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malec · #1 Posted **Mar 29, 2009, 10:47 PM**

I remember clearly making a thread for this tower. Where did it go???

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Originally Posted by luci203

I guess 2 faces are gold and blue glass, 2 faces are brown stone facade.

Now where's that spire vs roof smiley.

Aleks · #2 Posted **Mar 30, 2009, 12:18 AM**

I'm sorry, but this tower is hideous!

kpdrummer82 · #3 Posted **Aug 1, 2012, 6:39 PM**

i agree

10023 · #4 Posted **Aug 14, 2012, 5:48 PM**

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Originally Posted by Aleks

I'm sorry, but this tower is hideous!

It's not so much the tower that's the problem (although it's not exactly beautiful), but the site plan.

Fishman92 · #5 Posted **Aug 14, 2012, 7:17 PM**

This should have been in NY, no doubt about it. It's a simple, elegant design, a proud structure. The mockup above should be reality.

The only thing I could crit is that it's not in NY, and that the spire is a little short.

zuelas · #6 Posted **Mar 30, 2009, 12:47 AM**

^^^ I have the exact opposite opinion. I find the design quite classy and its proportions very attractive. Actually, it might be my favorite proposal in recent years.

arlekin_m · #7 Posted **Mar 30, 2009, 1:01 AM**

It is very classy. Manages to look very slick, despite the purported brown stone facade. Hope it turns out very similar to these renders.

Patrick · #8 Posted **Mar 30, 2009, 3:47 AM**

Classy! A 21st Century version of a plain 1970's box! Looks great.

Cypherus · #9 Posted **Mar 30, 2009, 3:48 AM**

I love this tower. It looks like a New York style skyscraper, which would have looked amazing in the New York skyline if the same design was proposed for the new WTC.

Nowhereman1280 · #10 Posted **Mar 30, 2009, 5:20 AM**

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Originally Posted by Cypherus

I love this tower. It looks like a New York style skyscraper,

Not to start a city vs. city, but I believe you mean a "Chicago Style" skyscraper since most of the designs this is referencing came from Chicago and the Second Bauhaus.

Tom Servo · #11 Posted **Mar 30, 2009, 7:58 AM**

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Originally Posted by Nowhereman1280

Not to start a city vs. city, but I believe you mean a "Chicago Style" skyscraper since most of the designs this is referencing came from Chicago and the Second Bauhaus.

huh?
what the hell is second bauhaus?

...huh?

xXSkyscraperDudeXx · #12 Posted **Jul 17, 2012, 11:26 PM**

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Originally Posted by Nowhereman1280

Not to start a city vs. city, but I believe you mean a "Chicago Style" skyscraper since most of the designs this is referencing came from Chicago and the Second Bauhaus.

True! China hires a lot of American Architects, and from what i know they are mostly Chicagoan architects!

Spud · #13 Posted **Jul 19, 2012, 6:20 AM**

I really like this tower. If I was a Billionaire I'd build it in my back yard.

vandelay · #14 Posted **Jul 19, 2012, 1:48 PM**

It's been said before, but I wish a tower like this had been proposed for 1WTC. It looks like a modern version of 70 Pine or 40 Wall street, and its silhouette would have brought lower Manhattan right back to its 1930's glory. KPF (which is a New York firm, btw) seems to do more spectacular work out of town.