Now that the window wall is going up on the upper floors of 845 W Madison (first five are window with brick, upper floors are window wall),
is this an awful case of value engineering?
Check out the rendering on Buck's website vs. actual photos I took yesterday. A whole lot less glass and a whole lot more coated metal wall. The finish is pretty ugly too when you see it in person (pictures aren't doing it justice). It's two tone colors of grey with like a truck liner finish to the metal.
Reminds me of a highway exit quick serve hotel - just need to punch through the packaged HVAC units for each unit to complete the look.
9/5 Shot on Madison frontage:
845 W Madison by
G S, on Flickr
Detail of Window Wall:
845 W Madison Detail by
G S, on Flickr
Rendering from John Buck's website (with red mark by me to note area of photos):
845 Rendering by
G S, on Flickr