John Hill's Archidose site on Herzog & de Meuron's 40 Bond Street for developer Ian Schrager. In his best CSI-NY style, Hill digs into the trash to analyze one of the building's discarded glass sections, and discovers a sophisticating sandblasting that goes from solid at the edges to non-existent in the center, concentrating and minimizing reflected sunlight.
Friday, April 06, 2007
Dumpster Diving with John Hill
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John Hill's Archidose site on Herzog & de Meuron's 40 Bond Street for developer Ian Schrager. In his best CSI-NY style, Hill digs into the trash to analyze one of the building's discarded glass sections, and discovers a sophisticating sandblasting that goes from solid at the edges to non-existent in the center, concentrating and minimizing reflected sunlight.
John Hill's Archidose site on Herzog & de Meuron's 40 Bond Street for developer Ian Schrager. In his best CSI-NY style, Hill digs into the trash to analyze one of the building's discarded glass sections, and discovers a sophisticating sandblasting that goes from solid at the edges to non-existent in the center, concentrating and minimizing reflected sunlight.
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The day I took these photos the sun was spending most of the time behind clouds, though these photos indicate that sunny days will be pretty blinding, regardless of the sandblasting.
That's not so bad, and they hired an architect to do something different than the precast concrete spandrels and aluminum mullion strips we get in Chicago. At least in New York, their residential buildings don't set on 5-floor parking garages with metal louvers or transparent glass.
My fault...that was "sit" not "set". My English grammar teacher is rolling over in her grave (or in her nursing home bed).
Also in New York, well Manhattan at least, the average for-sale unit is just over $1 million, explaining how expensive designs like this can be executed. Though I'm sure these units start at well over one million, if not two or five.
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