That is prime location for veiwing Aqua I-am-hydrogen.
Pretty soon there will be very few locations that will able to look down vertically on the worksite. The Aon building is ideal for this perspective. Your catbird seat [1] should be treated with respect and awe.
While I understand that many people are upset with the railings, I think it would be wise to consider their design in light of the intentions of the designers. This building is all about flow, change, and movement. Sure, it would look nice if the railings matched the curvature of the slabs, but they seem to create their own flow, almost in opposition of the slabs. In my opinion it creates a much better effect, and you really understand how the designers considered their objectives and used something that is normally overlooked (railings) to create a certain dynamism.
i'm still trying to figure out teh railings (whether I accept them or not) but I think you hit it on the head for me on why I don't imagine these things will settle well with me. This building is about flow and movement. I'm not so certain these railings do that.
of course, since i live on the east coast now, it's a bit difficult for me to judge anything effectively anymore. I guess I'll have more to say when I come home for a few days after the semesters up.
I'm not going to let it ruin the building for me, but I have to admit that I just lost my hardon.. temporarilly. Total sexy mesmerization from that angle.. all those curves. Such an obvious approximation blows the organic feel from this view. The inaccuracy is not the flacidator for me, really. It's much more about the straight segments.. the hard angles.
It's like analogue(sweet, sweet analogue) vs. digital. Sigh.
I will still worship the ground this building rests on because of all the other amazing things they did so very right. But this is not a budget residence and I don't really understand why you would try to get away with such an obvious marr on the most beautiful and noticeable part of the building.
Oh, and thanks Jibba and Hydrogen for those exquisite shots. So uhh.. Hydrogen, I know that old worthless gear is just collecting dust on that shelf right about now. Why not let cactus take that off your hands?
Cactus, I have no idea why you got flaccid over that picture, (I missed the "approximation" you spoke of) but I expect if I only focused on Angelina Jolie's elbow, I might get a bit of whiskey dick myself. Man, wait until it's finished to throb because if this building is half as good as it's renderings, it will leave many people wet (get it? "Aqua"-"wet"!).
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One of my favorite things about being an engineer is seeing a pattern repeat in a completely unexpected area.
In Hydrogen's picture of the deck, the way the rebar strands from the balcony edge all compress at the trough of a wave is exactly how magnetic field lines look when they hit a bottleneck. They squeeze in, then balloon back out.
The magnetic flux density is very high at those points, and so are the structural stresses I imagine.
Watching Aqua--that curvaceous, 82-story skyscraper--grow
There's something fascinating about watching a skyscraper reach into the sky, especially when its growth is recorded through the medium of time-lapse photography.
Construction workers swarm around the tower like bees flying around a hive. Tasks that take an entire day happen in a few seconds. The weather changes in the blink of an eyelash, from clouds to rain to snow to sun. Through it all, the skyscraper grows, floor by floor, reaching inexorably to the clouds.
There is also a great time lapse of some of the floors being poured/forms being moved
Nice shots, SW. They show the interesting contrast between the exposed and painted concrete. I also love the reflections of the sky & clouds in the first one.
I rode by the site yesterday and noticed that they have installed TWO different railings.....can someone please post an image of this.
The second railing that is not installed on the corner is a cleaner design without the extra horizontal near the top edge....IMO a significant improvement over the railing installed at the corner....
Maybe they're still experimenting with the design, cause I don't see a railing anywhere in the latest crop of photos.
Oh wait, now I see it. You know, I think with the black railings infront of dark glass and black frames, that the railings are going to be relatively invisible, except at the very corners, if I didn't know what I was looking for, I wouldn't have seen it.
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Great shot, i_am_hydrogen! Keep shooting with your new camera. The images are amazing!!! 
... always looking forward to your work.
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