^ interesting.
i mean, BIG > Stern, am i right? Related promised something "architecturally significant". this sounds like a step in the right direction. |
Is this worthy of starting a new thread for yet?
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we have to discuss this juicy rumor, and we need a place to do it. and something BIG (get it?) will eventually be built on this site, so let's discuss the possibilities. |
BIG wow hopefully it won't be extremely tacky. Still good news best architect they've ever chosen.
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Hmmm... would rather have Smith & Gil, Herzog, or Richard Rogers than the contrivance I'm afraid BIG will propose, but I'll wait and see, obviously.
I still haven't fully mourned the loss of the Spire. Sigh... |
Wooaaahhh. Hello. This is indeed BIG news.....
Exciting intel here......despite the fact that I, as many seem to, think their design is a downgrade from Foster's at 2 WTC, and disappointing in some ways in its own right, this is still exciting and I'm optimistic that they will come up with something compelling for the spire site if Related has in fact handed its design to them..... |
Looks like the "to" in "a possible Spire part to" is the Danish word for "two". Don't know why they chose to use the Danish word instead of the American one, other than to be punny, because it looks as though it were a typo and it gets confusing with the American word "to" (I think I'm confused after re-reading this sentence). Linguistics aside, the idea of a Chicago Spire 2.0 makes me wonder how similar it will be to the previous design.
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I asked someone from Related about this and I was asked where I heard this info and I said I read a little blurb that had no verifying information.
When i delved deeper and asked if they could throw me a bone, I was shot down. That act almost makes me believe that there's more truth to some of this than not... |
BIG; "Your Supertall Foundation-adaptation Specialists"
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Great lets hope we get the BIG that designed 625 w 57th st. and not the BIG that designed 2WTC.
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Also very much agreed about the loss of the Spire. It was perfect for this site. :( |
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http://images.adsttc.com/media/image...jpg?1373318874 ...reminds me of this weird little gem on Sheridan: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OvonoKii_d...conieswide.jpg (photo by my hero, Lynn Becker) |
^That building on Sheridan isn't a gem, it's a total pile.
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granville tower is one hell of a cool little odd-ball gem. i was at my cousin's wedding in the park kitty-corner to it over the summer and my brother-in-law (a high school teacher with no specific interest in architecture) looked up at granville tower and said, without any provocation from me, "that sure is a strange looking building. i don't know if i like it or not, but it's so weird it's actually kinda cool". i smiled benignly. |
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PS, I wish they'd paint the concrete another color, it would greatly improve people's general opinions of the tower. Paint it cream, it would look so sick with that brown brick. Also, the best part isn't even the crazy facade massing or duplex construction, but the sick treatment of the base. It's a pool deck, a parking deck, and a lobby with absolutely nothing else. No extra hallways, no blank walls hiding the cars, no fortress walls around the pool. Just entirely open and honest. |
I wish they could just build this. Maybe make a 1600-1700' version, carve an wide rectangular opening around the 1500' mark, add an observation deck with restaurant, make it mixed used, and call it the CWFC. Chicago World Finacial Center. :D
One of my favorite proposals in the country that didn't happen. :( While I liked the spire, it wasn't anything special except for its height (IMO). Now this proposal, this was a bummer to not have. Whatever rises, this location, with impeccable views, needs to be great and something that stands out on the national level. Yes, I'd like it to be a super tall that exceeds all. To wishful thinking :cheers:. Here Here... :cheers: http://41.media.tumblr.com/f8c537caf...fqyo1_1280.jpg Credit: http://themanonfive.com/page/125?rou...page%2F%3Apage https://www.google.com/maps/vt/data=...jpBfFq1k-NfLGK This in that location, and thats a wrap for the day. |
I hope something big (no pun intended really) rises here but I can't say I'm normally a huge fan of his work. 2WTC has grown on me but only from some angles, from others it still looks like a 400+ meter pile of garbage.
Something simple that tops 400+ meters would be awesome here, I can't imagine with such valuable real estate they wouldn't try to top Wanda Vista. :shrug: |
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