blade_bltz
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I assume it's for this. The woodification of Boston continues apace.
I assume it's for this. The woodification of Boston continues apace.
Doesnt wood not have a very long life...?
I mean, if I was to build my home from scratch, Id use reinforced concrete, not some planks of wood from the home depot.
Ha. I live near a 1 million sq ft development (recently sold by Chiofaro's partner, Prudential Real Estate) in DC which was built in the early 1980s, with a facade entirely of brick and pre-cast stone. The owners have spent the past four years repointing all, and replacing some, of the brick, and much of the horizontal stone tiles on decks and patios. The pre-cast has held up well, but the brickwork is another matter. I swear they must have spent as much or more re-doing the masonry than was spent on masonry in the original project.Yeah the problem with wood is that it won't last as long as the rest of the building. I feel like in 20 or 30 years all these wood clad buildings will be replacing it with some ugly prefab material or something.
I've got wood...I assume it's for this. The woodification of Boston continues apace.
One of my friends works for LWA and he said the cladding will dull quickly and eventually turn green as part of the building's overall concept. It is supposed to be dull copper, not shiny and new.
Copper no longer "quickly turns green". The air is not acidic enough. It will take more than 50 years for you to start to see greening unless you chemically patina it. The rendering suggests that the designers intent is for the copper to dull to its brown (which it will do withing months) ... and stay like that for a good long time.
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