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Glass is going up! Southwest corner. Looks to have a smoky green tint to it (but then, this whole morning seemed to have a smoky green tint to it, so it was hard to tell). 

...wasn't expecting that. Glass covering during install, possibly?

newstl2020 wrote:...wasn't expecting that. Glass covering during install, possibly?

I could most likely see it remaining green. Studio Gang’s Solstice on the Park and Vista Tower use greenish glass.

^Aqua as well, but for a more obvious reason. The renderings were stainless IIRC. Quite the switch up to a green facade. I really enjoyed the contrast between the stainless/silver renderings and the park. I like most of the work Studio Gang has done to this point so I'm definitely optimistic as to seeing how this goes.

newstl2020 wrote:^Aqua as well, but for a more obvious reason. The renderings were stainless IIRC. Quite the switch up to a green facade. I really enjoyed the contrast between the stainless/silver renderings and the park. I like most of the work Studio Gang has done to this point so I'm definitely optimistic as to seeing how this goes.

Maybe it will look better. I don’t know. Stainless Steel will be used when the time comes. We just never saw any more renderings.

Since it's the same developer and architect and a similar design, one would hope that they went with the same glass fabricator as Solstice on the Park in Chicago. Which, when you look at the photos, normally appears grey-green (a bit more grey in bright light and bit more green in low light), except when the sun is setting and it just looks awesome.  

I find the greenish colored class to be quite attractive. Definitely a break from the typical blue or silver colors you often see. 

Man, those pictures are glorious. This thing is the read deal. Reminds me of watching towers go up in Saigon, oddly. (Everywhere you turn in SE Asia there's development. You can't trip without falling into a construction site.)

Anyway . . . Heck yeah! Green glass will be excellent!

Let me add to the chorus of those who like the green glass - that has the potential to look fantastic.

Ventana Design-Build Systems is working on the curtain wall façade system with Studio NYL as a consultant, but I haven't found anything on the record from either of them re: the type and/or color of glass used.

-RBB

^It's just about to outgrow camera #1.

^I expect they'll tilt camera 1 again soonish, but . . . ain't a thing wrong with that!

Currently completed through level 13 working on level 14. Core has been completed through 16 working on 17. So this should be somewhere around ~150' at the core right now.

Camera readjusted.

This pic that Chris posted elsewhere shows that much of the façade will be solid panels. Based on the one rendering we've seen, I thought it would be almost entirely glass. Does anyone know what the solid portions will be clad with? I've heard stainless steel, but that may be optimistic; it would cost a fortune. Precast concrete is probably more realistic. 

Anyone know for sure?   

There are a couple of renderings that clarify the concept at http://studiogang.com/project/one-hundred

And if it’s any comfort it looks like the opaque paneling portion of the wall tapers as it goes up each 4 story section. Really no way of telling what the actual material will be though. The renderings have been pretty few and far between on this one.

framer wrote: This pic that Chris posted elsewhere shows that much of the façade will be solid panels. Based on the one rendering we've seen, I thought it would be almost entirely glass. Does anyone know what the solid portions will be clad with? I've heard stainless steel, but that may be optimistic; it would cost a fortune. Precast concrete is probably more realistic. 

Anyone know for sure?   

I don't know "for sure", or what color or finish they will be, but it is very likely to be clad with aluminum composite panels, such as Reynobond or Alucobond. 

I spend a fair amount of time exploring Forest Park; finding new routes to and from work, walking my dog, etc. Anyway, this thing is really starting to make its presence known in many out-of-the-way spots. Sure, it'll create an entirely new backdrop for the Balloon Race at the Central Fields, or from the overlook at the Art Museum, but it's the little vignettes that really get me. Viewed from amongst some old architectural relics, rising up at the end of a small, winding stream, framed by a pair of weeping willows, or looming over a quaint, hidden old bridge. This tower will leave it's mark all over Forest Park. 

urbanitas wrote:

Upon closer inspection of this sketch of the base and the building rendering, there appears to be a pattern using three different materials:  glass, the aforementioned aluminum composite panel, and with a vertically-ribbed or standing seam metal panel on the concave segments of the facade.

I am really curious to see what type of cladding panels Studio Gang decides to go with here.  There are some cheap and generic, and some potentially very stunning options, that could really make or break this design.

Zinc





Copper - a vertical-oriented rib version of this would be awesome, but pricey

Mmmmmm...copper.....