April 24, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, DTCL11 said: It looks like a picket fence... or prison bars... LOL! I think if the lines were horizontal it would look awful. I think they did the vertical striping to help "slim" the building because it is quite fat. I also will grudgingly admit that upon looking online at numerous pics from different angles, it does look the worst from the east. Not quite the same effect as coming down 315.
May 1, 20232 yr 8 minutes ago, PrestoKinetic said: Isn't she beautiful? Should I go talk to her?? Go ahead. Get closer. And ask to take pictures lol. She is a beauty(IMO). Just DO NOT call her fat!
May 1, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, Toddguy said: Go ahead. Get closer. And ask to take pictures lol. She is a beauty(IMO). Just DO NOT call her fat! But she thiccc!
May 1, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, amped91 said: But she thiccc! I feel like a sunglasses emoji is the most appropriate reaction to this comment, so here it is. 😎
May 7, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, Pablo said: View from Spring Commencement Looking good...at least for the upper left. On the upper right...*sigh* those things have to stick up like two sore thumbs. Not trying to be all "complainy" but I really don't like them and 40 years after first seeing them close up and being inside them, the feeling remains the same. Is there any hope of a facelift for them? Or maybe a controlled demolition induced dirt nap? Again though, New hospital and OSU Stadium: it is all love.
May 8, 20232 yr 11 hours ago, wpcc88 said: You can see it from the Roberts Road bridge very well. You can see this bad boy from everywhere! A really cool view of it is on the bridge that crosses over the Olentangy on North Broadway between Riverside Methodist and Clintonville. You can see down the river and you see the new tower popping up over the trees in the distance. Would be a really cool one to get a picture of because all you see in nature and the building, it's a pretty cool little view.
May 8, 20232 yr 27 minutes ago, TIm said: You can see this bad boy from everywhere! A really cool view of it is on the bridge that crosses over the Olentangy on North Broadway between Riverside Methodist and Clintonville. You can see down the river and you see the new tower popping up over the trees in the distance. Would be a really cool one to get a picture of because all you see in nature and the building, it's a pretty cool little view. I was surprised the view of it from Vera on Broad was really nice yesterday too!
May 12, 20232 yr Hard Hat Tour: OSU Wexner Medical Center Inpatient Hospital "Since the start of construction in the fall of 2020, the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center’s new Inpatient Hospital has become increasingly visible. Now topped out at 26 stories, the enormous building is hard to miss, towering over the OSU campus and the Olentangy River. It also stands above the 21-story James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute, which sits directly next door and seemed pretty big itself when it was completed in 2014. At 1.9 million square feet, the new tower is about 800,000 square feet larger than the James, and by the time it is finished, the two buildings will be completely integrated – connected on each floor, so they will essentially function as one large building." https://columbusunderground.com/hard-hat-tour-osu-inpatient-hospital-bw1/
July 5, 20231 yr 13 minutes ago, aderwent said: I do love how massive this thing feels when driving up and down 315 now. Really makes it feel like the city is beefing up.
July 5, 20231 yr 4 hours ago, aderwent said: I love it and they really had no choice but to have the split in the middle and the vertical columns in the fenestration. If not it would be ridiculously wide and fat. I will acknowledge that it looks the least good from the east as compared to this great view from 315. Can't wait to see it finished. Edited July 5, 20231 yr by Toddguy
August 3, 20231 yr I learned yesterday the material on the outside is Portuguese Limestone, specifically chosen for it's warm aesthetic.... I like my prison bars better when they are quality materials chosen for warm aesthetic. It will also be interesting to see how it ages as well depending on finish treatment. Maybe it will grow algae and turn green to match the green tinted windows.
August 3, 20231 yr 2 hours ago, Kriegs said: Excuse the very rushed picture. Looks like they’re taking a crane down. Can't wait to run around campus this year and take update pics for y'all!
August 3, 20231 yr 9 hours ago, columbus17 said: Can't wait to run around campus this year and take update pics for y'all! I drive down Lane a lot so I'll keep my eye out for someone sprinting around campus to construction sites with a camera so I can say hi.
August 7, 20231 yr 12 hours ago, NightNectar said: I believe they are down to one final crane Checked again this morning, there are still 2 but the southern most crane on the 315-facing side seems to be on its way down as well.
October 18, 20231 yr From 315 this past weekend. clevelandskyscrapers.com Cleveland Skyscrapers on Instagram
October 18, 20231 yr 3 hours ago, MayDay said: From 315 this past weekend. s It looks great and makes the other part of the hospital look Sovietesque.
