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Old Posted Dec 29, 2007, 4:36 AM
zilfondel zilfondel is offline
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I like it. Great counterpoint to the skyscraper... its more like a giant crystalline pimple on the ground - a sort of 'Eiffel Tower meets Blobitecture.' Michael Sorkin didn't help design this, did he? Maybe Foster just borrowed the ideas from him and Paolo Soleri... and it appears that it will minimize its eco-footprint on the ground at the same time.

Just think about how much light a normal skyscraper blocks - yet they have less actual usable floor area. This thing (hopefully) will be super efficient.