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Originally Posted by Grego43
F.Y.I., the GWB towers were designed to be clad in stone, but once completed, it was widely agreed that is was beautiful with the framework exposed...I agree.
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the towers were deigned to be covered in stone, but the stone was supposed to be for structural, not aesthetic reasons. but then they found out that the steel skeleton was sufficient, so the stone was left off to cut costs.