Construction will begin this winter on a new office/retail tower here in downtown Fort Worth. Dubbed the Carnegie, it’s being built by the Bass family and designed by David Schwarz, one of my favorite architects because of his great sense of urban planning and historical style. Click below on the thumbnail to get a peek.

The Carnegie recently went before the downtown review board, where it was approved. A color rendering should be coming soon – I’m looking forward to seeing what sort of color scheme we can expect from this building.

Now that the 16-story building has been before the review board, word has also spread of its actual height: 236 feet, which would make the Carnegie the 13th tallest building in Fort Worth when including the under-construction 500+ ft. Omni Hotel.

The Carnegie will feature over 300,000 square feet of Class A office space, and room for several ground-floor retail tenants.

EDIT: The main exterior material will be tan/buff brick. As the building will likely feature something along the lines of cast stone trim, this will make its appearance similar to many classic vintage buildings in downtown, including the Neil P., the Electric Building, the Fort Worth Club, and the YWCA building. As the YWCA building is just a block away from the Carnegie site, and the Electric Building & Neil P. are just down Lamar from it, I’m thinking that Schwarz picked the tan/buff brick partly to visually tie the Carnegie in with these historic structures.