It’s an enormously wasted opportunity and utterly sucks for that reason. However, I think I’ve said many times that it will be a fine tower but something way better should have been built.
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I agree. And this tower will at least have high quality materials .
Generic Boring Blue Glass Box 3 Hudson Blvd is the real tragedy.
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I really doubt that 3 HY will rise any time soon, and therefore, that design likely won’t rise.
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https://www.crainsnewyork.com/real-estate/debevoise-plimpton-heads-50-hudson-yards
The law firm is close to signing a deal to move its current office on Third Avenue into around 450,000 square feet at 50 Hudson Yards, a 985-foot-tall office tower rising in the West Side neighborhood, several sources familiar with the negotiations said.
Debevoise will make the move in 2022, when the $3.8 billion skyscraper—one of the most expensive ever constructed in the city—is complete.
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Hudson yards needs more variety in facade. Just tbh
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I wish theyd go back to the design that looked like a fat steinway.
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I’m very down on NY right now after moronic Commie politicians killed Amazon.
This design is a huge letdown. Something much better should have risen here.
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At least it won’t be a blue glass box (but don’t worry, you’ll still have 3 Hudson and The “Spiral!”).
I think this might turn out much better than the renders due to the quality of the facade. I like that it brings other materials to the site than just glass. It’s boring, but it could be worse: it could be skyline destroying like BIG’s 2 WTC.
Source: City Realty
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Yeah, you’re right. The materials of the tower is really going to save it for me. Can’t wait to see that. I kind of wish the glass was lighter though. But waay better than a simple glass curtainwall!
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That curtain wall design has texture, pattern and varied surface planes: not flat, mono colored glass top to bottom. This is nice enough: but too little, too late for Hudson - it is a canyon of boring blue glass.
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I have a feeling this one will exceed expectations. The windows and materials are far more interesting than the other Hudson Yards towers.
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That facade mockup looks really good. No wonder this building will cost over $4 billion.
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The greater the girth of the building the less surface area/curtain wall facade needed relative to the space in the building.
Thus this building probably needs relatively little curtain wall so upping the quality of materials doesn’t affect the overall budget as much it would for a narrow and tall condo tower (this will have nearly 3 times the floor space at only 2/3 the height of CPT for example).
Related is going for tenants like hedge funds and high-end law firms. Materials better be top notch.
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That all seems spot on in regard to the overall cost of the curtain wall: simply less material, and less costly material such as simple glass panes - equal less cost. The relative ‘build-ability’ of the curtain wall is also a major cost factor that accounts for the big price tag on that building. It is a much more expedient process to attach large glass panels to the facade; compared to those many smaller/heavier/intricate stone pieces we see on that mock-up.
I work exclusively on interior construction, so I don’t know for sure: but it seems to me to be a much more labor intensive process that we are seeing here on the facade of 50 Hudson Yards. This is so good to see that this is not another ‘cost cutting’ approach to construction this building resulting in an ‘all glass’ curtain wall.
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