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Originally Posted by officedweller
I agree with that. The plaza looks good, but the tower and podium look disjointed.
With the close spacing of the towers, the angled supports also suggest trying to squeeze too much in, but that could also be to provide fewer columns through the Safeway
i.e. the X structure needed to distribute the load over the grand staircase looks awful.
It's like lazy design when the structural engineers have to resolve problems created by the architects
(ie put the grand staircase somewhere else not under the tower's structural columns
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I read the structure quite differently. I see a steel exoskeleton on the podium, with a different structure for the tower. I assume it's reinforced concrete as I think the height is too much for a mass timber design. If it is a steel frame it has to have cross bracing, so the design deliberately locates it over the staircase opening.