Steal one building from another city and put it in yours. What do you take?

[mhays]

There's a block or two of plaza/driveway areas between it and the buildings along Circular Quay, where most people come from. It's near the park but not in it. The plaza seems designed to heighten the separation, not as a welcoming space -- no trees, cafe, umbrella'd tables. Some of the plaza is elevated with loading dock(?) below. But I agree it's a sculpture, not designed to be looked at up close.

[Cirrus]

Hey, that could be a fun game: Given its strengths and weaknesses, where in your city would you locate the Sydney opera house, if you absolutely had to take it?

For DC, I'd put it at the tip of Hains Point.

[Steely Dan]

the sydney opera house would really only make sense in chicago on either navy pier or where the adler planetarium is located, but of course those sites are both currently occupied by buildings, so we'll just let waukegan have it.

waukegan could use a major internationally renown opera house.

[LouisVanDerWright]

Originally Posted by Steely Dan

the sydney opera house would really only make sense in chicago on either navy pier or where the adler planetarium is located, but of course those sites are both currently occupied by buildings, so we'll just let waukegan have it.

In Chicago I'd finish the Burnham Plan's Northern sister island and jetty to Northerly island and put it on that:


Ironically the source of this image is friendsofmeigs.org


Can you imagine the fantastic view of the opera house you'd have looking down Chicago Ave from the west?

[LouisVanDerWright]

My choice would be to steal Habitat 67 and put it on the lot south of River City in Chicago along the river. It would be so dope to have that standing right next to Bertrand's curvatious concrete design. Imagine this:


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Next to this:


indianewengland.com

[fflint]

For San Francisco, I'd put the Sydney Opera House on Treasure Island, directly across the water from downtown SF.

[HurricaneHugo]

I chose Sydney Opera House mostly because San Diego doesn't have anything great on it's downtown waterfront.

That and the culture boost!

[ThePhun1]

Originally Posted by Steely Dan

the sydney opera house would really only make sense in chicago on either navy pier or where the adler planetarium is located, but of course those sites are both currently occupied by buildings, so we'll just let waukegan have it.

waukegan could use a major internationally renown opera house.

It'd probably go well on Pelican Island, north of Galveston Island. If only mother nature had allowed Galveston to live up to its potential.

Given that Houston is more or less an inland city, it'd probably fit well Downtown where the Hilton Hotel is. It could also serve as an entrance to the Ship Channel at Morgan's Point or in place of the San Jacinto Monument or perhaps accompanying it (making for a great view from and great imagery with the Fred Hartman Bridge) But it probably wouldn't work around here.

[yaletown_fella]

For Toronto, I'd replace the parking lot at Church and Bloor with Milan's Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II. It'd be a great bookend to Mink Mile.

[peanut gallery]

The first building that came to mind for me as well, except I didn't think of a location. Your suggestion is perfect. Man, that would look great.

Originally Posted by mthd

some great choices here.

i may be stretching it a bit, but i'd steal the original version of new york's tower verre, and put it in san francisco where foundry square IV is, or somewhere near there. The base wouldn't make sense the way it does in new york, so it would need some rework, but san francisco's skyline doesn't deserve to be defined by the flat-topped mediocrity of another slightly curved pelli obelisk.

[rbehs]

"11 Diagonal Building" by Johannesburg Heritage Foundation

I would like 11 Diagonal from Johannesburg for Oakland, to replace one of the low-rise buildings on the west side of Lake Merritt.

[fflint]

^That is a nice sculpture from a distance, but the way it meets the street--at least in that photo--looks terrible.

[lzppjb]

I'll go with the Empire in Austin. On either the lot north of Republic Square or the one south of it.

[Pinion]

I think the Shanghai Tower would be a good compliment to the new Trump Vancouver, fits in well with the general aesthetic. Put it on Burrard and Alberni (southwest corner).


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Comedy option, Franklin-Templeton investments did this mock up of Vancouver a while ago

[BrandonJXN]

Originally Posted by Steely Dan

the sydney opera house would really only make sense in chicago on either navy pier or where the adler planetarium is located, but of course those sites are both currently occupied by buildings, so we'll just let waukegan have it.

waukegan could use a major internationally renown opera house.

Even though it's now a nature preserve, I'd put the Sydney Opera House on the southern tip of Northerly Island.

[maru2501]

i would put london's shard where the chicago spire was supposed to be

[Surrealplaces]

My favorite tower is the Chrysler building, but I'm not sure how good it would look in Calgary's skyline. I might have to go with John Hancock (Chicago). I think it would fit nicely into our skyline.

Honourable mentions:
The Gherkin
The Shard
Transamerica Pyramid
56 Leonard (NYC)
Bank Of China tower (HK)

[Boisebro]

i've always been a fan of the trib tower in chicago. love the gothic architecture, love the vertical lines, love the scale, and love the incorporation of building fragments from other famous landmarks into the base.



in boise, it'd be a new tallest by about 140 feet, and take its rightful place as the city's signature building.

sorry, chicago.


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