Modern Architecture at its Finest; or Designs to Inspire Vancouver!

[Sheba]

Originally Posted by Jebby

I've never seen those bridges in any of the actual designs or models the Nazis made of Germania. In fact, none of those building styles seem consistent with National Socialist architecture.

This is the one I was referring to:

Skyscraper Buildings, New York

[SpongeG]

Speed Art Museum designed by wHY in Louisville, KY. Photo by Rafael Gamo

[SpongeG]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/...ture-oiio-billionaires-row-a7649416.html

[Klazu]

Man, that is one ugly building. Already sad about all these "stick towers" going up around New York, altering the city's famous skyline.

[Migrant_Coconut]

Does that tiny footprint even accomplish anything?

[Jebby]

Originally Posted by Klazu

Man, that is one ugly building. Already sad about all these "stick towers" going up around New York, altering the city's famous skyline.

I disagree. I think for the most part they're a great compliment to the skyline and they're all very high quality buildings.

[SFUVancouver]

Originally Posted by SpongeG

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/...ture-oiio-billionaires-row-a7649416.html

This is just architectural masturbation at this point. This is an absurd design that will never see the light of day.

[SpongeG]

I imagine there is probably only one unit per floor, i've seen some of the skinny buildings already built there and they look good and i like the way they look in the skyline


https://www.dezeen.com/2017/03/16/oiio-i...-new-york-longest-building-in-the-world/

[Jebby]

Originally Posted by SpongeG

I imagine there is probably only one unit per floor, i've seen some of the skinny buildings already built there and they look good and i like the way they look in the skyline

Yes, most of them are one unit per floor.

[Klazu]

Originally Posted by Jebby

I disagree. I think for the most part they're a great compliment to the skyline and they're all very high quality buildings.

To each their own, but this building doesn't complement New York's world-famous skyline but completely overpowers and defines it. These buildings are nothing more but billionaires expressing their excessive wealth.

[logan5]

It's also done out of necessity. There aren't too many large lots left to develop, so you end up with these ultra thin towers. Interesting looking.imo.

[Migrant_Coconut]

Are the architects trying to satirize the "stick tower" concept in general, or to taunt potential hijackers? Those are the only two scenarios in which this... thing makes sense.

[Klazu]

Originally Posted by Migrant_Coconut

Are the architects trying to satirize the "stick tower" concept in general, or to taunt potential hijackers? Those are the only two scenarios in which this... thing makes sense.

I don't think this is a serious proposal by any means and was more of a joke / conversation piece. Another rendering.


boredpanda.com

[SpongeG]

its been making the mainstream news in the past day. Doesn't seem like a real proposal as there is so much opposition etc.

Not everyone is excited by the prospect of a record-setting building, however. Architectural Digest shared images of the proposed structure with the headline “This Skyscraper Could Ruin New York’s Skyline.”

Curbed New York says it’s improbable the project would ever become a reality.

“It seems highly unlikely that a project like this would ever get off the ground, so to speak—community members and preservation groups (including the Municipal Art Society) have already condemned the rise of supertalls along Central Park South, so adding another one to the mix couldn’t possibly go over well,” the website explained.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/big-bend-skyscraper-new-york_us_58d92850e4b02a2eaab60dee



also made newsweek

and Australian News

[SpongeG]

I think something like this would be cool at waterfront station or granville station or even Vancouver city centre station.

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[jlousa]

We've been eyeing that tech for one of our sites, but the software costs are downright stupid. Maybe once someone creates an open source model which allows the users to manage the content themselves we'll see those gain popularity.

[towerseeker101]

Vancouver needs to have a tall iconic building/tower like Toronto has with the CN Tower, Seattle with its Space Needle. Even Calgary has the red Calgary Tower. Vancouver has the Harbour Centre but now it's being drowned out by tall monotonous glass buildings, making it less and less visible as time goes on. If Vancouver wants to protect its view cone, I wouldn't mind Burnaby taking the charge by placing an iconic tall tower right on top of Metrotown.

[Klazu]

Talking about iconic towers, Seoul's new tallest building, the 555-meters tall Lotte World Tower was inaugurated this week. This superskyscraper is just taller than the CN Tower!



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[SpongeG]

Vancouver doesn't really have so many parkades to need to do this since they are usually replaced by buildings these days, but interesting

Parking garages are getting a second life as places for people


The rise of driverless vehicles and decline in car ownership means reimagining these ubiquitous structures

BY ALISSA WALKER@AWALKERINLA APR 26, 2017, 5:02PM EDT


Garret Rowland via Gensler

As autonomous vehicle companies launch family-focused public trials and automakers invest in “mobility solutions” instead of cars, we’re entering an age where sharing a vehicle will likely become more popular than owning one. But that memo hasn’t really gotten to cities that continue to mandate outrageous parking minimums and the architects who obediently design gargantuan garages in response.

That’s why Andy Cohen, co-CEO of the architecture firm Gensler, has been traveling the country, helping his fellow architects, urban planners, and city leaders visualize—and prepare for—a shared, autonomous future.

“People are always asking, ‘How is this going to happen?’” says Cohen. “But it’s already happening.”

A future that won’t require nearly as much space for storing our motionless vehicles opens up a whole realm of urban opportunities (not to mention environmental improvements). Currently, parking spaces take up about 25,000 square miles of land nationwide, an area roughly the size of West Virginia. But the problem is worst in expensive, car-centric cities like Los Angeles, where up to 13 percent of all land is devoted to parking. Which is why Cohen likes to focus on parking garages, the behemoth structures that take up space in our downtowns—often occupying desirable real estate that could be used for more offices, retail, or housing.

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A hypothetical downtown LA building named “The MOD” helps Cohen illustrate how a parking garage can transform into a variety of public and cultural uses over time. Gensler


84.51 in Cincinnati has three floors of parking nestled between the ground floor and the office floors, but you’d never know it from the sidewalk. Garrett Rowland for Gensler


A parking garage at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois was designed to easily convert into classroom space. Garrett Rowland for Gensler

http://www.curbed.com/2017/4/26/15421594/parking-garages-driverless-cars-gensler

[SpongeG]

more things like this sprinkled around the city. perhaps in the kerrisdale area of the arbutus corridor? or strathcona? or main street? etc...






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