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Old Posted Sep 10, 2017, 4:09 PM
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Originally Posted by streetscaper View Post
If Jean Nouvel, the actual architect, doesn't convince you that the myriad of past and recent renderings showing gold and silver at the top is correct... then nothing will until you see the end result, I guess


Also Enclos, the company actually fabricating the cladding, has this to say on 53w53rd on their website's project list


The architect and the cladding company telling us as plainly as possible what is obvious in the renderings.
There you have it straight from the horses mouth X2!
I guess they will just have to wait and see

Although I guess I can see the confusion since there are renderings that exist without the gold and silver, but at the same time the ones with the gold and silver clearly are not some magical difference in the reflection of sunlight, especially the ones at night.
Is it possible that there was a change of plans sometime during the planning of this project? That would explain the renderings without the extra color. Or maybe they were just incomplete models? Either way, the official instagram posted this rendering just two weeks ago with the gold and silver: https://www.instagram.com/p/BYRLbcflqci/?taken-by=53w53
And this one just 4 days ago: https://www.instagram.com/p/BYtJIdilB5i/?taken-by=53w53