[williamchung taiwan]

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by Taiwan ren

from
http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/viewthread.php?tid=40428&extra=page%3D2&page=48

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[Razqal]

nice, but it doesnt look like the rendering in the billboard.

[williamchung taiwan]

nice, but it doesnt look like the rendering in the billboard.

that rendering is the sense of night

[williamchung taiwan]

from skyscrapers.tw
by coffeemilk1984

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[giallo]

Sigh...
This design already looks 25 years old and it's not even finished. Why, Taipei, why?

Seriously awful stuff.

Thanks for the update, william.

[ed21x]

yeah, it's definitely nothing spectacular, but it is an improvement on the overall urban landscape, and i welcome such changes big and small :) and we should be thankful that the fins aren't as big as in the renderings :haha:

[williamchung taiwan]

I really hate the residential part on the middle, it so ugly !!
But I like hotel and office.

[Razqal]

Sigh...
This design already looks 25 years old and it's not even finished. Why, Taipei, why?

Seriously awful stuff.

because taiwanese just cannot design. plain and simple. the country seriously needs an infusion of foreign architects and send local designers/students abroad to get retrained.

[Razqal]

I really hate the residential part on the middle, it so ugly !!
But I like hotel and office.

i never understood the concept. why build residential apartments above a noisy and polluting bus terminal anyway?

[williamchung taiwan]

i never understood the concept. why build residential apartments above a noisy and polluting bus terminal anyway?
I have no idea,too.
This project combines residential apartments,shopping centre(on the bottom),hotel(on the left hand) and office(on the right hand).

[williamchung taiwan]

because taiwanese just cannot design. plain and simple. the country seriously needs an infusion of foreign architects and send local designers/students abroad to get retrained.

I think they just choose wrong Taiwanese architects.
This project is designed by the same person who design Taipei 101, Mr. Lin.:koko:

[ed21x]

oh, i thought this was a CY Lee design,

[Razqal]

I think they just choose wrong Taiwanese architects.
This project is designed by the same person who design Taipei 101, Mr. Lin.:koko:

i still think taiwan should hire more foreign architects just like china (and other asian countries) have been doing. the beijing bird's nest stadium, the water cube, the beijing opera house, beijing airport, cctv office building, shanghai financial tower, jin mao, on and on and on have ALL been designed by foreign architects and they all helped to put china on the global architectural map. even with taiwan having the world's tallest building still does not get taiwan global recognition. sad...

i know developers try to cut costs hiring local designers, but i think it's more wasteful to spend money on architects that produce mediocre buildings that does nothing to beautify the country's landscape (or even worsen it) than to spend more on constructing buildings of quality architecture.

on a positive note, kaohsiung stadium, taipei twin towers, taichung opera house, national palace museum chiayi branch are all great designs and will be constructed albeit some on a slower pace than others.

[SpeedoPro]

that is one ugly building. i try hard not to puke every time i see the hideous colors. C.Y.Lee needs to be sent to jail.:yuck:

[Australiasian]

yeah, looks pretty shitty to me.
we seriously need some more quality buildings man...

[Razqal]

it looks nice from this view:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3127/2803000079_9590205d5d_o.jpg

[williamchung taiwan]

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[Australiasian]

thanks for posting.

[SpeedoPro]

the atrium looks bland and boring; and the hedious colors aren't helping.
dont expect anything better from CYLee.:yuck: :slob:

[ed21x]

the design is actually fine. It's the color that ruins it. Imagine if the brown was replaced with granite or marble this could actually be a very classy looking building.

[williamchung taiwan]

the atrium looks bland and boring; and the hedious colors aren't helping.
dont expect anything better from CYLee.:yuck: :slob:

You get it! CYLee!:haha:

[williamchung taiwan]

from skyscrapers.tw by hljluis

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[Australiasian]

nice, there is actually going to be a cinema in there.

[Australiasian]

please tell me that taipei bus terminal sticker isnt some permanent sign...

[Razqal]

actually not so bad looking up close. but the interior is dull and boring. come on, they can do better than white walls and white bathroom tiles!! at least use a different colored paint.

[metroXpress]

crazy...but nice.

It's always interesting to see what the Chinese people got...compared
to what we have here in Vancouver...everything is quite different and
so are the plans.

[Razqal]

crazy...but nice.

It's always interesting to see what the Chinese people got...compared
to what we have here in Vancouver...everything is quite different and
so are the plans.

you mean TAIWANESE.

[metroXpress]

from skyscrapers.tw by hljluis

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj12/williamchung7/Taipei%20city/iTaipei/49698f948615f.jpg

This thing is not even new...I know it cause I've been there before.

[metroXpress]

you mean TAIWANESE.

Sorry about that...I know this is an issue that gets a lot of debates about it.

[ed21x]

Sorry about that...I know this is an issue that gets a lot of debates about it.

there is no debate. especially when talking architecture, Taiwan and China evolved along different paths, with Taiwan being far more Japanese while China is ironically more western. Go figure...

[SpeedoPro]

ugh.. i get nauseous every time i see this monstrosity. this has to be the most hideous design in south east asia.:yuck:

[williamchung taiwan]

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[sungFFman]

ugh.. i get nauseous every time i see this monstrosity. this has to be the most hideous design in south east asia.:yuck:

you mean east asia?

[metroXpress]

thanks for the pics....feeling a bit uncomfortable seeing it because of all the tiles that they use...

[Razqal]

thanks for the pics....feeling a bit uncomfortable seeing it because of all the tiles that they use...

yea but the tiles look nicer than the typical boring tiles they use in the mrt stations. i think the interior looks quite nice but it looks kind of cramped for a main bus terminal, no? especially when you compare it to the high speed stations.

[anyiliang]

The inside is not that bad. I took Ho Hsin today from there to Taichung. It is clean and very nice. The tile doesn't seem that bad when you are there in person.

[metroXpress]

yea but the tiles look nicer than the typical boring tiles they use in the mrt stations. i think the interior looks quite nice but it looks kind of cramped for a main bus terminal, no? especially when you compare it to the high speed stations.

agreed when you compare it to those MRT stations....

Everytime I go to Seattle, I feel like Taipei's MRT stations copied Seattle's Westlake Station:

Look at the identical tiles...

http://image12.webshots.com/12/7/28/49/366272849HMSxad_fs.jpg