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I endorse this building! BTW, that cladding is way more like copper than gold, but it's still awesome. Compare:
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(Credit: Torsten Bätge)
In fact, copper-ish cladding is a pretty bold choice for a building at a far North latitude. Normally you only see lustrous metallic claddings in sunnier locations.
-- No, the last thing we need is some paternalist weighing whether we are sufficiently noncontroversial to be admitted to subsidized quarters in a Utopian dream city. -- Jane Jacobs
This is currently my favorite building under construction ANYWHERE. (at least with Vashnya Federatsiya basically stalled >_<) with all the other building in MIBC having roughly the same color skins, this one will really stand out, and probably be one of the defining structures in the skyline.
Hey Russia, 1983 called. They want their tower design back. Seriously though, poor design, unfortunate color choice... I just don't see anything special. And as for the whole complex, it lacks congruity and it does not feel organic at all.
Last edited by Guiltyspark; Oct 17, 2011 at 3:43 AM.
Hey Russia, 1983 called. They want their tower design back. Seriously though, poor design, unfortunate color choice... I just don't see anything special. And as for the whole complex, it lacks congruity and it does not feel organic at all.
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BTW, that cladding is way more like copper than gold, but it's still awesome. Compare:
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