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Originally Posted by trueviking
no question about that....its big, but that's about it...no real original thinking.
it looks like a massive refrigerator from most vantage points.
waste of a foster in my opinion.
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I'm not sure how you could say there's no original thinking in the design of the Bow? Show me another building on the planet that is similar to the Bow, and yes, Toronto City hall has a similar floor plate, but it's not a close enough comparison. The Hearst building has similar glazing and bracing is the only one that even comes close glazing wise, but it's shape is nowhere near similar.
Outside of the diagonal braces that some of his other buildings have there aren't any similarities to any other buildings anywhere. The shape is completely unique..... The Bow would stand out in any city in the world, even NYC, or HK, etc...
As far as the vantage points go, it looks large only from two of the four angles, and actually looks super thin from other angles....even that in itself makes it unique.
I can understand the gripe some people have with the size, but I fail to see how it could be consider unoriginal.