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Originally Posted by Jibba
They're the hokiest aspect of the design. And I don't anticipate the materials to depart from the other Adjmi/Related project, Landmark. And the 'metal' of that building looks like plastic (and may very well be, or at best be a composite material with enough polymer in the mix to read as plastic).
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It's not exposed steel framing, but it's likely a powder coated aluminum sheet that is formed or extruded into those wide-flange profiles to imitate steel. It won't be plastic. We've seen plenty of other West Loop buildings do similar, or that new building at LaSalle/Illinois.