Worst Skyscraper Proposals

[BrandonJXN]

Yeah..they exist. Ugly skyscrapers that were proposed but thankfully, never happened.

I think nothing can beat the Gothic madness of Angel City in Los Angeles. Good mercy. It's almost sinister. Happiness does not dwell in Angel City. Not only would it have been ugly, but it would've been about the size of ALL of DTLA.

Fear:


The Angel City Development Project was designed as an entertainment complex and landmark attraction for the public and visiting tourists of the downtown Los Angeles area. As Brett's vision the project would incorporate shopping centers, cinemas, museums, hotels, lush gardens, and various showcases. The tower and its surrounding buildings were designed to stand on a 122 acre site which Brett and his City of Angel's corporation collected and acquired over the course of 2 years. The unique architecture of Angel City incorporates monumental concrete, granite, and stainless steel flying buttresses inspired by great historic European gothic cathedrals. These elements are merged with an original modern structure making it the first of its kind in the world and a uniquely original creation. Due to an eminent domain lawsuit filed by the Los Angeles School Board, the project's land is no longer available to construct the grand Angel City development.

http://www.blsart.com/angel/la/1.jpg
http://www.blsart.com/angel/la/2.jpg
http://www.blsart.com/angel/la/3.jpg
http://www.blsart.com/angel/la/4.jpg
http://www.blsart.com/angel/la/10.jpg
http://www.blsart.com/angel/la/12.jpg
http://www.blsart.com/angel/la/14.jpg

:yuck:

[WilliamTheArtist]

One or two of the buildings had potential. But the whole lot of them all together like that looks like an amusement park. Plus had a kind of sinister depressing feel. Did they think there was a big tourist market for sinister and depressing? lol

[WonderlandPark]

http://www.blsart.com/angel/la/1.jpg
:yuck:

Hey, don't :yuck: yuck this project, this is what was going to defend us against the Independence Day invasion. They pull their ships over downtown and POW the laser beam shoots out of the tower and bye bye aliens.

http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/twentieth_century_fox/independence_day/id4newyork.jpg

[BrandonJXN]

Pff..it looks like the gateway to Norse hell.

[JMininger]

I agree that some of these individually might be ok, but in total, no way!

[Preserve & Restore]

WOW! My first reaction was shock, then laughter. My next thought was how there's so much of it and how it doesn't fit with the rest of L.A... as was mentioned above, it looks like an amusement park.

In response to the question of tourist demand for such a depressing location... Haha, you should see my high school students. Goths, Emo kids, with 70% of the student body wearing black every day... I can imagine this location being popular with them.

But seriously, I was reminded of the Rockefeller Center in N.Y., which I recently learned incorporated a huge amount of buildings with the same style throughout. And then the World Trade Center Complex of 7 buildings...

It's not unheard of to have enormous projects like this.

Those future-gothic buildings are actually pretty elaborate. A remedy for complaints of "big boxes"? They actually could bring international fame. I mean, those Gaudi buildings in Spain are something that I personally find well, pretty gaudi if you ask me! But they made history.

I think the best thing would be an entire city built like this... an entire new city built in a rural area which does not have any previously existing structures. Can you imagine a "pure" city just built like this? That would be interesting.

[SD_Phil]

I like this:
http://www.blsart.com/angel/la/12.jpg

And this:
http://www.blsart.com/angel/la/2.jpg

But I think you're right. In every Sci-Fi movie shot in LA, this complex is where the bad guys would live.

[Dougall5505]

a nasty one in portland
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l177/dougall5505/Picture1-28.png?t=1187139677

[Steely Dan]

a nasty one in portland


i don't know, that one is so bad that it wraps all the way around the side of the ugly scale to "so fuckin' weird it's actually kinda cool".

[JManc]

i like the LA proposal...just not in LA. i think that was a gensler design. i liked the protland one too...again, just not in portland. perhaps in singapore or san diego.

[mdiederi]

I didn't know they still used flying buttresses?

That one in Portland looks like a gold plated Capital Records building.

We've had some real eyesores proposed in Vegas (yeah, I know, and some built eyesores too).

