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Originally Posted by muppet
^MAD architects have been designing like that way before Aqua. Theyre famous for the kind of 'twister' towers that people are now copying round the world:
the Mississauga tower, Canada
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That tower was also designed after Aqua. I believe Aqua had already broken ground before that was even announced. Also, the construction techniques that allow these kind of forms were basically invented and developed on the Aqua site, so I don't see how they could have been building buildings like this long before Aqua... MAD wasn't even founded until 2003. Aqua broke ground at the end of 2006. So I don't see where they would have gotten the time to become world famous for wavy and twisting buildings in a matter of 3 short years...
And, for the record, I am not criticizing this building for its similarities to Aqua. I'm actually just excited to see that a mini-style of design has been formed around a building technique that largely originated in Aqua's extremely interesting and innovative design.