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I'm curious--have the relative costs stayed approximately the same?
-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Follett [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 8:45 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: "Egghead Critics Assailed..." (1958)
In a message dated 7/18/01 1:30:53 PM Central Daylight Time,
[log in to unmask] writes:
"To construct a brick facade costs approximately $3.00 psf. An aluminum and
glass facade can run from $4.00 to $4.50 psf. Aluminum and porcelain
enamel,
$5.00 psf. Aluminum and aluminum spandrels, $6.25 psf. Stainless steel and
glass, similar to Lever House, $7.00 psf....it is always within a budget
that
we create our facades...."
This has to be per SF of floor area in the building, even in 1958. Possibily
this is why some hysterical architects in the inner core of SOM think they
can get real brick veneer for peanuts?
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