[LouisVanDerWright]

Well now that it's complete, it's clear that pretty much none of the detailing on this thing makes any sense, especially the "bronze". For example:

- Why is there a giant area of bronze windows on the upper right of the South facade? It's very lopsided and feels like it was almost put there to compensate for what the designer feels was a defect in the massing of the tower.

- Why are there two random "bronze boxes" on top of setbacks on the East facade (the first big setback and last big setback)? Is RAMSA trying to emulate the funky greenhouse additions you see built on setbacks in NYC?

- What's with the weird vertical strip of glass right in the middle of the South facade? Oh wait I forgot you always see art deco buildings with random strips of MCM facade up the middle of them...

- Why does that vertical strip turn into five separate vertical strips?

- Why is there another chunk of that weird vertical glass facade treatment marooned way up in the upper right corner of the South Facade?


The whole composition seems cobbled together and random now that they've cluttered it up with all kinds of different facade treatments. I also don't like how the banding of the bronze window surrounds in three floor groups alternates between the center and side sections of the South Elevation. Again, not sure exactly what he's trying to do there.