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Old Posted Jan 29, 2007, 8:31 AM
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Look through the thread. With the exception of Transamerica and the Renaissance Center, no building in this thread is very old. Once this period of Neo-Modernism (or whatever the hell you want to call it) is over, how many of these pieces will remain futuristic and timeless as the two older buildings cited above? How many will become dated period pieces?
I totally agree.

I meant to put some perspective on this by posting Boullées drawings from the late 18th century. Still pretty futuristic IMO. I think this thread reflects a very narrow view of what is futuristic.

Here are some more of Boullée:



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