If you could have any single skyscraper from another city...

vegetagd · #1 Posted **Jan 30, 2007, 7:27 PM**

that's UC or proposed which one would you have, and why? To make it fun, try and pick buildings under 400M becuase it's just to easy to pick the biggest of the big.

I live in Chicago, and I would love to have Nashville's proposed signature tower. To me it has an empire state building feel, and it is just awesome.

***EDIT***

To make it easier on all the poster's, maybe post a picture of the building you want for your city, and a picture of your city's skyline so we can ohh and ahh!

shane453 · #2 Posted **Jan 30, 2007, 9:07 PM**

I'd probably have to go with Sig Tower too... It's a really great design.

Dac150 · #3 Posted **Jan 30, 2007, 9:13 PM**

I'm in New York, so I would choose the Trump International Hotel and Tower u/c in Toronto. It would blend in well with the city, especially I think near the Empire State Building.

fflint · #4 Posted **Jan 30, 2007, 9:33 PM**

For downtown San Francisco, I'd like either Jin Mao or Fountain Place.

trvlr70 · #5 Posted **Jan 30, 2007, 9:52 PM**

I'd like to steal the following:

From NYC: 15 Central Park West. It would look great on Lincoln or Grant parks.

From NYC: The Crystler Building. It would look terrific in close promixity to Tribune and Wrigley

From Hong Kong: Highcliff. It would be a nice addition to Lake Shore Drive.

Steely Dan · #6 Posted **Jan 30, 2007, 9:59 PM**

i would steal pittsburgh's U.S. Steel Tower and place it at wolf point in chicago; and maybe add several more hundred vertical feet to give it the proper height an austere, authoratative design like this would need amongst chicago's big shoulders.

just imagine this expressed-structure corten dream standing commandingly on the triangular site overlooking the confluence of the 3 branches of the chicago river.

i just got shivers.

Cirrus · #7 Posted **Jan 30, 2007, 10:03 PM**

Tough question for DC. You'd want something:

No higher than about 400, maybe 450 feet - tall enough to be the 2nd highest landmark in the city, but noticably shorter than the Washington Monument
Fairly narrow, with a pointed or otherwise embellished top
That would complement the city's landmark aesthetic - that would add to to the whole without being too much of an attention whore on its own
That had a whitish color palette, to go with the marble/granite look common to the city

... I'm not sure I can think of anything. New York's Met Life, Boston's Custom House, Chicago's Mather Tower and Philadelphia's City Hall all came to mind, but I think they're all too tall. Seattle's Smith Tower isn't monumental enough, and the blocky office portion is too high. LA's City Hall strikes me as not quite the right shape for DC, although it's about the best domestic option I can think of.

Might have to take something from Europe. The problem w/ most modern buildings is they're too wide.

WonderlandPark · #8 Posted **Jan 30, 2007, 10:03 PM**

Live in Portland and would love to see the HSBC building grace our skyline. Its modest size would fit well.

J Church · #9 Posted **Jan 30, 2007, 10:03 PM**

2ifc.

AZheat · #10 Posted **Jan 30, 2007, 11:33 PM**

The Chrysler Building would look very nice situated in downtown Phoenix with the sun glistening off the silver color. Yes, definitely.

kool maudit · #11 Posted **Jan 30, 2007, 11:43 PM**

volguus zildrohar · #12 Posted **Jan 31, 2007, 12:01 AM**

Minneapolis' Wells Fargo Center. Put it where PSX is now.

brickell · #13 Posted **Jan 31, 2007, 12:16 AM**

London's Swiss Re would fit in well here. I'd put it on Brickell Ave or convert to condo and put it on the beach.

Kroy Wen · #14 Posted **Jan 31, 2007, 2:38 AM**

I'd snag the Jin Mao for nyc, place it somewhere central in the financial district.

Buckeye Native 001 · #15 Posted **Jan 31, 2007, 2:49 AM**

I'd plant the Burj Dubai right on top of the Block at Orange. It'd blend in perfectly!

DBR96A · #16 Posted **Jan 31, 2007, 3:54 AM**

I'd pluck this tower from downtown Atlanta and place it in downtown Pittsburgh...

I think it's the best-looking skyscraper in Atlanta that's not taller than the U.S. Steel Tower.

(The tower behind it in the picture would look nice in Pittsburgh too, now that I think about it.)

CtrlAltDel · #17 Posted **Jan 31, 2007, 4:49 AM**

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villelumiere · #18 Posted **Jan 31, 2007, 12:05 PM**

For Paris La defense I would take the gherkin Swiss Re in London. it is unique instantly recognisable totally ungeneric and would add individuality and fit in heightwise to la Defense.

In return the English could have the disgusting beaubourg.

vid · #19 Posted **Jan 31, 2007, 1:19 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by villelumiere

For Paris La defense I would take the gherkin Swiss Re in London. it is unique instantly recognisable totally ungeneric and would add individuality and fit in heightwise to la Defense.

In return the English could have the disgusting beaubourg.

The French are well known for their generosity.

I think KfW-Westarkade in Frankfurt would fit in well on our waterfront, but unfortunately it is 49m taller than our city's height limit.

Evergrey · #20 Posted **Jan 31, 2007, 4:09 PM**

i would take The Drake off Philly's hands