Not sure about 80s, but wondering why horizontal stripes, as that seems to make the building appear stubbier.
Mind you, the window bays are narrower than the old ones (it's not just the angle of the shot), so that will probably add verticality.
It could even be 3 new window bays in each old window bay.
Not sure about 80s, but wondering why horizontal stripes, as that seems to make the building appear stubbier.
Mind you, the window bays are narrower than the old ones (it's not just the angle of the shot), so that will probably add verticality.
It could even be 3 new window bays in each old window bay.
Haha I mean moreso 80's vibe, like retro computer graphics. Not as something that would have been used in architecture at the time.
Not sure about 80s, but wondering why horizontal stripes, as that seems to make the building appear stubbier.
Mind you, the window bays are narrower than the old ones (it's not just the angle of the shot), so that will probably add verticality.
It could even be 3 new window bays in each old window bay.
The horizontal bands could not be removed without extreme costs to the project (ie tens of millions) as the entire system would need to have been replaced. Given that, the choice was made to chose a frit pattern rather than a solid material and have it 'fade up' as do draw the eye upwards, emphasizing the verticality. The fins and chamfered corners will only further that effect.
I wasn't commenting on the spandrel bands, I was commenting on the fritt banding,
but you answered the question - to make the spandrel bands fade away.
Thanks!
Can it be otherwise? The Cannacord Building (former glorous VSE in eons past)
is a drab utilitarian mide rise box. One can't go very far with that. Too bad it was never replaced by a 38 storey spiral or such.
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