Minoru Yamasaki was born here in America and his firm was based in Michigan. He's ethnically Japanese, but he grew up as an American. He designed the World Trade Center, among other things.
__________________ la forme d'une ville change plus vite, hélas! que le coeur d'un mortel...
Wow, people actually complaining about this tower not fitting in? Its curves and details are definitely more interesting than the blocky, squat towers that make up most of Century City. Century Plaza Towers are great, but people have different preferences for residential buildings.
Compare the postmodern Nakatomi Plaza and this one, this tower is more art deco than postmodern.
I apologize for how lousy these shots are, washed out due to bad light, taken while driving, and my camera has a really dirty sensor...
...nonetheless, I took these while driving through Century City yesterday...
While i've decided that while I like the overall shape of this tower, the facade seems really fussy. There's something wrong with the massing at the top too, but I can't quite put my finger on it. Like many others, I feel that this tower would be perfect on Wilshire in Westwood, but feels a bit alien in Century City. CC has a much more modernist vibe to it, and this tower has none of that.
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Even if you are 1 in a million, there are still 8,000 people just like you...
What's the latest news on this project? And I'd love to see the photos of it!
I was just at my parents' place and managed to see the building in the late afternoon and evening. It looked to be pretty much finished, and there were some units that had lights on in the evening. I guess people might be actually living in there now? The next time I'm out there I'll try to take some pics from the rooftop.