[bhawk66]

Originally Posted by chris08876

Call me crazy, but I kinda like the blow-thru floor. Seems to add some character to the tower.

Also the base of Vista is growing with me. At first, I kept having the notion that its the weakest aesthetic portion of the tower, but more I look at it, the more I like it.

This tower does have character. A few years ago, when this was first revealed, I must admit, I thought it was garbage, but now that its almost complete, I realize the genius behind it. What I admire most about it is how its a completely different tower depending on the angle. It has many faces, and many personalities depending on where you view it from. Its quite a trippy experience.

Also how light plays with it. The luminosity of the day adds even further to the design. A game of refraction and reflection, which it excels in. Like the ever changing reflection of the river, this too shares those attributes, and the time of day with respect to the suns angle, and suns luminosity (seasonal) makes this tower have a fresh new face every day, and different character throughout the year (IMO, as winter tends to have washed out sun light, and summer a more prominent, magnitude to it).

Agree that the bump out section is looking much more appealing than in any of the renders. The glass color is great and very reflective. I'm interested to see how they knock out the rest of the lower half. From the renders it looked as if the glass would follow the angled concrete columns to the base, but those reddish steel columns they added at the corners, which are fairly hefty, makes me think they might be going straight down. The window installation having stopped at that particular juncture seems perhaps they will follow the angle after all, however.