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Originally Posted by pilsenarch
look guys, you can try to 'justify' the glass tint gradation all you want, in the end, and I know this for a fact, it was done because it was perceived to look 'cool'...
and lou, not that it matters, but in no way is there a variance in SF any where near your example...
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I think the gradient and the "ship lap" curtainwall system were done to make up for the loss of facade detail (balconies, vertical striation, etc) while emphasizing the sloped sides of the frustums (i.e. making up for the considerably decreased slope in the revised version). In that aspect I think it is successful. Both features should also help dilute the distorted reflections that are so prominent on all glass buildings.
I have no problem with "arbitrary" design decisions (arbitrary as in only driven by aesthetic choices) as almost every building is subject to them, and they don't necessarily make any worse of a design.