I agree polishing would help on the columns, but it wouldn't be enough in my opinion. On other RSH buildings I notice they take the painting of columns and other vertical penetrations all the way to the ground. Even if these columns are half steel and half concrete, to me at least its a misstep, though if that's what the architect intended I will eat humble pie. Those columns should be blue in my mind, or even orange, but they are unsightly as grey exposed concrete. I think we have enough exposed concrete from other developers in this city (sadly).
Here is a good example of what I was hoping for kind of:
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Centre Building at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
