AvalonBay Tower (Jacob Wirth's) | 45 Stuart Street | Downtown

I like the glass and the vertical windows. I'm still not sure how the ribbon portion would do. If that section wasn't as tall as it is, i wouldn't be worried but it climbs up most of the building.
 
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Thanks! It's hard to get a clear, non-shaky shot from there so I'm always happy when one comes out good.
 
Is it odd that I am starting to like this building as the glass goes in?
 
pel_north said:
Is it odd that I am starting to like this building as the glass goes in?
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Nope. Personally, I think it blows away the nearby Kensington and Archstone buildings. I just wish it was a couple floors taller.
 
DZH22 said:
Nope. Personally, I think it blows away the nearby Kensington and Archstone buildings. I just wish it was a couple floors taller.
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I have to agree, I also would have loved to see maybe some more curves for this lady, but it is better than Kensington, pt. 2.
 
It's looking great with the glazing going in. I love the Art Deco vibe the strong verticals give, but it's really hurt by the strong horizontals in the adjacent facade. It's a building with a serious identity crisis. This really pushes the limit on the duality of two facades existing in tension with each other. It might be a bit too much tension.

Also I love how we've established a "bottom of the barrel" to which all future developments will be compared... "At least it's better than the Kensington..."
 
The best side, in my opinion, is the one presented to the theater district.

This building and the Kensington both appear to be mooning the Common with their bad sides. In contrast, the Archstone building feels like it is designed to be viewed from the Common, since that angle the visibility the ugly wing.
 
RandomWalk said:
This building and the Kensington both appear to be mooning the Common with their bad sides.
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From what I can tell, the only side of the Kensington that is truly offensive to the point of sickening is the outside. Otherwise it is pretty nice.
 
Thanks kz for this last photo. I have a feeling this horizontal exclamation point of an appendage that is the LaGrange side will look like crap from the Common. Worse than the Kensington.
 
stellarfun said:
Thanks kz for this last photo. I have a feeling this horizontal exclamation point of an appendage that is the LaGrange side will look like crap from the Common. Worse than the Kensington.
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Kensington resembles a building that belongs at the bottom of a waste basket.
 
Somehow, until this very last round of pictures, I thought the building was a T, not an L. I like it less now..
 
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