The podium on this thing is weak and the proportions are clumsy. D+S has disappointed me once again. "Stacked boxes" motif done poorly. The glazing itself looks nice but D+S doesn't get the credit for that.
Additionally, it feels "dropped in" - it doesn't sit nicely on the site or play nice with its context. The podium was a chance to bring in a variation or material sensibility, and some "finer grain" at street level. I am down with a neo-modernist building here, don't get me wrong - I would not want faux-historical crap - but it begs for something softer, especially at podium level, and something that plays nice with its neighbours. I find that the design doesn't justify how jarring it is coming from the east, or especially, walking north up Berkeley from The Esplanade.
Just my two cents. I see what they were trying to do but they fell short for me.