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Originally Posted by Hawrylyshyn
First bold: again, this sounds very expensive, and will surely be passed on to the consumer. Sure, we could use better designed towers, but you're expectations are not reasonable in this economic climate.
Second bold: CoreUrban is great no doubt. But building high rises (30s) is much different than building the small midrises (6s) that they are doing now. Additionally, saying it's doable now because it was hundreds of years ago is irrelevant -- prices of material, labour, etc. change.
I do agree, adding some light fixtures and not having plain, flat roofs would be inexpensive and make a big impact on many of these proposals
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As I said - you can do a fusion - even just making the first 6 stories traditional and leaving the tower ultra modern would be a welcome change. The ironic part here is the building being built where the rubble is being cleaned out is doing EXACTLY that hehe..
And it's actually not THAT expensive. I mean they pay for faux stone slabs and wood finishes already - embossing designs is basically just a pressed stamp onto metal - you can do that yourself, and the rest can be done with concrete - you can use molds and pour concrete into them to make architectural elements, a lot of it is more innovation vs cost.
Not to say that there wouldn't be more labour costs - there probably would be a bit - but there is always a way to achieve common ground - even if you just network ones skills together with other architects. Darko working together with core urban could be great. One designs the bottom, the other designs the top. I am being a bit facetious with that statement I know it doesn't work that way, still, it would be nice.