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[kz1000ps]

Per DZH's suggestion

 

[found5dollar]

I understand the façade treatments on all but the lowest level of this building. Is that just the same glass in strips with varying bands inset about a foot? are those inset bands at a slight angle or is it two different types of glass with different reflective properties? Wait, is it actually just glass in the inset bands and the outer bands are a reflective surface? Or is it just that images don't do it justice and I am completely off?

 

[king_vibe]

Half of the big universities in the United States have one of these new "pile of books" buildings and I can't think of one that looks nicer than this.

 

[DwnTwnr]

I understand the façade treatments on all but the lowest level of this building. Is that just the same glass in strips with varying bands inset about a foot? are those inset bands at a slight angle or is it two different types of glass with different reflective properties? Wait, is it actually just glass in the inset bands and the outer bands are a reflective surface? Or is it just that images don't do it justice and I am completely off?

From the renders, it looks like a combination of glass, a couple of different colors of metal panel (gray and red) and some reflective surfaces. It's interesting to see it on a cloudy day--I think the building will change a lot based on the sky around it.

 

[DZH22]

2/23 From Woburn

IMG_8595 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_8615 by David Z, on Flickr

 

[kz1000ps]

 

[Bananarama]

It's really pretty amazing how fast the cladding on this is going up. They're easily doing 1-2 floors per week while other projects in the area are lucky to do that in a month.

 

[kingofsheeba]

I dunno why? But this photo kinda made my morning. And that says a lot about my day. Kidding. Love the cladding,and it adds to the skyline.

 

[DZH22]

3/5

IMG_8759 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_8761 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_8762 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_8816 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_8831 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_8832 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_8833 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_8867 by David Z, on Flickr

 

[ccole]

From today:

 

[atlantaden]

Dude. holy freakin crap!! You made it inside!! Absolutely Amazing pics!!!!

 

[stick n move]

Awesome addition to the charles river skyline!

 

[393b40]

That is a very very cool staircase.

Probably terrifying for someone with a fear of heights though. But cool nonetheless.

 

[stick n move]

Another example of the stack of books design done right is the “hulic and new shabuya” building in tokyo.

Id much rather see something like this vs the round corners on 380 stuart.

 

[chrisbrat]

The 380 Stuart render looks way better than the Tokyo example

 

[DZH22]

3/9

IMG_9043 by David Z, on Flickr

 

[BeeLine]

IMG_3691 by Bos Beeline, on Flickr
IMG_3694 by Bos Beeline, on Flickr
IMG_3713 by Bos Beeline, on Flickr

 

[TomOfBoston]

This is an article from Boston Business Journal:
Five projects that embody the Boston area's campus building boom - Boston Business Journal (bizjournals.com)
They mention projects at Tufts, Northeastern, BC, BFIT and MIT.
Odd that they did not include this project.

 

[stick n move]

IMG_3691 by Bos Beeline, on Flickr
IMG_3694 by Bos Beeline, on Flickr
IMG_3713 by Bos Beeline, on Flickr

Damn, shes a looker! In the bottom pic the brown facade on the right is the blue glass in the middle pic. I cant think of another builing in the city with such a dynamic facade.

 

[DZH22]

3/11 From Woburn

IMG_9063 by David Z, on Flickr