West Village Towers | 149.95m | 42s | Cidex Group | NORR Dubai Yahya Jan

[GoVertical]

 

[haltcatchfire]

So, some hope for improvement still to come on these ones. The grilles are starting to go up on the east tower, and seems to be better integrated than the west. Not nearly as jarring. Hopefully they do the west tower in a similar fashion.

What do you mean by better integrated? I doubt they end up different when complete.

 

[MichaelS]

What do you mean by better integrated? I doubt they end up different when complete.

The dark framing around the east tower vents just looks better to me than the unframed west tower ones. It makes the vent grilles seem smaller I suppose.

 

[haltcatchfire]

The dark framing around the east tower vents just looks better to me than the unframed west tower ones. It makes the vent grilles seem smaller I suppose.

Is it finished framing or is the dark frame just unfinished, needing the aluminum added there?

Perhaps I should scroll back and see what the first tower looked like at that stage.

Edit: Ok, wow on further review, the aluminum frames around the mechanical grilles on the first tower went in straight away. On the second tower they've run dark spandrel all around it.

Clearly Cidex sat down and said, where can we add more spandrel to this sucker.

"But won't it look strange that one tower has such a non monumental element be the differentiator between the two?"

"SPANDREL!!!!"

 

[MichaelS]

Edit: I just reread this on my PC, and see that my phone, in sunlight, did a terrible job typing out what I thought I typed out. I have cleaned it up below.

I wonder if the west tower is finished, and might see more added around the vent when they (hopefully) fix the random pieces in the crown. Also, here is another photo from further away, showing the contrast between the two.

 

[1875]

fingers crossed they do something about the venting on the west tower. 100% theyll finish off the spandrel on the crown. still horrible no matter what they do from now though.

 

[GoVertical]

(I know it's been said before)for the East tower the least they could do is make the spandrel solid instead of pixelated at the top for heaven's sake.

 

[haltcatchfire]

 

[Mountain Man]

I see white spandrel around the louvers on west tower and dark on the east tower, unless I missed something. The dark spandrel looks better IMO.

 

[GoVertical]

 

[Thrillhou]

I refuse to believe that those white panels are intentional. There is no pattern to it, random full piece of spandrel here, random triangular there. It makes no sense. Whether or not they get around to replacing them is another story, but there are still key pieces missing on the lobby level so I'm holding out hope.

 

[FCC1982]

Aren’t most of the white panels in the crown just protective wrap that hasn’t been removed from the panels yet ?

 

[Mountain Man]

There was one that somebody got a picture of that was tan coloured underneath, so maybe there was a mistake on the panels and they are waiting for replacements...

 

[UrbanWarrior]

I refuse to believe that those white panels are intentional. There is no pattern to it, random full piece of spandrel here, random triangular there. It makes no sense. Whether or not they get around to replacing them is another story, but there are still key pieces missing on the lobby level so I'm holding out hope.

Yeah I've always thought this. I thought people were joking when they said they were permanent. They better freaking not be.

 

[Beazley66]

Illegal drive by photos, and then I cried when I got home... no ticket, but just the view, experience, etc.