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Originally Posted by hughfb3
4 words... Urban Heat Island Effect.
The energy required for heating and cooling the inside of this heat box... This isnt the '60's and '70's, we do not need another Arco plaza trying to emulate the black & gold Richfield tower it demolished.
While AC Martin/ONNI is trying to pay homage to the soon to be demolished Pereira building by creating these towers, The crown of the City House matches the crown of the Times Mirror main building. This is how to pay homage to historical design. Who do we need to talk to on the design commission?
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While those towers are nice, they belong in the past, and while I do love the design and I'd say it 'belonged' in LA at one point but not now, I just think it needs a modern look, the heat island effect is also a good argument for LA. In my opinion LA needs modern looking towers like they are building in Melbourne, Le Defense Paris and London etc. LA has enough art deco to go around and plenty of neo classical at street level, it's time to modernize.