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Originally Posted by isaidso
Does it get any prettier at the base?
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Not really. There are too many materials.
- Field Stone (bottom few feet)
- Red Brick (podium)
- Light coloured Slate (podium)
- Stucco (entry overhangs)
- Concrete block (podium base and banding)
- Light coloured ceramic tile (towers)
- BUTT UGLY fake red wood cement board (towers)
- White Aluminum cladding (cornice)
- White vinyl residential windows (cornice)
- Curtain wall commercial windows (cornice)
And overall it has a very cheesy faux-traditional aesthetic and white vinyl windows like you'd buy at Home Depot. It's far from an architectural gem. Napier is really the only local design firm doing good work on apartment buildings.
That said, the units in the building and the public spaces are very high end and beautiful. It's a beautiful building inside and it's run by a fantastic company. I live here and I love it. But yah, the outside leaves something to be desired.