Harley Davidson hotel shaped like exhaust pipes.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v120/mdiederi/buildings/renders/harley1.jpg
vegastodayandtomorrow.com

The Titanic resort would have a ship-shaped casino out front with a commie-looking hotel tower enclosed in an ice burg.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v120/mdiederi/buildings/renders/TITAN18.jpg
http://www.titanicresort.com/TMs.html

And then there was this gigantic 10,000 room hotel with a space/moon theme
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v120/mdiederi/buildings/renders/moon1.jpg
http://vegastodayandtomorrow.com/moon.htm

[HomeInMyShoes]

This:

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a374/cremazie/yuck.jpg

Proposed just last week in Edmonton. That's right, circa 1980s design today.

[CGII]

http://www2.jsonline.com/images/enter00/jun00/towerbig061100.jpg

Proposed observation tower for Milwaukee dated to 1964. Would've featured all sorts of fun stuff like aquariums for 'dolphins, whales, a jungle safari, a Civil War theater, a German beer garden and a "commando firing range."' from www.jsonline.com]

[foxmtbr]

That LA thing would be cool by itself somewhere, like in the desert or something.

[arod74]

Geez, why didn't halfway through the planning for that LA project someone didn't raise their hand and say wtf are we doing here? It looks like where that demonic square in Hellrazor would suck you into...

[texcolo]

This would be the only time EVAR... if Pat Robertson told me LA was the devil... I'd believe him.

[Xelebes]

I like this:
http://www.blsart.com/angel/la/12.jpg

And this:
http://www.blsart.com/angel/la/2.jpg

But I think you're right. In every Sci-Fi movie shot in LA, this complex is where the bad guys would live.

I love those designs too. Dark and sinister? Bring it on!

[Aleks]

I didn't know they still used flying buttresses?

That one in Portland looks like a gold plated Capital Records building.

We've had some real eyesores proposed in Vegas (yeah, I know, and some built eyesores too).

Harley Davidson hotel shaped like exhaust pipes.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v120/mdiederi/buildings/renders/harley1.jpg
vegastodayandtomorrow.com

The Titanic resort would have a ship-shaped casino out front with a commie-looking hotel tower enclosed in an ice burg.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v120/mdiederi/buildings/renders/TITAN18.jpg
http://www.titanicresort.com/TMs.html

And then there was this gigantic 10,000 room hotel with a space/moon theme
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v120/mdiederi/buildings/renders/moon1.jpg
http://vegastodayandtomorrow.com/moon.htm

UGH AGH!! This kind of stuff makes me wanna hide under my blanckeee!!! Horrible all of them.

[Distill3d]

IThe Titanic resort would have a ship-shaped casino out front with a commie-looking hotel tower enclosed in an ice burg.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v120/mdiederi/buildings/renders/TITAN18.jpg
http://www.titanicresort.com/TMs.html



bad taste much?? i suppose Celine Dion, Leo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet would've shown up for the opening too!

i could imagine the pay per view list has 1000 different versions of Titanic...

[gttx]

I like how that Titanic hotel has no windows. Gives you kind of a "oh no, I'm trapped in a tiny, windowless room of a ship that's about to sink" feel. Perfect.

[Stephenapolis]

With the exception of the Vegs and Edmonton proposals, the others are pretty neat.

[Lecom]

It's hard to think of a "Worst skyscraper design" thread without a cameo by New York's favorite roach motel architect, Gene Kaufman. These are some of the beauties u/c around NYC:

Under construction...

Sheraton Four Points (326 West 40th Street): 33 floors - 297 feet
Marriot Fairfield (330 West 40th Street): 33 floors - 297 feet

http://www.pbase.com/image/77288440.jpg

Holiday Inn Chelsea (125 West 26th Street): 24 floors

http://www.pbase.com/image/77288430.jpg

Holiday Garden (121 West 28th Street): 24 floors

http://www.pbase.com/image/77288429.jpg

Fairfield Inn (126 Water Street): 26 floors

http://www.pbase.com/image/77304517.jpg

Chelsea Hotel (128 West 29th Street): 25 floors

http://www.pbase.com/image/77288421.jpg

Holiday Inn Express (20 Maiden Lane): 20 floors

http://www.pbase.com/image/77288432.jpg

Strand Hotel (33 West 37th Street): 19 floors

http://www.pbase.com/image/77288437.jpg

Sheraton Four Points (66 Charlton Street): 19 floors

http://www.pbase.com/image/77288435.jpg

Wyndham Hotel (37 West 24th Street): 18 floors

http://www.pbase.com/image/77288444.jpg

Marriot Fairfield (116 West 28th Street): 17 floors

http://www.pbase.com/image/77288434.jpg

[murman]

It's hard to think of a "Worst skyscraper design" thread without a cameo by New York's favorite roach motel architect, Gene Kaufman. These are some of the beauties u/c around NYC:

Those things look like they had unholy carnal relations with that Edmonton turder.

