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Originally Posted by LouisVanDerWright
^^^ The difference is that this building doesn't need to be VE'd. They aren't trying to force historic features that should be hand crafted or at least made of real materials... This building is like any other glass clad 21st century tower and therefore there's a lot less of a risk of VE'ing because you are going to be using that glass curtainwall no matter what. The only VE you would see here is if they decided to somehow use a window wall instead of a curtain wall which I just don't see happening on a 1400' signature project.
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I have to disagree... there is a lot here that could be VE'd, not just the 'shadow boxes' at all of the plenums (an expensive detail I pointed out in an earlier post that gives a significant amount of depth and richness to the facades), but plenty of other details as well, like the glass 'frit' patterns along the corners of the tower... with a design like this (somewhat minimal), it's these details that help insure a great project from an ordinary one...