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Originally Posted by 240glt
Glad to see that the glazing will be uniform now, Always thought it looked a little funny the way it is now.
It's a nice hotel, but did notice that the sound attenuation within the building is fairly poor.
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Originally Posted by Klazu
The whole project has been very controversial among the residents, as the benefits are vastly larger on the south side of the building where Sun has been overpowering the A/C system during summer months.
The biggest annoyance for the residents will be that one of the only two high-speed elevators servicing the residential floors (30-48) will be in in use for the next five months or so. This is especially cumbersome as these elevators have proved to be unreliable and occasionally breaking down. In those cases one must take stairs from level 30 upwards (you can get to level 30 with the hotel elevator). I have taken this route a few times last year. 
That's interesting, as at least on the residential floors the windows are very tight and one can barely hear the city below when windows are shut. I hope the new windows are as good in isolating the street noise as the old ones. |
But..but...but.....Emporis declared One Wall Centre to be the best skyscraper when it was built in 2001! Beating even more architecturally stunning and state of the art buildings such as Plaza 66!
But judging by the testimony of those who stayed there as hotel guests or lived as residents, and even by the very existence of this project to replace the glass, so Emporis wasn't telling the truth??? You mean they were actually biased??? Oh dear...say it ain't so....
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