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Originally Posted by dfiler
It is preferable that the tower and city look good, not just "tall". ;-)
But seriously, it is great to see something other than boring, all-glass completely flat facades as are found on most modern buildings. In my opinion, plain glass rectangles are the worst form of architecture. Glass clad skyscrapers are relatively cheap and easy to maintain. However they turn the cityscape into a cold featureless expanse of nothingness.
Granted, that's just my personal opinion on facade material and level of intricacy.
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I am neither a fan of all-glass facades nor do I think that tall is what matters the most
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However, to use glass on this tower's facade was the only way to hide those huge windows (at least during the day).
If you look at Trump Place on the Upper East Side or the four seasons hotel right next to 432, those towers are the perfect example of "relatively" short towers looking good and "very" tall while they are not (very tall)
If I was an architect and if I had been asked to design this tower (I know it's a lot of "If") I would have come up with something similar to 99 church street, which is, according to me, the quintessence of what NYC has best to offer.