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Originally Posted by Cirrus
I'd like to see some experimentation with skyscrapers organized like the graphic below (forgive the 5 second sketch), which could produce the best of both worlds. Unfortunately, that would take a difficult collaboration. You'd need multiple architects trained in opposing paradigms willing to put aside both their egos and dogma.
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So you would like to see more buildings like New York's Hearst Tower! ...except that the entire facade would be have to be designed by present day architects since the supply of suitable (and gut-able) Art Deco low-rises is limited.
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I agree with your general point. Many modern towers can be improved by adding human-scaled detail at the base so that pedestrians are not confronted by a gigantic and monolithic abstract shape at street level.