'So wilfully difficult it's painful to look at!'
'I know symmetry is not necessarily in-style, but surely here at least if the building tapered out on both sides the necessary 'structural gymnastics', referred to by a previous commenter, would be basically eliminated,' continued SteveLeo. 'Next step: horizontal skyscrapers,' added Stefano Parodi. 'The natural laws of physics demand that tall buildings need to get narrower towards the top,' said Alfred Hitchcock. Readers aren't sold on Adjaye Associates' design of a supertall skyscraper in New York, which has a series of cantilevers to give it a dramatic form.
'Surely there's a more appropriate solution with a much more slender structure, which doesn't completely obscure the existing entrance and visually compete with the historic structure?'ĭo you think the design is a good addition to the cathedral? Join the discussion › A djaye Associates proposes inverted supertall skyscraper for New York 'Massive stone arches supporting nothing? It makes no sense, concluded Alfred Hitchcock. 'This one is a rather mediocre idea the fact that it's well-executed does not change it.'
'We have the right to add the new modern parts to historic buildings, but it comes with an obligation to do it well,' added Marius. Colin_MacGillivray agreed: 'A pure, lean, glass structure, using 21st-century technology, would have revealed the original entrance.'
