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Old Posted Sep 30, 2007, 4:57 AM
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this one's compelling in shape (ruined by the flags and half point arches down in the base) but it would be better designed by Calatrava. I wonder how a skycraper by him would look like.
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Lest we forget, here is Le Corbusier's utopian plan for the historic center of Paris:


www.tu-harburg.de/ b/kuehn/voisin.jpg
I wouldn't actually mind living in a rational-looking society like that. Pure function at best suits me more.
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Well, actually I would love that most of this other Architecture should be built, even they are most inovative and different the common stuff we have:

1) Angel City is a tremendous wonderful architecture. Unfortunatly it was not built, but the mixture of Gothic, futurism in such Theme Park is welcome to me.
2) Jetsons Bldg is also very futurism, wonderful if built also.
3) The Dildo bldg (Great Vibrator one), if would be blue and green instead of red and yellow has a marvellous design.
4) The Dubai one is also wonderful. I would like it in my city to be proposed.
5) The Saigon Bldg is one of the most beautiful Architecture already seen.


The rest seems other too common the most bldgs we already have in several cities or some crazy mentality, but has its differences...
I do not consider none of them as brutalist. Even the pscicodelic side the factory with 2-Chimneys are in some way interesting as it is in open area of a river bank. It is also ok.

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I wouldn't actually mind living in a rational-looking society like that. Pure function at best suits me more.
Try giving directions in a complex like that.

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this one's compelling in shape (ruined by the flags and half point arches down in the base) but it would be better designed by Calatrava. I wonder how a skycraper by him would look like.
Like this:



Or this:

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This is romanticism, like neushwanstein, is the arc style proper of a society heading towards dictatorship

reminds me of the black gate of mordor
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This one made me laugh...
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...until I realized it was actually being built. Then I cried. Why...why!!!
This is the Grand Lisboa Hotel in Macau, China....yucko
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Oh man! That's terrible!
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^I just threw up a little in my mouth. I had no idea Wynn recycled his designs so much either.



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80 South Street, New York

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Seconded!!! I honestly can't see what people see in its design.
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This one made me laugh...
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...until I realized it was actually being built. Then I cried. Why...why!!!
This is the Grand Lisboa Hotel in Macau, China....yucko
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WONDERFUL BLDG , Actually is a flower opening or a fox face. Maybe even a torch in gold fire. I liked much. I did not known Macau is making something different to our world instead of only boxes bldgs. Top design.
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What details! it's even rimmed for maximum pleasure.

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^^^^I think that was posted already!^^^^

I like the tower in Macau, the model only because the real thing looks bad!!

L.O.L I thought this was Las Vegas when I saw the Wynn.. For a rich ass person he sure is cheap!!
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Old Posted Oct 12, 2007, 9:33 AM
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^^^^I think that was posted already!^^^^

I like the tower in Macau, the model only because the real thing looks bad!!

L.O.L I thought this was Las Vegas when I saw the Wynn.. For a rich ass person he sure is cheap!!
The real thing dose not yet have glass. The surface is temporarily covered in yellow canvas to block wind. But, even when it has glass, it will be horrible.
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Green Bird, London



Yup, someone thought building a giant dildo in the middle of London was a good idea.

http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=7326
http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=102959
I always knew there was something wrong with london .
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^^ I know people say IFC2 and Chicago Spire resemble a dildo, but last one's just crazy ! It looks exactly like a dildo ! What were they thinking ?
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This one made me laugh...
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...until I realized it was actually being built. Then I cried. Why...why!!!
This is the Grand Lisboa Hotel in Macau, China....yucko
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WTF is that? Its the Star Fox Intergalactic Star Fighter Headquarters!
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a nasty one in portland
When was this proposed? As a slice of 60's/70's Sci-Fi architecture it is sort of appealing and would actually make a nice "through the ages" addition to most cities...however if it is a more recent proposal, well, shame on them!

And as for the Macao building, Macao IS the Las Vegas of China, so what did we expect?
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I'm looking for the picture, I have it somewhere, but the Iowa World Trade Center was supposed to be an 88-story Glass Hexagon with a Gigantic Globe on top.

It's a good thing that failed.
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Ah yes...the Will Alsop design.

what the fuck is that? seriously jesus christ
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