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Talk about a paper architect. His website features 20-some projects and only a couple of them have been built. Or maybe its because they don't show the final built projects because they don't look anything like the renderings.

I think the problem is that its "Calatrava-esque" and not an actual Calatrava. The Calatravas and Gehrys and Hadids of the world are so precise and so distinctive that they can't be beautifully "-esqued". The proportions of the members of that "Calatrava-esque" bridge are way off and don't appear to even be functioning structurally, but rather applied as decoration to mimic the Spaniard's aesthetic. The thing with Calatrava's bridges is that you can see the structural diagram, are mystified that such slender pieces actual perform that diagram, and are in awe of the poetry of it all. I think the jet black facade is to make the bridge stand out, basically its "CalderPlaza-esque". Hey, i've got a great idea! Forget about the children in the hospital, let's make the pedestrian overpass the central focus of our design concept!

I don't even know what to say. That new design is just... I don't know... What is that thing? What is it doing? And Why?

Nope, I know the difference. The rumor was Weston Apartments.

Rumor: asian cuisine... first floor of Weston Apartments building

I like the look of that version of the tower too. It's a lot less suburban post-modern and more urban warehouse/loft. I kinda liked the other corner element's high tech avant garde look, but the way the glass panlels around the second floor lap each other like bricks, or shingles, is very intriguing.

Yeah Dad, that tower does look weak, predictable. I think the corner element is going to be slick though, and the scale doesn't bother me one bit.

This building... ...is a new Medical Office Building. There are two tenants right now, with space for more. Michigan OB is taking half of the second floor and the developers' The Granger Group are relocating from Bridgewater Place to the other half of the second floor here. Its going to look very similar to Herman Miller's Marketplace building out in Zeeland

From what I hear, St. Mary's doesn't want it too close to Spectrum, and vice versa. Midtowne Village might be an acceptable location.