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Old Posted Dec 10, 2018, 6:35 PM
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If a building that is 983 ft tall ever gets built in Chicago, Zapatan will have a heart attack


So if Tribune East ever becomes more than a Christmas wish , should EMT's be standing by .
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Will this tower have a tuned mass damper?

I figured the blow through floor may be instead of that but 432 park ave. has both for example.
This will also have both I think
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^ Awesome before sunrise pic!!
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Vista this morning before sunrise

this photo makes GEMS Academy look like a giant lamp
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I originally thought it was just slightly distorted in the renderings but does anyone else see the top section not getting as narrow as the top of the lower frustums. Makes sense if the goal is to keep the top penthouses footprints as large as the ones below them. Still not sure but looking at the webcam today I think I see it.


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I always thought from the renders that Vista was being exaggerated compared to it's neighbor's, but seeing it in person leaves little doubt.
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My god this one will be a beaut... fast forward to next summer please
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Any news on the hotel operator? It seems like they'd have to know at this point.
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The blow through floors are an afterthought of monumental proportions. The architect better not get a free pass on that one when this building is complete. 432 Park Avenue NY is an example of how to elegantly integrate the need to reduce wind loads on a thin, tall tower into the design diagram of the building. Since the blow through floors are not a natural extension of the stacked masses, they will likely end up looking like a 'missing tooth', and ultimately make the building feel unfinished forever. It's unfortunate, as the basic diagram of the building is very handsome, as is the detail of the gradient glass. The missing glass will be most apparent from a distance, like when looking back from the museum campus back to LSE.
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The blow through floors are an afterthought of monumental proportions. The architect better not get a free pass on that one when this building is complete. 432 Park Avenue NY is an example of how to elegantly integrate the need to reduce wind loads on a thin, tall tower into the design diagram of the building. Since the blow through floors are not a natural extension of the stacked masses, they will likely end up looking like a 'missing tooth', and ultimately make the building feel unfinished forever. It's unfortunate, as the basic diagram of the building is very handsome, as is the detail of the gradient glass. The missing glass will be most apparent from a distance, like when looking back from the museum campus back to LSE.
I'll say it again: it's like the one floor at Aqua that doesn't have the undulating balcony design. I can't unsee it because it looks like a huge afterthought that mars the building's look from a distance.
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The mech floor at Aqua should absolutely not have a fake balcony and it absolutely does not ruin the design, it's architectural honesty.
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^ yep.

missing balcony @ aqua mech. floor or windowless blow-thru floors @ vista do not bother me in the slightest.
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It will be nice if they clad the blow through floor columns with the glass and light the core. If they leave the columns concrete then it will be bad.
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The mechanical floor at aqua being a different height is fine (and still a consistent language). An extension (no pun intended) of the basic design concept. It would have gone against the basic rules of modernism to put a 'fake' floor slab half way up the mechanical floor. The rhythm of the slabs is temporarily interrupted, but no foreign composition element is inserted. Vista is all about the stacked blocks and that illusion is destroyed with the blow through floors. I will be happy to eat my words if I am wrong....and frankly hope I am wrong.
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The mechanical floor at aqua being a different height is fine (and still a consistent language). An extension (no pun intended) of the basic design concept. It would have gone against the basic rules of modernism to put a 'fake' floor slab half way up the mechanical floor. The rhythm of the slabs is temporarily interrupted, but no foreign composition element is inserted. Vista is all about the stacked blocks and that illusion is destroyed with the blow through floors. I will be happy to eat my words if I am wrong....and frankly hope I am wrong.
Pretentious much?

Let's wait till she's finished plz
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Oh god, comparing an unbuilt building to built towers in this specific of a manner(in terms of criticism)? That's just asinine.
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You can completely see the blow through floor now!

https://www.vistatowerchicago.com/webcam/
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Awesome, it's pretty close to topping out... next month or so maybe?

Can't wait to see it fully clad
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You can completely see the blow through floor now!

https://www.vistatowerchicago.com/webcam/
Great catch Bonsai! Maybe 100 feet left to go!
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Old Posted Dec 15, 2018, 8:33 PM
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Really peaking through the narrow highrise slip from my balcony's view. It's been great watching it grow!

I wish they would allow light in the blow-through floors like in 432 Park though.

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