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Originally Posted by Broliv
Yes, it is very confused. A poor design.
I tried to upload a jpeg of Tower 42 but it still doesn't work. Can anyone help?
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Originally Posted by Broliv
Yes, it is very confused. A poor design.
I tried to upload a jpeg of Tower 42 but it still doesn't work. Can anyone help?
Go to: http://www.tinypic.com. Upload it to there. Save the URL. Then use the image button on the editor on this forum and paste the tinypic URL into that.Quote:
Originally Posted by petromax
The architects did say a couple of weeks ago that there is still time for them to make any changes to the design that the council/cabe may want. I think if they can make the two different styles of the building merge and flow better and use better quality materials, then it would be less confused whilst still unique.
I personally like the current design
[IMG]http://i28.tinypic.com/30m7sjq.jpg[/IMG]Quote:
Originally Posted by Waterways
and a bit of the WTC cladding
http://i26.tinypic.com/21b0kxz.jpg
I think they needed to know what they were doing, not be so confused, rather than just be pushed from pillar to post by whomever.Quote:
Originally Posted by AK1
As I say, it must have taken all morning:
http://i30.tinypic.com/ztbwg6.jpg
Is that the NatWest Tower?Quote:
Originally Posted by petromax
Some the buildings in Dubai are literally stunning. Although the city should aim above Dubai.
It used to be. Now it's called Tower 42Quote:
Originally Posted by Waterways
But most are soulless. I like big, bold buildings but the better ones in Dubai are still in the design stages and tend to be smaller scale. The Burj could be great but the real problem is at ground level. There is no city on the street - just highways in the endless desert. As someone said 'a living hell' of a placeQuote:
Originally Posted by Waterways
You are mixing two things up. The streetscape and the buildings. One stunning sight was when approaching Miami at night. All the tall buildings were lit up. During the the day it was awful at street level.Quote:
Originally Posted by petromax
Tall buildings does not mean poor soulless streets below.
You say that Tall buildings do not mean soulless streets having just given a good example of how it can go wrong. If all a city had to do was look stunning then you might accept it actually being awful. Somehow I doubt it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Waterways
I am not mixing anything up. I will tell you why I think not: It's all one thing. It's called a city. Dubai is not a city - it is a collection of isolated buildings, standing in the desert, connected by hostile roadways without rhyme or reason. There is no cohesion and no sense of place, something Liverpool has in spades
Is it possible for you offer an objective and reasoned alternate view?
An e.g. of how not to do it.Quote:
Originally Posted by petromax
Yes, another example of how not to do it. While Paris, London and New York are examples of how not to do it.Quote:
Dubai is not a city - it is a collection of isolated buildings, standing in the desert, connected by hostile roadways without rhyme or reason.
I just gave to one with examples of how not to and to do it. Just not what you wanted or how you perceived matters. :)Quote:
Is it possible for you offer an objective and reasoned alternate view?
I'm a bit confused. Any chance you could give a good example of how decent tall buildings fit into a decent street scape? You probably have mentioned it but i'm being a bit thick today