Posted Sep 5, 2014, 7:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Crawford
NY will never have many buildings like that China rendering because NY is really the only city on earth that primarily builds skyscrapers on an urban grid.
Even if you go somewhere ultra-urban like a Hong Kong, you will notice their tallest towers are built in a non-urban context (i.e. built in isolation to the larger streetscape). The zoning in NYC doesn't even allow for this type of development.
Take Shanghai Tower. The tower is fantastic, but the urban design is horrible. The zoning in NYC prioritizes, above all, the relationship of the building to the existing urban environment. This means, by definition, you will get mostly boxes superimposed on the grid.
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 lt's quintessential NY
Last edited by wilfredo267; Sep 5, 2014 at 7:34 PM.
Reason: added a sentence.
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