I like watching the facade on this being built; the steel framing on the 23rd street facade is very unusual looking. I see that the plan is to build out some sort of balcony, plantings, and large windows.
This is not a ‘generic’ residential building as I can now see from the renderings and construction photos.
I like to see new construction modernist buildings being designed and built in such a way that equal the beauty of classic architecture while still being fresh and original. These modernist buildings also permit the opportunity to do unusual apartment shapes and configurations to suite contemporary styles of living and new technologies for heating, cooling, views, and intricate window configurations.
I believe doing modernist work in architecture is the optimal solution for any new building in order to achieve both beauty in form, and effectiveness in function.
The work done by RAM and other similar firms that specialize in ‘classical’ or ‘traditional’ design achieve aesthetic results the are undoubtedly beautiful; but, one must admit, there is little that is inventive for original about that type of Architectural Design.