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"The destructive effects of automobiles are much less a cause than a symptom of our incompetence at city building" - Jane Jacobs 1961ish
Both are observations. The girth of the columns are awesome. The interior locations are not. City Centre in Calgary had the same setup and I said the same about it. I'm sure it's fine. My perspective is as an occasional contract worker for the banks in Toronto and also as a furniture contractor. They would hate this arrangement.
Nothing is sadder than those that feel compelled to defend tall towers for no reason.
^ The engineering required of the foundations probably had a lot to do with that dictating that layout.
I was very impressed with how Kelly-Ramsey managed to build such massive uninterrupted floorplates using angled support columns from the foundation up to the tower levels and post-tensioning the floor slabs, but that's probably not always practical or feasible for a number of reasons.
It's a good height. In fact the second floor is a really good height as well. I thought office above but, now I'm thinking retail. LOL, so much for the placement of the columns.
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