[J.OT13]

Yes for sure IBI deserves credit. Geiger Huot had a solid design to work with. Some changes were made that are good and some that may not be so good. South elevation has less precast than first planned but the north elevation will have have a bit more due to having two separate elevator shafts for the hotel and residential portion which created a solid section of wall on that side. I will share some updated elevations once they are confirmed.

Pre-cast is concerning. I'm imagining a strip of blank wall. Would be great if they could create a mural or something, similar to what we see in Vancouver.

Iconic English Bay tower gets Douglas Coupland mural makeover (PHOTOS) | Urbanized

Murals designed by Douglas Coupland have been added to all four sides of The Berkeley tower at 1770 Davie Street in English Bay.

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New 416-ft-tall mural now a part of downtown Vancouver's skyline | Urbanized

When it comes to the scale of public art, nothing quite beats a new piece that stretches the entire height of a tower in downtown Vancouver.

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[Bluejay]

It could be worse.

 

[J.OT13]

That's.... something. Looks like the pre-cast goes up to the 29th floor. The Teron Tower across the street is only 14, so it will only hide about half.

No reason they couldn't stick with the pattern with the white cross sections and use glass spandrel over the blank patches. It does look that at least the white grid will be continued over.