OAKLAND, CA | Eye-In-The-Sky Lookout Tower | 2,600 FT / 792 M | VISION

[JDRCRASH]

What the hell is this??!!! This is no April Fool's Trick. I repeat: this is no April Fool's Trick.

(from www.tdrinc.com, under "Architecture"):


http://www.tdrinc.com/images/photos/large/eye_2.jpg

http://www.tdrinc.com/images/photos/oak_E003.jpg

http://www.tdrinc.com/images/photos/large/eye_102b.jpg

[LeftCoaster]

What the hell is this??!!!

Ugly

[AndrewK]

that is utterly ridiculous.

[Steely Dan]

this is clearly the wild fantastical vision of some architect and not a real proposal with a real development team backing it. as such, i moving this thread to the buildings and architecture thread because this is not a bona fide proposal for a real or serious project.

and i'd have to agree with the other two posters, whatever the hell that thing is supposed to be, it's god-awful ugly.

[SLO]

wow, do we have a hall of shame....

[Saddle Man]

Eew.

[M II A II R II K]

It looks like one of those things that activate or have something rise out of it when certain astronomical phenomena are at play.

[Lecom]

Uhh... is that a human spine?

[Reminiscence]

Well this is certainly a retractible proposal. Something like this would get so much resistance from the community, it would probably ruin the architect for life. It almost looks like something out of a sci-fi movie.

[dimondpark]

not to worry,
Oakland is notoriously successful at making sure tall proposals never see the light of day.

[zilfondel]

Looks like some hack ripped off Paolo Soleri (http://www.arcosanti.org/theory/arcology/main.html). In a really, really bad way.

Anyways, I'm sure the average 3-year old could come up with a better design than this.

Anyways, this would be a good reason not to attend the U of O.

[Rise To The Top]

Should be re-named Eyesore-In-The-Sky

[Zerton]

Without the crystal part at the bottom it's kind of cool.

[Goody]

what the fuck? nasty

[roadwarrior]

Did somebody use Photoshop to superimpose a Dubai proposal into the Oakland skyline?

[JDRCRASH]

It looks like something that should be built on Mars.

[thesunsetdist]

U G L Y

[Amanita]

As a sci-fi building, it looks cool. However, it also looks completely out of place in Oakland. Or almost anywhere else on earth.

[M.K.]

I am sorry people, but I liked. Seems a E.T. Spine but ok, of course in Dubai. The crystal star at botom seems an angel with a huge spine one-eye at top, but I think the earth deserves more structures like this... :P but please do not hit me.

[Diamond Mason]

Hey everyone.

I've been coming on this site for about 3 or 4 years now. I'm not an architect or developer or anything, just a regular guy who has always had an interest and appreciation for good buildings. I generally just come here to see what's new in the world and what may or may not get built. I've never really felt the need to comment on anything......... until I saw this......


Good God Damn that's an ugly building!!!! It looks like a mosquito had sex with an old hippies spine. Then the spine took acid and sat in a cave for a few thousand years and stalagmites grew from the base. After that a gypsy placed her magic crystal ball and the bottom and....presto!!!!.. out pops this hideous monstrosity.

I know there is no way in hell this would ever get built but DAMN!

[Wrightguy0]

I know people who have had acid trips that are less freaky than whatever the hell that is

That achitect must have gotten his hands on some really bad weed

ZOMG I know what it is It's a Tri Pod from War of the Worlds :/

[oak-sea]

So I was on a blog called Inhabitat and saw this:
http://www.inhabitat.com/wp-content/uploads/mile-high-ultima-tower.jpg
And I thought I saw something in the image of a tower going up in Oakland called "Eye In The Sky", so I googled it and came up with this SSP thread. W T F-ing F??? :haha:

[M.K.]

I saw this also near Jeddah Red Sea, but maybe already another Arabic Phantasy, not even a Vision, seems to me a Russian Rocket, who knows.... :haha: :haha: :haha:
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/04_01/21graphicDM3003_468x301.jpg

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...n_page_id=1811 (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=550548&in_page_id=1811)

[MasonsInquiries]

that tower looks like the tip of someone's foreskin.......LMAO!!!

[Wrightguy0]

These things are hideous, monstrous like the end result of a verey bad bender
Hwoever this Eugine Tsui is, well, he's not very good, actually one might say, craptacular.

[JDRCRASH]

Good God Damn that's an ugly building!!!! It looks like a mosquito had sex with an old hippies spine. Then the spine took acid and sat in a cave for a few thousand years and stalagmites grew from the base. After that a gypsy placed her magic crystal ball and the bottom and....presto!!!!.. out pops this hideous monstrosity.

:lmao:

LOL! That was funny!

[MolsonExport]

Fugly.

If you are going to build an eye-in-the-sky, get it right:

http://vwt.d2g.com:8081/15-Mordor.jpg

[ZZ-II]

i guess this tower will never get build :D

[M II A II R II K]

i guess this tower will never get build :D

One would hope.

[Swede]

Fugly.

If you are going to build an eye-in-the-sky, get it right:

http://vwt.d2g.com:8081/15-Mordor.jpg
So true. Now that was a classy tower. Evil, but classy.

