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Not a fan of the original building but this cladding is bad.
 
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So there are no additional floors? Those top 2 floors are fake? We lost the crown for that? wow...
 
Edward Skira said:
Energy efficiency?
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Good question!

...to which brings me to this question I've been meaning to ask: Could they not have made it more energy efficient without compromising the original design of this building?
 
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I walked by today and I think it is starting to turn a corner and looking sightly better than I thought it was going to turn out over recent months. Still bloody awful though
 
Reading this, I couldn't help thinking of it as being Buffalo's answer to the Simpson mutilation.

www.docomomo-us.org

A new developer's impulses clash with Buffalo's 1970s concrete skyscraper

An energetic D.C. real estate mogul has swooped into Buffalo to bring the city’s tallest building, SOM’s Marine Midland Center, back to life. The result is an unfocused mish-mash of interventions on what once exemplified the sophistication of its original architects and their client.
www.docomomo-us.org www.docomomo-us.org
 
So how many more buildings are they gonna keep ruining in the financial district? Not every building needs to be sheathed in glass or grey spandrel. We already have more than enough of that to go around in the city.
 
They'll stop when they run out of things to destroy. I suppose they'll re-clad City Hall, the CN Tower, Ontario Legislature, and the Royal York in glass before they deem it 'Job Done'. On a positive note, it looks like they'll be able to restore this building to its original appearance one day. It's sad but not irreversible.
 
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