Copper, gold, bronze, orange, white, silver, violet, green, blue and aqua. The 184,000-sq-ft curtain wall of the $300-million Westin New York at Times Square has 10 base colors, 8,000 panes of glass and so little repetition in shape, size, color, thickness and panel details that the units were bar-coded at the fabricator to keep track of inventory.
"The complexity [was] getting the right color in the right panel in the right location," says Joseph L. Ross, executive vice president of Tishman Construction Corp., New York City. Tishman Realty & Construction Co. Inc. affiliates are the hotel's developer, owner and builder.