[wrab]

.....http://www.blsart.com/angel/la/1.jpg.....
:yuck:

Looks like the stage set from one of the Batman flicks. It'd make for a good new theme area at Disneyland, perhaps.

[wrab]

Lest we forget, here is Le Corbusier's utopian plan for the historic center of Paris:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y150/wjcordier/voisin.jpg
www.tu-harburg.de/ b/kuehn/voisin.jpg

[hauntedheadnc]

Okay, I'm a freak: I love the Angel City proposals.

[SFUVancouver]

http://www.blsart.com/angel/la/1.jpg


Church of Scientology Headquarters?

[nygirl1]

Okay, I'm a freak: I love the Angel City proposals.


Me too..

[James2390]

I actually like some of the New York proposals.

[texcolo]

http://www.brmovie.com/Images/People/brsm_douglas_trumbull.jpg

http://www.clicqx.com/images/bladerunner/image10.jpg

Shoot... it looks like something from Bladerunner.

[Snashcan]

http://www.brmovie.com/Images/People/brsm_douglas_trumbull.jpg

http://www.clicqx.com/images/bladerunner/image10.jpg

Shoot... it looks like something from Bladerunner.


That is the model from Blade Runner, the company was called tyrell corporation. Hence the caption talking about academy awards

[Wild Onion Mike]

http://www.blsart.com/angel/la/1.jpg



Ok, this looks like it was designed by the reknowned firm of Fog Eiffel, Back, and Simon.

aka
Phineas Fog
Gustav Eiffel
Hunchback of Notre Dame
Simon Bar Sinister

Seriously though, can you imagine the cost in todays market of the steel for this project? There was an earlier reference, and joke, about this looking good in San Diego. While that might be the best, we should think of some even more absurd locations for this project. How about:

Salt Lake City
Indianapolis
Tulsa?

Strangely, I can see it working in a place like Pittsburgh. How about Gary, IN?

[glowrock]

Meet George Jetson... Daughter Judy... Jane, his wife... Son Elroy!

:haha:

Aaron (Glowrock)

a nasty one in portland
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l177/dougall5505/Picture1-28.png?t=1187139677

[Scruffy]

maybe someone else can help me out with the render, but this horribleness was proposed for the yonkers, NY waterfront. It was multicolored like a circus tent except 20 something stories tall. yuck

[theWatusi]

Shoot... it looks like something from Bladerunner.

That is the model from Blade Runner, the company was called tyrell corporation. Hence the caption talking about academy awards

http://www.phillyblog.com/philly/images/smilies/duh.gif

[Stephenapolis]

Meet George Jetson... Daughter Judy... Jane, his wife... Son Elroy!

:haha:

Aaron (Glowrock)
Get it right!

Meet George Jetson...
His boy Elroy...
Daughter Judy...
Jane, his wife.....

[Snoshredder21]

80 South Street, New York

ew

[CityKid]

http://www.blsart.com/angel/la/1.jpg


It belongs in Vegas.

[Peanuthead]

Architecture...its all a matter of taste.

[BrandonJXN]

It belongs in Vegas.

Even Vegas would shun it.

HOWEVER, if this building were to be toned down like ALOT, I could see it in Atlanta or Charlotte.

http://www.blsart.com/angel/la/2.jpg

[Visiteur]

maybe someone else can help me out with the render, but this horribleness was proposed for the yonkers, NY waterfront. It was multicolored like a circus tent except 20 something stories tall. yuck

Ah yes...the Will Alsop design.

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/project/uploaded_files/416_385%20Alsop%20NY.jpg

[BrandonJXN]

^ What the fuck is that???

[UglymanCometh]

Even Vegas would shun it.

HOWEVER, if this building were to be toned down like ALOT, I could see it in Atlanta or Charlotte.

http://www.blsart.com/angel/la/2.jpg

Take that spire and put it in Mobile. Hmm.

Am I the only one that feels like those NY proposals were done using SC2K's Urban Renewal Kit?

