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Old Posted Jun 25, 2009, 2:59 AM
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Originally Posted by ardecila View Post
Is this the one? It's still boring as f**k.
Really? IMO it's infinitely better than the stuff going up there now.

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Originally Posted by spyguy View Post
Is Adrian Smith trying to be the new Zaha? Consider, in addition to this, the base and riverside park of Trump. What do we call this architecture? Neo-retrofuturism? In the same way Raygun Gothic imagined the year 2000, there's a new movement that appears to derive its designs from late 90s CGIed futuristic movie sets.

I mean, what's this design rooted in? I don't mind it; I kind of like it. But this site demands a building which seeks to engage in a direct dialogue with the 1500-foot skyscraper in the room, and Smith's just seems like it should be next to the river or something.