The height is great, but other than that, I think it looks like a federal department HQ in the sky. It's seriously that imaginative. Also, It's the height of selfishness in a tower. A tower for rich people where all the beauty will be hidden on the inside, yet giving very little back to the city's average citizens (other than height and skyscraper fans). It takes all it can and gives nothing back. I'm taking about taking space and light away here folks yet offering little beauty to the street. The average Joe won't care about whether it's 400m and whatnot, they will see this cold featureless face of concrete and glass looming over taking up more light and air, then offering little for the eye to appreciate. This is architecture from the 60's spruced up and sold as Roman, Classical, or some other hogwash to rope in all the pundits. Sooner or later this tower will be age and begin to look hideous. This will be a considered a mistake, just like the Barbican in London is a "what were they thinking" building today for the average resident.
It's a cold grey concrete shoulder offered to the plebs on the street, but a warm inviting interior for the .001 percent driving up in their limos. Shame on the developer. And to think he compared this to some old Roman style of architecture. Sorry Mr, but this is more like the State Department in DC on steroids than the Forum in Rome.
Last edited by aquablue; Oct 24, 2014 at 9:41 PM.
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