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I don't know about as a standalone design but I actually think this new one might go a bit better with the rest of what they building in phase one, at least in my opinion.
950ft' isn't anything to sneeze at either, just short of 4WTC. This whole thing is gonna be quite similar to watching another WTC site rise, hopefully with less hiccups along the way. |
http://www.rew-online.com/2012/12/12...-heart-of-nyc/
Stephen Ross moving Related corporate offices to ‘new heart’ of NYC Related will move its corporate headquarters to the ‘E’ Tower in 2017 http://www.rew-online.com/wp-content...21-150x150.jpg By Orlando Lee Rodriguez December 12, 2012 Quote:
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What a baller. He's a man who knows how to get what he wants.
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That's so awesome.
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How can so much apparently byzantine aesthetic thought be put into a skyscraper and yet it turns out so simple??
It's as if the architects have taken the concept of paradox and turned it inside out. |
A little awkward from some angles, but I like it...
http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/150015549/original.jpg |
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Interesting hearing about the stone and how it transitions to glass, that could be great.
It reminds me a bit of Trump in Chicago and maybe a bit of a twisty version of 777 Tower in LA. |
So another tenant for the Time Warner Center jumps ship.. I think, does anyone know if any other tenants left that complex? o:
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Related is definitely leaving and Time Warner is supposedly leaving. The rents are way too high for "normal" companies at Time Warner Center; watch as this space is given over to smaller hedge funds, private equity firms, and other boutique uses (which is the same thing happening with all Class A space near Central Park; office space there is too expensive for big space users). |
David Childs speaks on the design...(he also says foundation work is being done, the project has moved ahead :shrug: )
http://vimeo.com/67502350 Some grabs... http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/150579036/original.jpg http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/150579037/original.jpg http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/150579038/original.jpg http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/150579039/original.jpg http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/150579040/original.jpg http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/150579041/original.jpg |
Bummer, looks like they took the video down. Thanks for getting the grabs though. I'm fascinated by this building, although I agree that it looks awkward from some angles (mainly when the upper tower looks like the broom handle to the much wider base.)
The cladding is genius. I hope it looks as good in real life as it does in renders. Inspired by the draping of a pleated gown, apparently, as they said in an earlier video, it reminds me a little of classical take on Gehry's undulating metals. I hope it goes on to inspire more playful use of materials in other proposals -- just think what you could do combining this sort of texture with brick or cast iron. |
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Thanks for posting that. Childs is a very smart man. Considering all the requirements and limitations put upon this building, it's a wonder we're getting anything at all, and he managed to design something pretty iconic.
Interesting that he said the designs aren't final, though. Seems like that's just in reference to the exteriors. I wonder just how much they could actually change. |
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Oh yeah, that one looked good. Nice uninterrupted face made it look very tall, and it fit nicely with the rest of the towers. A little less unique than the current iteration though. Probably came before Ross' suggestion that Childs explore using stone.
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I like it a lot, but it looks best from above. |
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