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We laugh, but it's a real shame how far cladding expectations have fallen over the years. We used to clad our nicer office towers in stone, granite, even marble, but even the more basic buildings still used some sort of decent stonework or finishing. Your typical 60s/70s Beltline apartment has brick with some stonework for entrances. Now we're relieved if whatever EIFS/panel material doesn't look like complete crap, and get excited if we see exotic materials like "brick paneling". Curtain wall and finished concrete is luxury class. I remember when I used to laugh at stucco, but now I swear it would be an upgrade over most of what I see.

I remember walking by Petro Can the other day and marvelling at the amount of red granite that building has...and how completely unrealistic such a thing would be these days on even a newest tallest.
 
DiscoStu said:
We laugh, but it's a real shame how far cladding expectations have fallen over the years. We used to clad our nicer office towers in stone, granite, even marble, but even the more basic buildings still used some sort of decent stonework or finishing. Your typical 60s/70s Beltline apartment has brick with some stonework for entrances. Now we're relieved if whatever EIFS/panel material doesn't look like complete crap, and get excited if we see exotic materials like "brick paneling". Curtain wall and finished concrete is luxury class. I remember when I used to laugh at stucco, but now I swear it would be an upgrade over most of what I see.

I remember walking by Petro Can the other day and marvelling at the amount of red granite that building has...and how completely unrealistic such a thing would be these days on even a newest tallest.
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There's enshittifcation of more than just the internet.
 
I don’t know why it’s so hard to get mullion-cap-free actual curtainwall in this city 😕 But yes this is decent enough, especially for Lacaille.
 
DiscoStu said:
We laugh, but it's a real shame how far cladding expectations have fallen over the years. We used to clad our nicer office towers in stone, granite, even marble, but even the more basic buildings still used some sort of decent stonework or finishing. Your typical 60s/70s Beltline apartment has brick with some stonework for entrances. Now we're relieved if whatever EIFS/panel material doesn't look like complete crap, and get excited if we see exotic materials like "brick paneling". Curtain wall and finished concrete is luxury class. I remember when I used to laugh at stucco, but now I swear it would be an upgrade over most of what I see.

I remember walking by Petro Can the other day and marvelling at the amount of red granite that building has...and how completely unrealistic such a thing would be these days on even a newest tallest.
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Had the same thoughts passing Canterra today. So much fabulous granite.
 
DiscoStu said:
We laugh, but it's a real shame how far cladding expectations have fallen over the years. We used to clad our nicer office towers in stone, granite, even marble, but even the more basic buildings still used some sort of decent stonework or finishing. Your typical 60s/70s Beltline apartment has brick with some stonework for entrances. Now we're relieved if whatever EIFS/panel material doesn't look like complete crap, and get excited if we see exotic materials like "brick paneling". Curtain wall and finished concrete is luxury class. I remember when I used to laugh at stucco, but now I swear it would be an upgrade over most of what I see.

I remember walking by Petro Can the other day and marvelling at the amount of red granite that building has...and how completely unrealistic such a thing would be these days on even a newest tallest.
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Welcome to the free market economy. If exterior materials become expensive, then a compromise has to be made.
 
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