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Old Posted Sep 30, 2023, 2:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Chronamut View Post
Regardless I do love the fact , and even though they are "fake" aka they do nothing to support the structure of the windows, it still has the APPEARANCE of lintels - I am wondering if they are sandstone or just composite - they have that yellowish tinge to them that make them look like they've always been there.. in fact this building feels like a demolition of yes, an old factory in reverse so it does achieve that. I just like to be picky lol.

Also with their next project I fear them doing less to build more - I don't want to see the ONLY architect doing traditional styles decide "eh, we don't have to try as hard".

Olympia club, the other augusta building, and the james st building are just stellar.
As mentioned earlier and shown in my close up photos from my tour, they're concrete. I asked Steve about the material, and he confirmed that going back to the 1930s "stone" was sometimes still real stone, but it was also often a concrete type material. You can see those faux stone buildings (which I'm not a fan of) as an example.
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