October 23, 20231 yr Construction update on Ohio State Wexner Medical's new hospital tower As many as 1,200 workers each day bustle through the site of Ohio State University's new 26-story main tower for Wexner Medical Center. The $1.9 billion project, the largest in university history, is 70% complete, according to Ohio State. Despite inflation, close collaboration and transparency between that huge crew, contractors, administrators and leadership has kept construction on budget and on time for an early 2026 opening, said Kristin Poldemann, associate vice president for facilities design and construction. "They understand the impact this will have not only for us in Central Ohio but across Ohio and the rest of the country," Poldemann told me. "It’s a bigger drive. On these mega projects, sometimes there’s fatigue, but we’re not seeing it." More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2023/10/23/ohio-state-wexner-medical-tower-construction.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
October 23, 20231 yr 1 hour ago, ColDayMan said: Despite inflation, close collaboration and transparency between that huge crew, contractors, administrators and leadership has kept construction on budget and on time for an early 2026 opening, said Kristin Poldemann, associate vice president for facilities design and construction. Well that's absolutely insane, if true.
October 23, 20231 yr 1 hour ago, cbussoccer said: Well that's absolutely insane, if true. Especially with the concrete issue and need to remove and reinstall a portion of the facade. I'd be shocked if they made up that time already.
December 12, 20231 yr Why does it feel like the new hospital tower looks less modern and sleek than the tower finished 5-8 years ago?
December 12, 20231 yr 7 minutes ago, ink said: Why does it feel like the new hospital tower looks less modern and sleek than the tower finished 5-8 years ago? It’s definitely a toned down design. But I don’t mind it. What I took away from the video is the 2026 date for patients, What a longggggg start to finish timeline. Hospitals do take a long time to build but sheesh.
December 12, 20231 yr 39 minutes ago, 646empire said: It’s definitely a toned down design. But I don’t mind it. What I took away from the video is the 2026 date for patients, What a longggggg start to finish timeline. Hospitals do take a long time to build but sheesh. Yeah it’s absolutely insane how long it takes. I get it though, each room is specialized and every floor is probably completely different. It seems the outside is basically 99.9% done
December 12, 20231 yr 2 hours ago, ink said: Why does it feel like the new hospital tower looks less modern and sleek than the tower finished 5-8 years ago? I hear they are adding shoulder pads to the scrubs to match the 1980s aesthetic Edited December 12, 20231 yr by DTCL11
February 23, 20241 yr Surely these metal straps come off at some point, right? If not, I'll hate this even more.
February 27, 20241 yr On 2/23/2024 at 5:04 AM, DTCL11 said: Surely these metal straps come off at some point, right? If not, I'll hate this even more. Base on the rednering, no, they're part of the design. Admittedly, I that angle does look suupppeeerrr weird, like its being held together with them like a loaded pallet or something. I don't think they look as out of place on the western face though.
February 27, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, DevolsDance said: Base on the rednering, no, they're part of the design. Admittedly, I that angle does look suupppeeerrr weird, like its being held together with them like a loaded pallet or something. I don't think they look as out of place on the western face though. I think they ruin it from any angle. If we are forced to deal with the vertical stripes and zig zags, it just completely interrupts any hint of sleekness. I think the pallet strapping is a great comparative. Beyond that, it cheapens the design even further. Google maps captured it mid installation so you can see the direct comparison of it with and without and with seems so unnecessary from an aestetic perspective and from an engineering perspective, makes it seem like it's not designed well enough. Surely there's a reason for it but why. And if it's just design, it's another reason I question who made the decisions on this building. Virtually no design tie in to the existing James other than the 3 story brick platform that it's attached to. To match the gap between the 2 and then completely change design at the intersection with something that isn't complimentary or compatible. going the extra mile for a tan stone facade? Green windows versus blue? Who chooses green windows in THE 2020s? Even just changing the tan to gray and the leaving the windows to match would have made all the difference in the world. This building is my Rhodes Tower. To spend this much and not get the details right and have a building that immediately looks retroactively dated is silly. There are much better ways they could have made it distinctly different if they didn't want it to match the James while being compatible with it. Edited February 27, 20241 yr by DTCL11
February 27, 20241 yr Yeah, I don't hate it the overall but I def don't quite love it. The "straps" seem to have no real purpose, but for me, the green glass is the biggest offense here. I have no clue why that choice was made and I need someone from that design team to explain it to me. It's not just an ugly and dated choice from my perspective, but it doesn't match.. why would you not match the tower you're literally connecting to... Insane to me. I'm happy for the scale of this thing but I do have "I really wish they wouldn't have" aspects.
February 29, 20241 yr It does look more like The James was a modern extension added to an existing taller building rather than the other way around. Lots of odd design choices. Hey maybe with the concrete issues this building had those pallet straps are structural.
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