The city of Boston recently chose Steve Belkin's Trans National Properties to build an 80-story, 1000-foot tower at 115 Winthrop Street.

Belkin has retained architect Renzo Piano.

Other buildings designed by Piano include the New York Times tower, in New York City.

And, people are wondering how the actual building ended up looking nothing like its design.

Looks NOTHING like the renderings. The diaphanous quality is totally absent. It really leaves me cold. The gray is dull and lifeless. Who cares about what it looks like at night if during the day it looks like a high-rise garage or jail. The rod placement is wrong. I don't like the proportion of the bands of "openings" either. From a distance, everything gets worse. What's to love??

The top, which may have been a redeeming feature, doesn't look promising either at this point. Doubtful that the trees will even be visible as in that rendering. This building is....un-gorgeous.

It's sort of the same. Plus, it's not been completed yet, so any criticism is premature, right?

Still, remember what happened with the Commonwealth hotel, in Kenmore Square? It ended up looking like a pathetic mess, once completed.

Oh, and let me save the Herald the effort of writing a title for their inevitable story.

"Will Mayor's Steinway building end up looking like a regular Piano?"

Source: Renzo's Symphony Update: Diapha-huh? - Curbed.com