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Metropolitan · #21 Posted **Nov 28, 2006, 9:26 PM**

Well, personally, I do like the tower. I find it very elegant. Please people, remember that what you're looking for are 2D renderings, try to imagine the tower as if you were on La Défense esplanade.

Clearly, I'm no fan of the hairs on the top of the structure. The pinacle has to be rethought. However, the tower is well-proportionated and I don't find the design awful at all. It's actually very pleasing. The only thing I'm scared is that the tower could look fat from some angles, but once comparing the floor area to the height, we do realize it couldn't be the case. Seriously, this will be a great addition to Paris.

High Pointer · #22 Posted **Nov 28, 2006, 10:34 PM**

Wow...if there was ever a supertall I didn't want built, it would be this one. Normally I enjoy/tolerate organic towers, but this one's somehow bad enough even without the crown, which I will henceforth refer to as Don King's hair.

Benhamin · #23 Posted **Nov 28, 2006, 11:10 PM**

It looks like an electron microscope view of some sort of smelling cell, the top looks like cilia.

Eww. Sorry Paris, but this looks gross to me.

R@ptor · #24 Posted **Nov 28, 2006, 11:13 PM**

I think it's an amazing design, especially the lower half of the building. They only need to get rid of the 'hairs' on top of it. But then I always liked organic buildings.

malec · #25 Posted **Nov 28, 2006, 11:27 PM**

I think this is a ground-shatterer in the making, you know, one of those that everyone loathes but after some years it becomes one of the best things ever.

toddguy · #26 Posted **Nov 28, 2006, 11:30 PM**

loathesome monstrosity IMHO. The Paris city government has my sympathy.

J Church · #27 Posted **Nov 28, 2006, 11:35 PM**

You're killing me, MayDay. Not like Mayne is about to slay Paris, but still.

kznyc2k · #28 Posted **Nov 28, 2006, 11:36 PM**

Congratulations. Technology and engineering has advanced to the point that we can make 1,000 foot replicas of underwater cucumbers. Boy oh boy, I can't wait until I see a 700 foot squid on the skyline in my hometown!

Metropolitan · #29 Posted **Nov 28, 2006, 11:48 PM**

Take the time to look at it before being so radical. I do agree that those hairs are a real pain, but outside of them, the tower is really elegant:

Alliance · #30 Posted **Nov 29, 2006, 12:31 AM**

I love the bottom of this building, but I agree with Raptor that the top needs a little work. More integration?

MayDay · #31 Posted **Nov 29, 2006, 12:33 AM**

Outside of the "hairs", the building looks like not only the Shmoo, but Gleep (or Gloop) from "The Herculoids".

NYC2ATX · #32 Posted **Nov 29, 2006, 1:38 AM**

I must say I'm intrigued by Thom Mayne designing a skyscraper. I believe that's a first. I'm for anything as unique as this. This will most likely be something people don't like immediately, but do after a while, like uhhh . . . the Eiffel Tower.

Besides, we have a gherkin in London, why not a cucumber in Paris?

Stephenapolis · #33 Posted **Nov 29, 2006, 1:57 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by malec

I think this is a ground-shatterer in the making, you know, one of those that everyone loathes but after some years it becomes one of the best things ever.

I am inclined to agree with this statement.
At this time, it looks odd. The shape is fine but the top looks unfinished or even wrecked. But only time can tell on this one.

NYguy · #34 Posted **Nov 29, 2006, 2:03 AM**

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Originally Posted by Benhamin

Eww. Sorry Paris, but this looks gross to me.

It's a frightening building. This crap for a city that has the beautiful Eiffel Tower.

toddguy · #35 Posted **Nov 29, 2006, 2:06 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Metropolitan

Take the time to look at it before being so radical. I do agree that those hairs are a real pain, but outside of them, the tower is really elegant:

I will admit that in this view..if you kind of cover up the top 'hairy' part...it is not so horrendous. In this view it is not so bad...until you get near the top.

Diddle E Squat · #36 Posted **Nov 29, 2006, 2:48 AM**

So if they build it with wreckage already on top, the terrorists won't attack it, is that the theory?

Looks like they forgot to add the white flag in the rendering.

LeftCoaster · #37 Posted **Nov 29, 2006, 3:25 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by malec

I think this is a ground-shatterer in the making, you know, one of those that everyone loathes but after some years it becomes one of the best things ever.

Well when that happens I will admit I was wrong... but in the meantime BARF!

I agree with the other posters however that the auctual building is sound... they just need to do something with the aptly named 'don kings hair'

skylife · #38 Posted **Nov 29, 2006, 3:46 AM**

Wow - I like it (except for the pubes, of course).

FrancoRey · #39 Posted **Nov 29, 2006, 3:52 AM**

I think about a dozen people have already mentioned it, but here's my simile:

Get rid of the damn top. To me it looks like a giant severed leg that fell from space and landed in a disconfigured spot in the middle of the Paris Skyline.

hoosier · #40 Posted **Nov 29, 2006, 4:15 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Diddle E Squat

So if they build it with wreckage already on top, the terrorists won't attack it, is that the theory?

Looks like they forgot to add the white flag in the rendering.

Fuck you, you stupid ignorant francophile. Why don't you go over to Iraq and massacre some innocent Iraqi children with the U.S. troops.

And Britain very nearly fell to Germany in WWII, if not for the English Channel. Many French men and women risked their lives working for Le Maquis, the French resistance to Nazi occupation and helped make the D-Day invasion the success it was.