You've almost got the same drilling sensitive eye as that of this architect on the French forum.
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Je trouve personnellement qu'elles jouent de multiples clins d'oeil esthétiques à la Grande Arche, notamment avec la distinction entre rigueur des façades tournées vers l'intérieur et rondeur des extérieures ; le côté grand porche également. Je pense qu'elles sont moins audacieuses que Phare mais peuvent être plus élégantes.
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I think that guy is a subtle pro and he's a mod out there, though. He's also good at playing with the language. It's a bit hard to relate, but he basically says these are just less ambitious (much less controversial too) than Thom Mayne's project that should've been built there, but possibly more elegant for better integrated to the surroundings, reminding of the angular (straight) lines of the neighboring arch by the central deck, while still showing sweater feminine round curves to the other sides of it. Mayne's design was sort of feminine indeed. It looked like someone pregnant to me. Some of us are missing it for sure.
And we're losing some office room anyway. This is many less offices than what was originally ordered. In the meantime, we're getting an interesting hotel and some luxury "serviced apartments" to screw the rich anyhow, which is interesting as well.
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