Crow Co. selected
Connecticut-based architect Pickard Chilton to design the project, and Dallas’ HKS will be the architect of record.
“In January, we did a design competition,” Krikorian said. “We had five world-class architects come in and give their vision for the site.”
Landscape architect James Burnett will also work on the 2401 McKinney project.
Krikorian said Crow Co. wants the new tower to be worthy of a neighborhood that already has high-profile buildings by architects Philip Johnson, Robert A.M. Stern and César Pelli.
“The buildings are all here along McKinney, from the Crescent to the Ritz-Carlton go McKinney and Olive — incredible architecture,” he said. “We wanted to do something that would be different but also in the same genre of great architecture.”
The 2401 McKinney tower will have landscaped plaza areas on the street and terraces on cantilevered sections of the building’s floors.
“We’ve tried to maximize the open space and push back from the surrounding buildings,” Krikorian said. “We set the building back along Maple so that we could create a connection of our plaza that aligns with the Crescent’s motor court.”
Crow Co. plans to
start construction on the tower early next year with an opening in mid-2023.
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