Now come on gang, I know it looks awful here, but thing how how a top of a building could be so fluid. It’d could be pretty incredible.
They could do the eye of sauron.
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Just a friendly edit, that is called The Vessel.
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The vessel it called supposed to drip
That can be used as a large base with floors of ground retail and entrances at every level and a building could be built on top.
Not intended to say it’s a bad idea, just that image is kind of jarring. How about a nice crown like the Chrysler Building. It’s not really all that different but to me looks a LOT better.
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I just got back from Paris and there is a very good chance the Notre Dame never recovers. The archeological dig that occurred after it set fire was extremely detailed. And according to the neighboring shops right next door, the fire started from a tossed cigarette. Sad really
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Was the cigarette tossed out of an airplane? I mean, how did that light the spire on fire? There’s gotta be some piece of information I’m missing or have wrong.
I’m with Lucius. I thought the fire started by the timbered roof.
Construction workers renovating the roof tossed the cigarette & caught the church on fire.
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As @pBeez mentioned the Church was undertaking a $6 million renovation with wood support framing and flammable chemicals. There are conflicting reports whether it was an electrical fire or a cigarette, but after speaking with numerous employees of the little shops right next door to the church, they were all telling me no-doubt it was a cigarette from the construction workers. Tons of people in Paris smoke cigarettes especially labor workers, I couldn’t tell you how many people I saw smoking riding mopeds.
Here is another view from across the Seine River, you can see how much of the roof on the right is gone.
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New N&O story on city campus. not much new info but nice summary.
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article240890881.html
one section lower down in report is titled
" The need for beautiful architecture"
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The city has relaxed its 250-foot height limit, so the building now may rise to whatever height makes sense, economically or aesthetically
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For the first tower (Phase I, the East Civic Tower), they’re talking about a 20-story building.
The new building, with 420,000 square feet of space, will serve as City Hall, housing 1,400 city employees…
With 20K floor plates over 420K desired space, that’s at least 21 floors. But with the other public uses (conference space, public offices for paying bills, getting registrations, etc) they probably need a few more floors to cover those needs.
Could be looking at a 25 story tower if they want to do a vertical stretch (making the statement that ‘Raleigh Has Arrived’). Would be one of the tallest city halls in the country!
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with a great big “RALEIGH” on each side at top.
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I know I’m dreaming but two 400-ft twin towers here would really stand out and make quite a statement. A great location, pretty much the center of dt.
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I’m pretty sure they are planning the buildings to be 20 stories each, so the floors on the first building will probably average 21K sf.
I think they are more likely to change floor plate than floor count.
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20 to 30 years? Oy! 
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Right? So by the time the complex is done, it will be time to tear down the first building and restart. Brilliant! 
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The last information that I heard was that this first tower should be completed in 5 years .
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