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Originally Posted by someone123
There's a lot of focus on height when the problem is often bulkiness. A slender 40 storey tower can be nicer and fit in better with lowrise surroundings than a bulky 20 storey tower. Materials matter too. A glass curtain wall tower won't look as imposing as one clad in brown precast.
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Yes, I think this is a case where a glass facade would work well. A glass tower with a colour palette that fades into the sky as much as possible would actually be appropriate here, and I don't think it would really matter then if it were 15 storeys or 25.
I don't normally think new buildings have to automatically defer to old ones, but Victoria Hall is certainly the most impressive historic building in this vicinity, and should command some respect.