C'mon now, that's harsh on East Germany. At least their skyline had the Fernsehturm:
What is this new cladding and why couldn't they have just used it for the whole tower? I mean, it isn't great or anything, but it's not nearly as craptastic as the rest of the building.
Looks like somebody liked the cladding on this so much, that they want to stretch it into the world's tallest building
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=MvX40RHW81w#at=11