin]

It's still going to be 850 feet.

And it's still likely only going to be 50 occupied floors.

So what happened to this?

I just learned today from an inside source that the tower will in fact be 52 floors with the addition of the restaurant and banquet space to the top.

That means rather than 850 feet, the tower will now be closer to 900 feet.

C'mon man.. You got me all excited... Don't ruin it.

[Pete]

I think my source got confused.

I'm quite sure it's still going to be 850 feet and 50 occupied levels, they just might have one or two more mechanical floors and that shouldn't affect the total height.

[Dustin]

[UnFrSaKn]

Some opinions from Skyscraper City:

I'm sorry... BUT OKC must have the wimpiest looking downtown I have eve seen in my entire life! I know... living in San Francisco one gets a little spoiled as far as a interesting skyline goes but this OKC DT looks plain pathetic. Even Albuquerque's skyline is more impressive than this... even with the ***** looking tall tower.

Tulsa has nothing to worry about as far as Oklahoma City is concerned.

[jmarkross]

Some opinions from Skyscraper City:

That forum does have some good pictures and comments...but...it is like panning for gold and it is the playground of some really feeble-minded folks sadly (i.e.--youngsters). Worth a look-see from time to time...