Devon Energy Center

[Plutonic Panda]

around the entrance / atrium

@11:26

I'm guessing those black rectangles above the water are sensors to stop people from hopping over? I've been in the tower and took a personal tour, my uncle works there haha... It is beautiful. Amazing how many different elevators they have.

[Praedura]

I'm guessing those black rectangles above the water are sensors to stop people from hopping over? I've been in the tower and took a personal tour, my uncle works there haha... It is beautiful. Amazing how many different elevators they have.

I don't know what those rectangles are, but I would definitely like to meet the person who could leap over that structure!

[Plutonic Panda]

I don't know what those rectangles are, but I would definitely like to meet the person who could leap over that structure!

lol.... Well there is a thinner section you can see and some idiot might try and walk through the water, idk..

[Praedura]

I rather like this hand drawn sketch that someone at Daydream Studios conjured up:



It's pretty simple, but I think that's what makes it interesting -- the sheer stark minimalism.

A mere triangle at the top of a tall rectangle is enough to evoke the Devon Tower, and with it, the whole (new age) OKC skyline.

[Plutonic Panda]

Now let's expand that about 3'' to the left and right and we'll be on a ball.

[ohnaturalok]

Wow these are cool and unique shots from up in the tower! I'm so used to seeing stock photos and the ones from VAST, how did you get these cool awesome shots? Those office spaces look nice too!

- OKC Time to Thunder Up

[skanaly]

Wow these are cool and unique shots from up in the tower! I'm so used to seeing stock photos and the ones from VAST, how did you get these cool awesome shots? Those office spaces look nice too!

- OKC Time to Thunder Up

They were all taken from the video above in post 11168!

[UnFrSaKn]

No really he was a crane operator among many other things...

[Anonymous.]

Going off the photo above of the person "working" in their office, is the ventilation system really coming through the floor like that? Seems odd - anyone know details on this?

[ohnaturalok]

Thanks skanaly! Should have seen that!

[ohnaturalok]

No really he was a crane operator among many other things...

Haha nice one! He must be a jack of all trades then!

[Praedura]

Wow these are cool and unique shots from up in the tower! I'm so used to seeing stock photos and the ones from VAST, how did you get these cool awesome shots? Those office spaces look nice too!

I'm not sure how all those shot were taken. But just to take a guess... the local media certainly did a lot of coverage of the Tower as it was going up, so Jack Frank could have obtained some of that footage. Then, likely, he probably was allowed by Devon to tour the building and take internal shots of offices, meeting places, etc. and conduct some interviews while making the documentary. Also, it seems likely that Devon itself probably had some internal staff that documented the building and fill out of the tower, and Mr. Frank may have gotten permission to use some of that video in his film as well.

[Rover]

Going off the photo above of the person "working" in their office, is the ventilation system really coming through the floor like that? Seems odd - anyone know details on this?

Underfloor hvac is pretty common in this kind of structure where it uses the underfloor as a plenum or as a place for all mechanicals. Putting things in the ceiling has many drawbacks. This has been common in a lot of places for some time, but we haven't had this kind of new construction here before so it isn't common here.

[Pete]

Yes, early on they said there would be raised floors on all levels for HVAC and wiring.

[Pete]

If anyone is downtown right now, pls video the Devon light show.

[UnFrSaKn]

SKYCAMS - News9.com - Oklahoma City, OK - News, Weather, Video and Sports |

[shawnw]

If anyone is downtown right now, pls video the Devon light show.

Not a video, but here's a pic from a distance, you can see that the lights were rotating more granularly or something like that...

[MDot]

Drove past it tonight. It was pretty awesome I must say.

[Anonymous.]

Going off the time-lapse video, was it sectioned off coloring?

I have always wanted them to be able to "pulse" the different colors up from the ground instead of simply fading in and out. Nice to see they actually are taking note of the lights - now if they could get that really reliable crane on top going.... :rollseyes:

[Praedura]

Here's a local copy I made of one of the news9 SkyCam shots from last night:



Not a very high quality pic, but at least you can see some of the coloration they were fooling around with.

Perhaps they'll have some good shots of the Devon Tower in tonight's Thunder game coverage. If so, someone could grab some snazzy screenshots from that.

[Praedura]

They had rainbows, then some kind of pulsating effect where it made the whole strip of lights look like it was some kind of hologram -- really neat to see. They also played around with gradients and then big up and down moves like the lights were falling from the top or shooting from the bottom.

After last night, I'm once again thoroughly excited about the tower. If they are willing to take the time, it looks like they will have the capabilities to put on quite the light show for OKC.

I only saw a couple individual sections that were still out. Looks like the vast majority of them have been repaired.

Sounds awesome. Hopefully the display isn't so mesmerizing that we see an uptick in nighttime traffic accidents as drivers look up to see the show!

[metro]

I sent Pete some wicked pictures of Devon last week when it had a wicked glare and low lying clouds, hopefully Pete will have a chance to post soon.

[Anonymous.]

Maybe I am missing something, but why do users send photos to Pete as opposed to posting them here in the threads....?

[OKCisOK4me]

Maybe I am missing something, but why do users send photos to Pete as opposed to posting them here in the threads....?

Some people just don't know how to post pictures...set up a flickr account or whatever and learn all the in and outs involved with it. It's just easier for them to send to Pete.

[metro]

No it's just a pain to do from my mobile