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Old Posted May 22, 2008, 8:51 PM
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No it wouldnt, with that disgusting tower thing, so out of place, the building is okay, just okay, I'm glad this lame project wasnt built.
ok, thanks patrick.
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No it wouldnt, with that disgusting tower thing, so out of place, the building is okay, just okay, I'm glad this lame project wasnt built.
Oh no you did NOT!
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Oh no you did NOT!
I'm really confused with this stupid thread, someone just rename this thread "Buildings AdrianXSands likes, everyone else is wrong."
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Old Posted May 23, 2008, 4:09 AM
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This thread wont last much longer because of some certain people. Im very surprised some of you havent been banned. I can see your voicing your opinions,but seriosly,act mature.
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Old Posted May 23, 2008, 6:13 AM
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i wish we had residential developments like this in the usa:
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Old Posted May 23, 2008, 6:22 AM
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LINKED HYRBID
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I know this thread isn't called "Best Proposals" anymore, but I thought I'd share the plans that were unveiled today for Tivoli's new facade and gentrification towards the west, facing the central station in Copenhagen. Today it is just a grey wall that looks horrible - in the middle of downtown.


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That's not too bad.
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Old Posted Jun 5, 2008, 8:58 AM
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ECO CASINO_CHICAGO
STUDIO GANG
Strained state budgets and resistance to tax hikes make a City-Owned casino a potential income source that could quickly become the State’s biggest money-maker. While typical gambling centers on fake river-boats with huge asphalt parking lots symbolize waste, Eco Casino is designed to work with nature. Casino cash pays for urban amenities and green improvements for Chicago. Eco Casino completely transforms the typical casino revealing its urban and architectural potential. Get there by way of Chicago’s West Loop Transit Center or just walk. Enjoy hotels, spas, dining and gardens powered with renewable energy. Spinning wind turbines produce both electricity and excitement for the roulette skyline bar. On the roof, solar powered slots roll to your lounge chair while pool water cools the building below. Eco Casino introduces new educational high-tech gaming formats; learn about ecosystems while betting on the weather! The ambiance is elegant and urbane. ECO-CASINO would be the first of its kind.





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I'm all for eco design, but a casino for weather nerds, especially with THAT design? Please tell me it's a joke. "Hey Joe, I bet a buck fifty that Myanmar will be the net spot hit by a bigass cyclone! Woo! Make me some many, bad boy, flood em villages!"

I believe that environmental design should be an integral component of every building, yet it shouldn't be based on environmental design alone - just like people should naturally be nice, without having to walk around with a sign saying "Check it out, I'm a very nice guy". But if you're gonna do a casino with an environmental gimmick, at least get the design right.
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STEVEN HOLL: SLICED POROSITY BLOCK
chengdu china 2007-2010


The 'Sliced Porosity Block' will be located just south of the intersection of the First Ring Road and Ren Min Nan Road. Its sun sliced geometry results from minimum daylight exposures to the surrounding urban fabric prescribed by code. Porous and inviting from every side, five vertical entrances cut through a layer of micro-urban shopping before leading to the elevated public 'Three Valley' plaza. A great urban terrace on the scale of Rockefeller Center, this multi-level plaza in the center of the complex is sculpted by stone steps, ramps, trees, and ponds and caters to special events or to a casual afternoon in the sun. Here the public space parallax of overlapping geometries in strict black and white is supercharged by color that glows from the shops positioned underneath the plaza.

The three generous ponds on the plaza are inspired by a poem by Du Fu (713-770), in which he describes how 'Time has left stranded in Three Valleys'. (Du Fu was one of ancient China's most important poets, who spent a part of his life in Chengdu). These three ponds function as skylights to the six-story shopping precinct below, and are pierced by diagonal stray escalators that thrust upwards to three 'buildings within buildings'. Residing on voids in the facades of the sculpted blocks these pavilions are designed by Steven Holl (history pavilion), Lebbeus Woods (high tech pavilion), and Ai Wei Wei (Du Fu pavilion).

The 'Sliced Porosity Block' is heated and cooled geo-thermally and the large plaza ponds harvest recycled rainwater while the natural grasses and lily pads create a natural cooling effect. High-performance glazing, energy-efficient equipment and the use of regional materials are just a few of the other methods employed to reach the LEED gold rating.






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Holl is my second favorite architect in the world right now after nouvell. It's such a shame that he can't get anything built in his hometown of New York. His much-maligned proposal for the Hudson railyards was actually amazing--roughly 58,952x better than the turd that was actually chosen.


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lol^ That looks amazing. Out of interest what was chosen?


d'okay Im gonna have a stab at China, many thanx to Zorg

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Cathay Opera House, Chongqing



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Old Posted Jun 10, 2008, 2:03 AM
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Shanghai Center 550m







Guangzhou Television tower, 610m (over 2000ft):








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Old Posted Jun 10, 2008, 2:23 AM
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Shenzhen Museum of Contemporary Art:




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..on a different note Ken Yeang

started off with Menara Mesiniaga, Kuala Lumpar 1992



Tokyo Nara Tower design 1994



Hitechniaga Tower 2000


Chongqing proposal


Macau masterplan

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EDITT Tower design (Ecological Design In The Tropics)



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Someone bloody hire him!
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Binhai Water Building twins, Tianjin 166m.




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cool structures




wow, that's nice.
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