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Originally Posted by Harley613
It looks exactly like the Desmarais building at Ottawa U but twice as tall. How original.
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Originally Posted by Kitchissippi
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This was my first though as well!!
While most of us appreciate a subtle nod to famous/significant architecture or architects... (See: PanAm Building in NYC and a dozen others modeled in it's light, or Sears Tower in Chicago, or anything that had
FL Wright or
Starck influences) however, THIS is bordering on design plagiarism and it's almost embarrassing.
While i agree the building is somewhat appealing, you can't recreate a building, add floors and balconies and call it new. In another city, this might go unnoticed, but 10 blocks away!?!
