New "old" highrises. Or "30s highrises" built in the XXI Century!

[Dylan Leblanc]

What city is this Kevin?

Originally Posted by Atomic Glee

[Atomic Glee]

Originally Posted by Dylan Leblanc

What city is this Kevin?

The Sanguinet Building (aka the Chase Bank Building) is in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. It was built after Chase's old home, a 36-story tower next door, was nearly destroyed by a tornado. They moved in in 2002 once this building opened.

Their old tower was nearly demolished before being bought by a different developer and converted to condos after a major redesign.

[vid]

And it looks great, but it's not an old design.

That building you keep mentioning isn't in Vancouver, it's in Victoria.

[ikcyzrteip]

That Sullivan Square looks good, but could they pick a worse place?

GO BEARS!

[Lecom]

That Tulsa tower continues to amaze me.

[Dylan Leblanc]

Kevin I remember when the Fort Worth Chase Bank got hit. John R. always kept us updated with photos. I am glad the building was refurbrished for use again. I thought it looked funny when it was boarded up with plywood in the windows. It looked like a cardboard box on the skyline for while! They really did a great job with their new building. The base is a little hard to take but I wouldn't every say no to something like that in my city.

[Dylan Leblanc]

I've got to post this one in Sao Paule again. This is a fine fine looking building! Quite a contrast to the glass box beside it.

Anyone know the name or other info?

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Originally Posted by vid

That building you keep mentioning isn't in Vancouver, it's in Victoria.

Whoops.

[AnotherPunter]

I'm not sure whether this is 30s or 1890s. It is rising toward the south end of Grant Park in Chicago.



Here's the SCP thread: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=97328

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That is quite a tall, skinny building. I like!

[Atomic Glee]

We in Fort Worth are getting another one. Meet The Carnegie, a new 16-story, 236-foot office tower with ground-floor retail under construction on 3rd Street between Taylor and Lamar in downtown. It was designed by the same architect (David Schwarz) who designed the Sanguinet Building I posted earlier, and is located one block west of the Sanguinet Building (that parking garage on the left of the rendering is the Sanguinet Building's Art Deco-styled parking garage). The Carnegie will be buff brick with cast stone and limestone trim. It is replacing a parking lot, which is a very, very good thing.

[trvlr70]

Originally Posted by AnotherPunter

I'm not sure whether this is 30s or 1890s. It is rising toward the south end of Grant Park in Chicago.



Here's the SCP thread: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=97328

Actually, this is the Elysian which is under construction. But, it is located in Chicago's Gold Coast/Near North side.

[Dylan Leblanc]

wow I'm jealous of you now Fortworth!

[Arriviste]

Wow, this thread is full of some of the 21st centuries worst architecture. Hell the 20th century would for the most part be ashamed of itself if any of this crap were built then. NOT A FAN AT ALL. Lets be representative of our time. Why replicate? It's not like we as a species are coming close to running out of ideas.

[Dylan Leblanc]

Funny thing is these building are representative of their time. Just because modernism drastically changed architectural styles since the 1950s doesn't mean we're not allowed to go back to more elegant forms of architecture. Architectural styles, like so many things in our world, is cyclical.

[Dylan Leblanc]

Here's a photo of the crown of the Tulsa building - http://www.emporis.com/en/il/im/?id=255530

[salvius]

Originally Posted by Dylan Leblanc

Funny thing is these building are representative of their time. Just because modernism drastically changed architectural styles since the 1950s doesn't mean we're not allowed to go back to more elegant forms of architecture. Architectural styles, like so many things in our world, is cyclical.

I don't think there's anything about International Style architecture _done right._ Some amazing buildings were built in the style. I think a lot, nay vast majority, of modern day reproductions of the old buildings do not look right.

[Arriviste]

Originally Posted by Dylan Leblanc

Funny thing is these building are representative of their time. Just because modernism drastically changed architectural styles since the 1950s doesn't mean we're not allowed to go back to more elegant forms of architecture. Architectural styles, like so many things in our world, is cyclical.

I don't know if I'd consider architecture cyclical. It's evolving, and has periodic moments of absolte lunacy (as we see in this thread) but at least at the highest level is/should be breaking new ground. Relentless progress in architecture has been occuring for quite some time now, and by quite some time, I mean a few hundred years. Untill we run out of ideas, or engineering prowess, why duplicate the antiquated? You can't tell me that this "neo-classical" or "neo classical revival" if you consider the previous stage of neo classicism to be over (which I do) to be representative of our best technologies and processes?
And thanks for starting the site. Nalyds skyscraperpage was key to my success in junior high in the late 90's.

[Dylan Leblanc]

Well in 100 years I hope we are still using brick, terracotta stone and copper to clad buildings, and using traditional architectural features which have developed in western architecture over hundreds and even thousands of years. There's only so much that can be done with stainless steel and glass.

Arriviste, I do it all for you!

[vid]

"why duplicate the antiquated?"

Ask that to the people that designed skyscrapers in the early 20th century. There is a reason it's called 'neo' after all.