Poole, Diamond and Associates BAT Showcase

[outdoorsman03 0]

JT - The building looks great. I love the catilevered (overhung) section. It makes for an interesting building. From an engineering standpoint (I'm a civil engineer) the square support wouldn't really help much and I think it would be possible to create a building (in real life) without it, but it does add for a nice architectural effect. People in the building might feel safer as well which is good. You don't want the guy with the office out on the edge freaking out all day. Bad for productivity . Anyway, the building looks great. Can't wait for it to hit the STEX.

[BananaRepublic 0]

Oooh...someone has credentials
lol! anyway the building seems to be coming along very well JT!
Any hint as to when you will post more developments pics! I need to get excited once in a while ;D

[jtportland 184]

thanks for the comments all!

sorry haven

[jtportland 184]

it works!



i'll be posting this sometime today

[Woko 2]

Today!!! cooooooool!!!
I love it

[jtportland 184]

thanks woko!

let everybody know: The Summit has been released!



The Summit here

[rubberduck 3]

The Summit looks really cool! I already downloaded it twice! (okay I only downloaded it once, but still great building!)

[crazyarchitect 7]

coool, I dwnloaded YAY!!!!!!awesome job

[BananaRepublic 0]

I'm going to cry soon :'(
This building is just so beautiful, I hope EVERYONE will download it.
Keep up the great work just won't do it this time.
I think jtportland deserves his own special award for being the BAT'er who contributes the most beautiful buildings if not in Simtrop, then by Maxis.
Great work! Great work!

[jtportland 184]

thanks rubberduck! that's ok if you only downloaded it once! haha

thanks crazy, glad ya downloaded it

BananaRepublic, thank you very much! i believe that there are many batters in ST that deserve an award like that! maybe even more so that me haha, i've just been releasing portland buildings like crazy this last few weeks...haha, and portland does have a lot of very beautiful buildings. although the summit is more of a made up building than a real life building. well anyways, thanks again for the very nice comment!

[hogmeister 7]

So whats next on the cards?

[jtportland 184]

to be honest i don't really have anything lined up for the time being! haha

i will most likely make another portland building, not entirely sure which one yet though... all my portland projects will be posted in the portland project forum (link below) and all my fictional work will be posted here.

[hogmeister 7]

No problems JT, I understand that the creative part is always the hardest, so if you need any pics for inspiration or anything please let me know, I

[Superstar 69]

Very cool looking BAT, loved it from the first time my eyes saw it  great work on the Summit

[JaWood 194]

Very cool, and also a very tall building. I did a crown similar to that style on a simple mid-rise structure I made; I'm making reference to the vertical white spires around the perimiter that give the building's crown a comb-like look. It looks nice and profesional.

[dudyconstructor 46]

woahh!! looks so realistic! and i liked your textures...great job indeed

[jtportland 184]

hogmeister, portland does have a gread variety of buildings, and i love to make all different kinds of buildings! making the same style would get pretty boring for me fast haha.

thanks super and dudy!

JaWood, thanks! i got the idea from the Waterview chicago. sounds like a cool building, you shoud post pics of it in your thread! i am very intrested...

[crazyarchitect 7]

This might be some inspiration for you, if you want it

[brett_131 0]

This is probably my ffavorite BAT thread out here..what happened?

[cityman14 0]

It may be because jtportland is busy working on his Portland thread.

[jtportland 184]

brett, cityman is partly right. ya see, PDA is composed of just geoff_diamond and i, but geoff hasn't been on ST for a while now, so i've been focuing my attention on the Portland project. click on the link pic below in my sig to see what i've been working on recently.

thanks crazy! that's a pretty cool building(s), but right now im workin on portland buildings

[crazyarchitect 7]

Ok then, I just wanted to give you some inspiration

[Mickele Macon 2]

 I got the Summit it's a very nice building.  Actually I have almost every PDA building except the AMD Building in Chicago...still debating on that one..so my question is since Diamond is away are you going to release any more $$ residences.  I got the Kenzie Building and the Concord B but I would like more $$ buildings in the game the Kenzie grows like crazy..lol

[jtportland 184]

thanks Mickele Macon, the plop version of the AMA building is fine, it's just that the growable is a little buggy. also, right now im doing the portland project, and we've made a few $$ res building from that, like KOIN tower... and portland plaza should be out in not too long (sparky is making that one, i might finish it for him though)

[cityman14 0]

That's funny, in my game it's the plop version thats buggy and the growables that are fine!

[crazyarchitect 7]

cool, you might finish Portland plaza, and by the way how is sparky, but yeah the AMA building is a tad bit buggy on the growable, it grows over everyting, which is funny, I still have it anyway

[ardecila 125]

Everyone: I am pleased to announce that I am now the third dues-paying PDA Associate, the A in PDA. Basically, I'm the PDA steward now that JT is doing Portland and Geoff is away.

I am grateful for my membership in PDA, and I won't disappoint.

Since many PDA BATs are Chicago or Chicago-inspired, I'll continue the tradition. But I'm not just going to tell you about it. My first PDA release is already done.

Buckingham Fountain

[crazyarchitect 7]

ah, I knew it when you had PDA on your new release, well welcome to PDA, we look foward to more talent, and really nice job on Buckingham Fountain

[jtportland 184]

now that ST is back up...

i'd like to welcome Ardecila to PDA! he has demonstrated excellent bating and modding skills, and will be an asset to the team.

keep an eye on this thread for the amazing creations of PDA's newest member, ardecila!

[crazyarchitect 7]

coolness, looking foward to seeing many new and very interesting creations