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Originally Posted by scalziand
It's little details like this that make a building great.
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It's not even that, it's everything about this building from the broad concepts of the design down to the little details and all the way back up to the site layout. I drove by the lobby today and it is pretty cool. The glass is so transparent. When you stand inside the lobby you will feel like you are outdoors, but wait, the site plan is also well oriented so that the lobby is on the West of the site where it will not be a giant greenhouse like Thomson Center since Randolph Place blocks 80% of the direct sun. This also means that the river side of the building is left totally exposed fully emphasizing the cantilever on the most visible and impressive exposure. As you note, the details of the building on the river side are fantastic, they also greatly emphasize the structure exposing the muscular massing of the concrete stem, but doing it through a rich cladding of stone. I believe the gaps between the elevator bays on the East elevation will be filled with more strips of the elegant lobby glass system. It's just fantastic to have both structure of the building and the space within so fully expressed. I really can't wait to see which material they are using for the North and South exposure of the stem. I also can't wait to see how the facade system terminates. I think the facade detailing at the base has been wonderful especially with the vents. Same goes for the surprise strip of grates on the mechanical floor. I'm sure the crown will be treated with the same subtlety as these details and the general interesting "wave" pattern of the facade as a whole.
Truly eliminating the line between indoor and outdoor space while giving maximum deference to the epic structural system above:
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