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Originally Posted by cdnklc
again, i think that's just the "scale" (and perhaps the view) because you don't see their size or the building articulation around them... to try and give you some of that scale, those balconies are each about 300 sf in area. they're a full 30' wide and they aren't "tacked on" even though the rendering might "read" that way. on the west end, they are recessed "into" the tower about 4' from the adjacent curtain wall and on the east end they are almost "flush" with the outside face of the adjacent curtain wall. that kind of articulation (4' "in" and then 10' back "out") is typical for all of the elevations of the building - what looks like "flat" faces of curtain wall in the rendering actually have a maximum of 60' out of an overall length of more than 250' in a single plane. on the south and north faces there are actually 8 vertical distinct planes with a full 20' between the "innermost" one and the "outside" one.
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Sorry missed this post.
Thanks for the well drawn out description - sounds really good, but Basilbrush still needs pictures
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