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Originally Posted by isaidso
I suppose what you find beautiful, I'd find an eye sore. No flow with the skyline? It's not supposed to flow with it. This museum is designed to stick out and offer contrast between it and its surroundings. If it was just another Winnipeg building, that would be tantamount to a design failure. This is arguably the most exciting building going up anywhere on the continent. What do you want, a modernist box? That would be a giant snooze!
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Agreed.
When I first looked at the final design, I was like "wha...!?"
Then, over time, it grew on me, to a point where I love the design because it's nothing like anything else in this city, or the country, or the continent for that matter.
As regards to those "super tall" crawler cranes, I think this crane (or something like it) will show up in this city soon.
Photo by Ronsmytheiii/NASA, nasaspaceflight.com
That crane is used to assemble 1 of 3 600 ft. lightning towers at Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center for NASA's next generation of launch vehicles, Ares I, which it will replace the Space Shuttle after it retires next year.
More photos
here.