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Originally Posted by Ch.G, Ch.G
I'm experiencing cognitive dissonance. I know this building is shit, and the architect is shit, and the style is shit, but here it looks kind of cool?
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It is kinda cool. There are parts of this building that are neat on their own, but then you look at the detailing or the way it jives with the rest of the structure and you go "wtf were they thinking?".
For example, this picture: I think "cool a cantilever with a rounded edge topped by a nicely detailed sash" then I look closer and go "OMG, did they even think about the detailing on the buttresses of the cantilever?". They didn't even line up the lines in the precast. And, on top of that, even if the lines matched up, there is now way that would actually hold weight if it were made of actual stone. Therefore they aren't even trying to make it look real. I mean look at it, if there were actual stones or stone panels making that up, the bottom block would just fall right out and the rest of the tower would collapse.
And then you look at the first balcony, why the hell does it set back like that? I mean they clearly just go to that point in the design and the lines from the base didn't continue into the tower, so they just left it instead of going back and figuring out how to get that little indent by the balcony to continue down the base and add continuity to the design.
I'm not even an architect and I notice these glaring errors and lazy designs.