Wednesday, July 27, 2005
Tall Is Good
Getting Taller
the above is from the ny times on the newest skyscraper editions due throughout the world. i personally love good tall buildings but i would also like to see something that is beautifully done. many of the designs now being fashioned and presented look nothing more than twisted cigar cylinders.
buildings within cities represent what we think about ourselves and our times and the way we envision the future. imagination must allow for something other than a broad pencil stick reaching into the sky.
too often now the beauty of these steel beasts are in the engineering and not for the untrained naked eye. a building must have a reason for getting built, it should fit into its neighborhood/ area, and it should convey its strenght and beauty to us.
the following is from the chicago tribune regarding the newest tower planned there...
Chicago Tall
the above is from the ny times on the newest skyscraper editions due throughout the world. i personally love good tall buildings but i would also like to see something that is beautifully done. many of the designs now being fashioned and presented look nothing more than twisted cigar cylinders.
buildings within cities represent what we think about ourselves and our times and the way we envision the future. imagination must allow for something other than a broad pencil stick reaching into the sky.
too often now the beauty of these steel beasts are in the engineering and not for the untrained naked eye. a building must have a reason for getting built, it should fit into its neighborhood/ area, and it should convey its strenght and beauty to us.
the following is from the chicago tribune regarding the newest tower planned there...
Chicago Tall
// posted by Zevchi @ 9:08 PM 
