The new rendering I was referring to:
Note the refined lobby area, the simplified cladding, and the future Metro station.
I happened to drive by a few westside construction projects today.
This is the office and residential project on Bundy and Olympic that replaced the Cadillac dealership. Totally changes the atmosphere of the area, and renders the intersection much more urban than before.
A close up of the articulated glass they used. I love this cladding.
This is 500 Broadway in Santa Monica, designed by Koening Eizenberg.
I wish more podium style apartment complexes looked this good. There are quite a few similarly scaled projects going up in Santa Monica right now. I'll try to snag a few more photos of some of the other projects later this week. They all look significantly better than almost any other apartment complex going up in Los Angeles proper. A real argument for having an architectural review board.