Good thing SMU insists the Bush Library matches campus

MrMustang1965 · Post by **MrMustang1965** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 8:57 pm

Someone send this architect a DVD of the movie The Towering Inferno.

couch 'em · Post by **couch 'em** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:15 pm

PK wrote:These people have entirely too much money.

If I had that kind of money, first, I'd buy SMU good football and basketball. Second, I'd buy SMU the largest, most phallic-shaped building in the world, and I'd put it on the Ms. Bairds plant as a nice F-YOU to the university park people who keep the 'height restriction' in place and thus hamper SMU development.

smu diamond m · Post by **smu diamond m** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 11:34 pm

couch 'em wrote:
PK wrote:These people have entirely too much money.
If I had that kind of money, first, I'd buy SMU good football and basketball. Second, I'd buy SMU the largest, most phallic-shaped building in the world, and I'd put it on the Ms. Bairds plant as a nice F-YOU to the university park people who keep the 'height restriction' in place and thus hamper SMU development.

Okay, I have no problem with the height restriction. It doesn't hamper our development. It forces us to build a little less than traditionally, but I really appreciate the not-as-menacing size and look of our campus. I don't want 20 story dorms and stuff.

smu diamond m · Post by **smu diamond m** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 11:38 pm

PK wrote:Well let's see. A kilometer is 1000 meters...so that's approximately 3,250 feet. Does that help? That is over 200 floors. Here is what it looks like. Supposed to be completed in 2010.

How hard would it be to hit that dude with a jet airliner?

These people have entirely too much money.

Burj in arabic means "tower", or so I'm told...

The burj Dubai (yes, different building, is competing with the Dubai al-burj, but their official heights have not been published for "competitive" reasons.

Very similar to the "bundled straws" concept from the Sears Tower.

ponyte · Post by **ponyte** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 9:40 am

I just hope it doesn't look like this

NavyCrimson · Post by **NavyCrimson** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 9:47 am

"Okay, I have no problem with the height restriction..."

Perhaps that is why the school is purchasing land on the east side of the fwy where the old ua cine theatre is (was). I'm assuming no University Park restrictions & you could still make it part of the overall campus - especially as the campus builds to the east.

MustangStealth · Post by **MustangStealth** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 9:52 am

Can we attach some sort of diamond M bat signal device to the top?

mrydel · Post by **mrydel** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 10:09 am

ponyte wrote:I just hope it doesn't look like this

I see Paula Jones has her car parked outside of Clinton's Library again.

The Spaz · Post by **The Spaz** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 10:23 am

MustangStealth wrote:Can we attach some sort of diamond M bat signal device to the top?

To what purpose?!? Who the hell would answer that?

MustangStealth · Post by **MustangStealth** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 11:20 am

I could tell you, but that would constitute hazing.

smu diamond m · Post by **smu diamond m** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 11:55 am

NavyCrimson wrote:
"Okay, I have no problem with the height restriction..."
Perhaps that is why the school is purchasing land on the east side of the fwy where the old ua cine theatre is (was). I'm assuming no University Park restrictions & you could still make it part of the overall campus - especially as the campus builds to the east.

Highly doubtful, SMU seems to be moving a lot of administration over there at this point. And SMU has shown schematically that the Library will be located where the current Binkleys are.

untitled · Post by **untitled** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 12:38 pm

What are the plans for the Mrs. Baird's building? Just sitting on it till something comes up?

EastStang · Post by **EastStang** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 1:01 pm

I hear Mrs. Baird's is going to be the home for the new Home Economics Department.

smu diamond m · Post by **smu diamond m** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 2:40 pm

EastStang wrote:I hear Mrs. Baird's is going to be the home for the new Home Economics Department.

I heard a new dorm is going up over there.

Samurai Stang · Post by **Samurai Stang** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 2:43 pm

smu diamond m wrote:
EastStang wrote:I hear Mrs. Baird's is going to be the home for the new Home Economics Department.
I heard a new dorm is going up over there.

A very large one to my understanding. In this way we will laugh at the height restrictions of University Park by building our super-dorm in the city of Dallas.