Top 9 structures soon-to-be-built
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The future is now!
http://deputy-dog.com/2007/11/22/top-9-unique-structures-soon-to-be-built/
Personally, I'd like to see a whole city made of buildings like number 5 (residence antilia, india), with cool little bridges between all the buildings and levels. Inspiring stuff... I'm glad the human race is still building megalithic structures.
http://deputy-dog.com/2007/11/22/top-9-unique-structures-soon-to-be-built/
Personally, I'd like to see a whole city made of buildings like number 5 (residence antilia, india), with cool little bridges between all the buildings and levels. Inspiring stuff... I'm glad the human race is still building megalithic structures.
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I mean, cool buildings!
the other ones are cool though, that ripple building is rad
that said, the world needs more of these things and i'm so happy that loads of countries realise this. I'm depressed and frustrated to live in a country where massive, awe inspiring works of art and engineering are generally seen as a waste of money. Bollocks to that : pour as much money as you can - private and public - into creating the most mentalist buildings we possibly can, piss off as many sour-faced people as we can, make entire nations envious, and set them going to trying to better it. Thats what the modern world is founded on.
As long as they aren't knocking down older marvels to put up the new ones I don't really mind the ugly ones going up. At least none of them are glass boxes. Every city could do with less of those.
9 looks pretty ace to me, 7 also looks cool in a strange sort of way. 1 looks cool, but I'm not sure if I would actually want it in my city, I don't know I have mixed feelings on architecture.
its cool were going upwards and not completely covering the planets surface
that spire looks like a giant dildo
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haha. hell yeah it does.
Its cool too see more buildings like the phallic structure springing up now and then.
Have you ever watched HGTV for "What's up with that house?" There are still individuals making odd homes, but as expected, there's typically people in the neighborhood pissed that the house isn't normal.
Problem is, people want to make their homes as cheaply as possible, and adding odd shapes just for design typically is more money than people are willing to shell out.
Have you ever watched HGTV for "What's up with that house?" There are still individuals making odd homes, but as expected, there's typically people in the neighborhood pissed that the house isn't normal.
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haha, i love that, being the odd man out, you get a nice suburban town, and build a big effin house shaped like a pirate ship and shit, ur driveway is a big plank and you have huge treasure boxes scattered out on the lawn and stuff...that;d be great, esp. in a really rich place haha
These structures are interesting, but they just represent to me "Poor sustainability" for the future.
I wonder what Howard Kunstler would say about all this.
I think Koolhaas' #3 wins because there is a sense of urban space here (ie the plazza define by the negative space). #7 looks great in pictures but might end up like a sad, concrete-dirty touristic place...
Very curious on how #5 will end up looking. Don't know if it fits tho, I would rather see it a a smaller unit kind of building. It actually reminds me of a rough Le Corbsier draft (not built) I saw at school years ago.
Also if you like that kind of stuff check out Paul Rudolph, especially his black and white line/crosshatch drawings - unfortunately googles shows up pretty much none of them.
http://www.papress.com/images/covers480/1568985517.jpg
But in all honesty I really like #1. That has the potential to look really incredible in real life, and unlike most buildings which use large forms to define them it uses small details like balconies working together to give a boring shape a unique flow. #3 also has a very good sense of space and should be a great one to see from the ground up.
#2 and #5 are crap though. One belongs in a tampon commercial, and the other one is an Ikea cd rack, as the article stated.
what happened to the plans for making the worlds tallest building @ noida? nooo those had to get scrapped.. instead we're left with THIS?!! eew
the rest are pretty cool though!
chaching though.. like LOTSA expenses
Maybe once the Chicago Spire is built, a giant Unicorn will emerge from the earth. THAT would be cool.
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