[Dac150]

This is an example of 'a person who as a lot of time on their hands' at its best. It's a joke, and so is the person who came up with this. I mean, who in their right mind would look at this and take it seriously.

[M II A II R II K]

I could photoshop some monstrosity into a skyline picture and make a thread out of that.

Which is probably pretty close to what happened here.

I mean, who in their right mind would look at this and take it seriously.

Who in their right mind would come up with something like that in the first place is a better question.

[Lecom]

It looks like a mosquito had sex with an old hippies spine.
Brilliant description. Thanks for a good laugh.

[M II A II R II K]

Another thing is how the heck did Oakland get picked for that piece of $h!t anyway.

[hamo]

I knew about this one before, and I read that it was 600m tall.
:shrug:
Strange

But that doesn't matter, it's still realy ugly

[dunbrine47]

:haha: :haha: :haha: :haha: :haha: :haha: :haha: :haha: :haha: :haha: :haha: :koko: :shrug: :yuck: :yuck:

[citywarrior]

seriously what the hell goes through eugene tsui's mind when he designs all this CRAP! why did he even try this?

[JDRCRASH]

He evidently thought people would share his tastes.:haha:

[SFView]

Mr. Fly says, "I like it!"

From: superstock.com
http://wwwdelivery.superstock.com/WI/223/1613/PreviewComp/SuperStock_1613R-10958.jpg

[koval95]

WTF is this?

[bbeliko]

http://i39.tinypic.com/2s8hgco.gif

[JDRCRASH]

^ Funny, I thought that guy was gonna start slamming his fists on a table over and over again.:haha:

[photoLith]

Wow, whoever designed this must have just barely passed architecture school. Or they were tripping their balls off. Im pretty sure this thing would totally destroy the bay area. Everyone would leave because they wouldnt be able to stand to look at that thing everyday. People would have nightmares and then the murder rate would skyrocket!

[JSantos]

What the hell is this? How can this not be an April fool's joke.

[XLucky4LifeX]

This shit reminds me of those launch freefall rides in Theme Parks.
With a stupid timer or speaker at the top, and some decoration or station at the bottom, and curved tracks.
It's like it falls down once there is a 3.0+ earthquake and becomes a bridge to San Francisco!
WOOOHOOO build it and see if that happens!

[arkhitektor]

http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/04_01/21graphicDM3003_468x301.jpg


Just as a side note, shouldn't a "Mile High Tower" be at least 5,280 feet tall???

[bbeliko]

i still can't believe somone actually thought about this thing.

[nature's calling]

*vomits*

[metroXpress]

there isn't an emoticon that can describe my feelings

[Lecom]

Wow, whoever designed this must have just barely passed architecture school. Or they were tripping their balls off.

Chances are, both were the case lol

[Lecom]

http://www.tdrinc.com/images/photos/large/eye_102b.jpg

Looks like an illustration for lower back pain.

[Jasper and one o nin]

Don't ever think that this will happen. Ive seen it before. Some group that tries to get investors and flees town with their brief case stuffed with bundles of money.
Words that come to mind: blackmail, cheating, con, con game, crooked deal, deceit, deception, dirty pool, double-cross, double-dealing, extortion, fast one, flimflam, fraud, hoax, hosing, hustle, racket, rip-off, shady deal, shakedown, sham, shell game, snow job, sting, sucker game, scam, and swindle

[Rail>Auto]

I know I'll take heat for it, but this tower and the NOAH are starting to grow on me... I'm not too big on the artwork but the thing I like about the design is that its taller than any other building next to it and its unique... It's nice to see something a little different for a change... It's time to stop making every building look alike and start thinking like the Dubai's of the world... I'm really surprised the arch got built ( the NIMBYS would destroy it today).

[Ehrgeiz91]

Looks like an illustration for lower back pain.

:worship:

This is without a doubt the most disgusting thing I've ever seen. I've known people with down syndrome who could design a better building than this. We need a wall of shame after this for sure.

I feel the need to bathe now.

[xboarder84]

Wow! Who knew Sauron from Lord of the Rings had a cousin in Oakland?!

[KingsFan#1]

Okay, I know this an old thread, but I had to coment on this,

1st of all, if it fell, it would land on san francisco, and second, oakland would be a better place to put it, better they ruin oakland's skyline than somewhere with a half decent one

[WePA]

Wow! Who knew Sauron from Lord of the Rings had a cousin in Oakland?!

My sentiments exactly! Maybe if we throw some rings into Mount Shasta it'll put a stop to this nonsense.

[gravityenemy]

Omg...what?....Why????

[Roadcruiser1]

It looks like a mutated (ugly) tripod from War of the Worlds stuck on this ugly glass crystal base. I hope this doesn't get built :yuck:.

[333609543]

I feel.... violated

[Breebloh]

Um..a schizophrenic skyscraper? But seriously this thing looks ridiculous. It definitely does not fit in with Oakland, or California, or even the USA itself. This building is for a wild utopia, not a USA! (Maybe other nations would like it though?)