2024-11-21T11:13:31-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150431548/updating-kpf-s-quest-to-deliver-texas-new-tallest-skyscraper Josh Niland 2024-06-10T10:37:00-04:00 >2024-07-22T15:39:11-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ba/ba0dd93be0bb6efff99c70a149492e88.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Contractor Brett Bickford <a href="https://www.enr.com/articles/58683-austins-waterline-skyscraper-rises-to-new-heights" target="_blank">recently described</a> his firm DPR's work on their &ldquo;dream job&rdquo; constructing the new 74-story <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/776/kohn-pedersen-fox-associates" target="_blank">KPF</a>-designed The Waterline skyscraper in Austin. The project that will yield 2.7 million square feet of space and a mixed-use program that includes 351 luxury residences, a 251-key hotel, and 700,000-square-foot office component will become the state&rsquo;s new tallest building in 2026. Construction recently reached the halfway mark, with <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/44676/i-m-pei" target="_blank">I.M. Pei</a>&rsquo;s 1981 JPMorgan Chase Tower in Houston dead in its sights and the adjacent Lady Bird Lake and Waller Creek water features anchoring it in the periphery.</p> <p> </p>