small prices to pay for location and living in the heart of an international city and in unique buildings such as these. i wouldnt cry over it personally. live more simply and problem solved.
The bands of glass juliet balcony panels are an interesting and rather expensive design element of the facade. It also makes window cleaning more difficult and time consuming.
In insertnamehere's aerial photo, the north/east tower's floor plate looks much smaller than the west/south (currently taller) tower. Is this actually the case?