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Old Posted Jul 8, 2007, 3:09 AM
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This building has some great design features. At the base, the Lobby is made enormously tall, by pulling the structure out creating a continuous vertical gap of space that makes the space appear much taller. It is a highly engineered diagrid that was generated so that all members could be straight, creating an efficient system, and the connection points between the members become quite complex with the curtain wall.

Overall I think the design is good, though I wish that the top would be done somehow differently.. the open lattice isn't doing it for me. Even though it is cool that it is expressing the structure all the way and the lighting looks badass at night, I think maybe a better version could finish the tower off more interestingly?
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