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Old Posted Oct 9, 2019, 6:42 PM
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I'm glad everyone seems to be so impressed by this, but I'm a bit perplexed as to why.

First impressions: Jawa Sandcrawler on the bottom and convoluted collection of setbacks without a single note of cohesive architectural gesture. Tall? Sure. Is that all it takes for one to not have a single criticism of what at least to me seems like a graceless worker bee storage bunker?
I think a big part of the hype is that it evokes the classic setback aesthetic just from the massing alone. I'm personally a fan as well. But I think that the facade should enhance it even more. And from that one photo of the base I can imagine it will look pretty good
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