[GVNY]

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/news_images/1000%20Rex%20Riverside%20Museum%20Plaza%20Elevation.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v67/ver2go/mp1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v67/ver2go/m5.jpg

http://a5.vox.com/6a00c2251ddf0e8e1d00c22526110d549d-500pi

[westsider]

^ Where's that supposed to be?

[BrandonJXN]

^ Louisville, Kentucky

[Scruffy]

yes thats the horrible yonkers riverfront one. and it has a second equally nasty tower next to it thats thinner. who the hell is will asop anyways?

and im not really a fan of museum tower or whatever its called in louisville, but i don't outright hate it. except that rear view. thats just tragic

[GVNY]

Yeah, ain't it a beaut? And people call it architecture! Three ice-cold corporate boxes awkwardly positioned onto concrete slabs forbiddingly positioned over a giant pedestrian plaza. What the hell is Louisville thinking?

[Austin55]

Wasnt there on shaped like a tornado Proposes in Kansas City? that was a wierd one.

[mdiederi]

There was this one in Dubai with the measles facade.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v120/mdiederi/buildings/renders/ATKINS-DIFCCentral.jpg

[Lecom]

Yea, that one tower in Dubai giving another genital warts through sexual intercourse is a monster.

[nygirl1]

Yeah, ain't it a beaut? And people call it architecture! Three ice-cold corporate boxes awkwardly positioned onto concrete slabs forbiddingly positioned over a giant pedestrian plaza. What the hell is Louisville thinking?


Honestly it is starting to grow on me.. I always like it.

[CGII]

Yeah, that Louisville proposal has really grown on me, and I think it'd be a nice spin on modernism.

[GVNY]

Like it, love it, but don't build it. Louisville needs a centralized, accesible landmark everyone can enjoy.

[bryson662001]

This thing in the heart of Saigon, Vietnam......which I call the watering can, is the dumbest building I have ever seen. I understand they have actually done some site prep for it. Saigon already has a number of very garish highrise buildings but no city deserves this.
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k50/bryson662001/53tu.jpg

[MolsonExport]

This:

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a374/cremazie/yuck.jpg

Proposed just last week in Edmonton. That's right, circa 1980s design today.

shudder

[MIAMISKYLINE]

Lest we forget, here is Le Corbusier's utopian plan for the historic center of Paris:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y150/wjcordier/voisin.jpg
www.tu-harburg.de/ b/kuehn/voisin.jpg

wHAT A HORRIBLE PROJECT.

[Seely32]

Ah yes...the Will Alsop design.

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/project/uploaded_files/416_385%20Alsop%20NY.jpg

Thats one of the worst single building proposals I have ever seen.

[Vashon118]

This:

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a374/cremazie/yuck.jpg

Proposed just last week in Edmonton. That's right, circa 1980s design today.

Looks like a ship's funnel.

[murman]

Looks like a ship's funnel.

That's being polite!

[Exodus]

That's being polite!I like it.

[John Hinds]

Green Bird, London
http://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/187GreenBird_pic1.jpghttp://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/187GreenBird_pic2.jpg
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/images/2007/07/11/greenbird.jpg

Yup, someone thought building a giant dildo in the middle of London was a good idea.

http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=7326
http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=102959

[The Chemist]

Green Bird, London
http://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/187GreenBird_pic1.jpghttp://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/187GreenBird_pic2.jpg
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/images/2007/07/11/greenbird.jpg

Yup, someone thought building a giant dildo in the middle of London was a good idea.

http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=7326
http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=102959

Well, if they'd built that people would at least stop making phallus jokes about Swiss Re, anyway. :P

A 440m tall dildo, right down to the colours - yikes! :haha: :koko:

[CGII]

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/187GreenBird_pic2.jpg

Yikes. In this rendering it looks to me like it would sit directly on top of Battersea Power Station.

[bnk]

Green Bird, London

Yup, someone thought building a giant dildo in the middle of London was a good idea.

]

How serious was this project? Does it have a thread?

Future Systems is an architectural and design practice producing highly original work. The designs are not only architecturally innovative and visually striking, but are also pieces of highly functional equipment - inspired by both nature and technologies transferred from other industries.

[S.A.]

