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If you are referring to the Mega-Column joints (edit: you were talking about the glass panels, not the cladding), you might be seeing shims or the film in shadow. Inside the joints, the material has the same gold-ish finish as the face of the panels. Once they've been pealed, these babies will...

Indeed, the cladding installers shall soon commence their assiduous ascent upon the towering edifice, with the Mega Columns, or MCs, to be placed first. This momentous occasion has been preceded by a protracted duration of arduous labor, rendering the news of this arrival of fencing with sign a...

The test panel situated beside a column appears to have been peeled. The exposed gold color looks stunning! 👏

I can say with absolute certainty that those are test panels. The actual panels are much larger. Also, the material used is from an earlier time in the testing phase and isn't as gold-looking as the final product chosen. The diagonal panels, as well as the columns, span floor to floor like the...

The glass at the ground floor is about $500,000 a piece and just under 3" thick. I would bet they have a higher R value than 6. Can't say for sure though. As far as putting insulation over a completely solid column ; seems a bit unnecessary.

Hi all! Those particular columns, for the tower cladding design team, are called the Mega-columns. The area being worked on is the first install on the job. The cladding material is a beautiful champagne silver. Can't wait until they get them on there and peal the film off! Also, the...