NEW YORK | 77 Greenwich Street | 503 FT | 40 FLOORS

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Those wafer thin sh*t shingles were always destined for failure. Value engineering at its finest

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Those wafer thin sh*t shingles were always destined for failure.

I posted a comment when this facade assembly first appeared - I (we) called it out early.

Yes, wafer thin. So thin that I thought those white panel sections were “sheet metal”. I was wrong about that part; but right about the ‘cheep VE’ part.

These things happen; but, perhaps a bit too often.

NEW YORK | 77 Greenwich Street | 503 FT | 40 FLOORS

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 s…

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Some tiling going up finally