Green Bird, London
http://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/187GreenBird_pic1.jpghttp://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/187GreenBird_pic2.jpg
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/images/2007/07/11/greenbird.jpg

Yup, someone thought building a giant dildo in the middle of London was a good idea.

http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=7326
http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=102959


Ribbed for her pleasure

[Upward]

Ribbed for her pleasure

Damn it. I was about to say exactly that! :haha:

[volguus zildrohar]

a nasty one in portland
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l177/dougall5505/Picture1-28.png?t=1187139677

"It's time for The Perculator. It's time for The Perculator. It's time for The Perculator. It's time for The Perculator."

Green Bird is making a monstrous resurgence.

[Lecom]

Well, those Green Bird guys have at least one target consumer:

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/IMC/A9738~Attack-of-the-50-Foot-Woman-Posters.jpg

[MIAMISKYLINE]

:previous: :previous: :previous: Oh damn, that is a good one. hahah. Good post.:D :D

[Complex01]

Green Bird, London
http://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/187GreenBird_pic1.jpghttp://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/187GreenBird_pic2.jpg
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/images/2007/07/11/greenbird.jpg

Yup, someone thought building a giant dildo in the middle of London was a good idea.

Man this thing is hella cazy. Ha ha...

:shrug:

[bryson662001]

Man this thing is hella cazy. Ha ha...

:shrug:
That dildo building has got to be a joke.......right?

[John Hinds]

How serious was this project? Does it have a thread?

It wasn't that serious, Future Systems were just trying to raise their profile.

Why they thought a giant dildo was a good idea i'll never know. :dunno:

[rockyi]

Well, those Green Bird guys have at least one target consumer:
http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/IMC/A9738~Attack-of-the-50-Foot-Woman-Posters.jpg

Umm, two target consumers. You forgot about the 50 ft. Richard Simmons.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/graphics/art3/0325041inside.jpg

[John Hinds]

And the 50ft robot Michael Jackson.

That woman in the poster looks closer to 200ft

[kpexpress]

wHAT A HORRIBLE PROJECT.

This fully fits Mr. Corbusier, he is a very interesting man. I dont fully hate this project, but give the guy much respect for his persistence of his machine style architecture in Paris. Think about it...to stay that dedicated in that environment would be tough.

[the Misanthropist]

Looks like the stage set from one of the Batman flicks. It'd make for a good new theme area at Disneyland, perhaps.

Wow! How come I was never aware of this monstrosity. When was this projected?

[GVNY]

This fully fits Mr. Corbusier, he is a very interesting man. I dont fully hate this project, but give the guy much respect for his persistence of his machine style architecture in Paris. Think about it...to stay that dedicated in that environment would be tough.

Stubbornness and arrogance.

[verticalextropy]

http://www.blsart.com/angel/la/1.jpg


:yuck:

This is romanticism, like neushwanstein, is the arc style proper of a society heading towards dictatorship

[verticalextropy]

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y150/wjcordier/voisin.jpg


While this is the style proper of a dictatorship

[verticalextropy]

http://www.blsart.com/angel/la/2.jpg




this one's compelling in shape (ruined by the flags and half point arches down in the base) but it would be better designed by Calatrava. I wonder how a skycraper by him would look like.

[Imperar]

Lest we forget, here is Le Corbusier's utopian plan for the historic center of Paris:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y150/wjcordier/voisin.jpg
www.tu-harburg.de/ b/kuehn/voisin.jpg

I wouldn't actually mind living in a rational-looking society like that. Pure function at best suits me more.

[M.K.]

Well, actually I would love that most of this other Architecture should be built, even they are most inovative and different the common stuff we have:

:) 1) Angel City is a tremendous wonderful architecture. Unfortunatly it was not built, but the mixture of Gothic, futurism in such Theme Park is welcome to me.
:) 2) Jetsons Bldg is also very futurism, wonderful if built also.
:yes: 3) The Dildo bldg (Great Vibrator one), if would be blue and green instead of red and yellow has a marvellous design.
:yes: 4) The Dubai one is also wonderful. I would like it in my city to be proposed.
:tup: 5) The Saigon Bldg is one of the most beautiful Architecture already seen.


The rest seems other too common the most bldgs we already have in several cities or some crazy mentality, but has its differences...
I do not consider none of them as brutalist. Even the pscicodelic side the factory with 2-Chimneys are in some way interesting as it is in open area of a river bank. It is also ok.

[texcolo]

I wouldn't actually mind living in a rational-looking society like that. Pure function at best suits me more.

Try giving directions in a complex like that.

