What a great, and timely, photo by Tectonic: we have been waiting for some time now to see this all important ‘cladding’ phase to begin. The ‘curtain wall’ , the ‘facade’, the cladding; whatever the trade jargon may be - it is a major component to the overall aesthetic of the architectural design. That being said: this looks like a cheep, low quality curtain wall.
My guess, just looking at the photo, that they are thin sheetmetal panels with rigid framing supports directly behind to give them some structural rigidity. Think of your refrigerator, or oven door: that sort of panel - that is what I am guessing this is basically the material composition of that facade.
The building will look nice enough design wise: but this is a detriment to the architectural integrity
as a whole. A detriment that only a minority of observers will notice: so thats why they can pull a VE move like this - they know the masses are, UH, uninformed. HeHe