"I'm in the 40 storey skyscraper.... over there..."

[CGII]

this one's compelling in shape (ruined by the flags and half point arches down in the base) but it would be better designed by Calatrava. I wonder how a skycraper by him would look like.

Like this:

http://www.mediaarchitecture.org/wp-content/uploads/2006/07/130387223_837b6e5040.jpg

Or this:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/36/Chicago_Spire.jpg/800px-Chicago_Spire.jpg

[MolsonExport]

This is romanticism, like neushwanstein, is the arc style proper of a society heading towards dictatorship


reminds me of the black gate of mordor
http://www.innertraveler.com/Collections/ArtistThumbnails/BlackGate_jordanS.jpg

[jazfingr]

This one made me laugh...:haha:
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http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1156/1486195273_be5b2a836c_o.jpg
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...until I realized it was actually being built. Then I cried. Why...why!!!
This is the Grand Lisboa Hotel in Macau, China....yucko :yuck:
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http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1192/1487051756_4352f3c2ac_o.jpg
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http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1117/1486195591_f5dcc969e4_o.jpg
Photos courtesy of RateVegas.com

[Upward]

Oh man! That's terrible!

[ltsmotorsport]

^I just threw up a little in my mouth. I had no idea Wynn recycled his designs so much either.



80 South Street, New York

ew

Seconded!!! I honestly can't see what people see in its design.

[M.K.]

This one made me laugh...:haha:
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...until I realized it was actually being built. Then I cried. Why...why!!!
This is the Grand Lisboa Hotel in Macau, China....yucko :yuck:
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http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1192/1487051756_4352f3c2ac_o.jpg
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Photos courtesy of RateVegas.com

WONDERFUL BLDG :D , Actually is a flower opening or a fox face. Maybe even a torch in gold fire. I liked much. I did not known Macau is making something different to our world instead of only boxes bldgs. Top design. :tup:

[ocman]

Green Bird, London
http://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/187GreenBird_pic1.jpghttp://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/187GreenBird_pic2.jpg





What details! it's even rimmed for maximum pleasure.

[Aleks]

^^^^I think that was posted already!^^^^

I like the tower in Macau, the model only because the real thing looks bad!!

L.O.L I thought this was Las Vegas when I saw the Wynn.. For a rich ass person he sure is cheap!!

[Nowhereman1280]

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1117/1486195591_f5dcc969e4_o.jpg
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Firefox world headquarters anyone?

[jazfingr]

^^^^I think that was posted already!^^^^

I like the tower in Macau, the model only because the real thing looks bad!!

L.O.L I thought this was Las Vegas when I saw the Wynn.. For a rich ass person he sure is cheap!!

The real thing dose not yet have glass. The surface is temporarily covered in yellow canvas to block wind. But, even when it has glass, it will be horrible.

[dallasbrink]

Green Bird, London
http://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/187GreenBird_pic1.jpghttp://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/187GreenBird_pic2.jpg
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/images/2007/07/11/greenbird.jpg

Yup, someone thought building a giant dildo in the middle of London was a good idea.

http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=7326
http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=102959

I always knew there was something wrong with london .

[aluminum]

^^ I know people say IFC2 and Chicago Spire resemble a dildo, but last one's just crazy ! It looks exactly like a dildo ! What were they thinking ?

[dallasbrink]

This one made me laugh...:haha:
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...until I realized it was actually being built. Then I cried. Why...why!!!
This is the Grand Lisboa Hotel in Macau, China....yucko :yuck:
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WTF is that? Its the Star Fox Intergalactic Star Fighter Headquarters!

[Urban Zombie]

a nasty one in portland
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l177/dougall5505/Picture1-28.png?t=1187139677

When was this proposed? As a slice of 60's/70's Sci-Fi architecture it is sort of appealing and would actually make a nice "through the ages" addition to most cities...however if it is a more recent proposal, well, shame on them!

And as for the Macao building, Macao IS the Las Vegas of China, so what did we expect?

[Des Moineser]

I'm looking for the picture, I have it somewhere, but the Iowa World Trade Center was supposed to be an 88-story Glass Hexagon with a Gigantic Globe on top.

It's a good thing that failed.

[LosAngelesSportsFan]

Ah yes...the Will Alsop design.

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/project/uploaded_files/416_385%20Alsop%20NY.jpg

what the fuck is that? seriously jesus christ