/urban/ + /architecture/

>>53596001
Post arches please

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I just had a monumental revelation.
Let's put glass panes over the commie blocks and light those motherfuckers up at night with neons and LEDs.

BOOM instant 1st world.

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>>53599226
we have one like this in Warsaw

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>>53599082
What kinda arches you want, senpai?

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>>53599303
this is how it looked like before

>>53599303
>>53599355
and it's going to be demolished

>>53599303
>>53599355
YES this is exactly what I had in mind.
>eat all you want for 34,90 zl
butifel

>>53599398
A shame, as it's not bad. Wasn't it because the floor to floor height was too little? Might be wrong, but I think I remember reading about this tower a long time ago.

>>53599492
I don't know, it may be the case, notice that even if the building looks good outside it's actually poorly built and archaic. A new skyscraper will be built in it's place.

>>53599801
It is said to have been a pretty high-quality tower for its time, but naturally standards change.

>>53599916
also it ruins the view of that area, there aren't any really tall buildings there

>>53600102
Is the area that nice, though? I don't think replacing it with another tower will solve that problem.

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>>53600189
no something lower and more fitting will be built

new skyscraper in Warsaw

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>>53600562
and the other new one

>>53600562
>>53600594
ofc both not even 200m to the roof because polacks = cucks

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>>53600562
>Warsaw Spire
>doesn't actually have a spire

>>53600665
they are still fucking huge

>>53600754
they didn't put it yet it will have a spire

fucking 40 m spire

>>53600808
Really? None of the renders really show it with one, unless you mean these tiny toothpicks on the top.

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>>53600918
forgot image

>>53600918
maybe they don't want to trigger people with another syringe

>>53601005
kek
How is Slovakia on the architecture front, anyways?

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>>53601084
Just fuck my shit up senpai.
We have ONE bigger city and they can't even make that one look decent.

btw Warsaw government approved 310 m tall skyscraper

... and I doubt it will ever happen lmao

>>53601314
is there a lot of commies in Ljubljana?

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>>53601437
yuo bent to fahr bolan

>>53601314
How many of those towers are new? But not the worst I've seen, though it might form a flat skyline. Could do with some more height variation in there, with even a single tall landmark tower probably being enough to do the trick. As for those rendered towers, not only do they look weird, but having grassy plains in between each one isn't exactly very fitting for a CBD. The area seems to need some density above all else, and the whole "tower in the park" thing isn't exactly helping.

>>53601741
>but having grassy plains in between each one isn't exactly very fitting for a CBD. The area seems to need some density above all else
tell that to the Chinese kek

>>53601909
Kek. Well, Chinese urban planning isn't exactly universally known for being great. But I don't mind the greenery in itself, I just think the towers should be more part of the established CBD behind, with the large gardens themselves being combined to one large open one free of towers.

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>>53602051

>>53601741
>>53602051
Bratislava doesn't have a CBD.
They just plop up high rises wherever there is a parcel for sale. Those 4 white/glass buildings in the center are supposed to be housing.
Those blue ones behind them don't even exist, they're prolly just a backdrop for the picture.
Those smaller ugly grey shits in front are under construction.
Two towers on the right actually stand, I don't really know what they are. Behind them is existing headquarters of one of the TV stations.
And the tower on the far left is one of the banks.

BTW the tallest building in the city is meager 111 meters tall National Bank HQ. Basically same size as everything in that render.

>>53602487
>tfw I thought he is Slovenia
oh dog

post some Bratislava then

>>53598839
>>53596001
Is this polan?

>>53602597
is this bait?

>>53602620
no

therre's no location on the filename f4m

>>53602457
Yeah, I don't really like things like these. I think it's alright in defined residential areas, but their problem is that you kind of create a very suburban environment, which isn't fit for a city centre.

>>53602647
no this is not Poland ... >>53598839
this is Chicago and >>53596001
this is Los Angeles

>>53602724
show me some urban architecture of polan

>>53602658
and desu a skyline looks much better if skyscrapers are densely packed

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>>53602749

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>>53602569

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>>53602803

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>>53602852

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>>53602569
>>53602819
here is the other side of the river
basically a bunch of shopping malls and offices and five billion commieblocks

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>>53602902

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>>53602922
>>53602819
looks familiar, very similar to polish cities - blocks, some modern architecture, traditional architecture all messed up

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desu I will just post random pics from Poland

>>53602922
D-Did a UFO crash into the bridge? But judging from this picture, it doesn't actually look that bad.

>>53603064
>D-Did a UFO crash into the bridge?
hah that's a memorial bridge of National Uprising and yes, that restaurant on top is actually legit named UFO.
>But judging from this picture, it doesn't actually look that bad.
HDR photo. It looks like dirt IRL.

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>>53603064
what do you think about polish ufo?

>>53603267
legit UFO/10
is that building behind it collapsing?

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>>53603267
AYY LMAO
But as said already, looks pretty legit. Not really too much "UFO" architecture here in Norway. I've posted this one before in these threads, but it is our only notable example. Just an old brutalist building from the 60's, residing somewhere quite rural.

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>>53603476
ufo is nice

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>>53603476

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I like this. Everyone contribute.

>>53603499
Wew. You Polacks really went all out with this out.

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>>53603499
but the rest of the city...

I just got really, really depressed looking on it

>>53603537
this one*
but it really is an interesting building

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density dude lmao

>>53603510
needs Eye of Sauron

>>53603602
Where is that lmao?

>>53603674
Looks like some threw Tokyo into trash compactor to be perfectly honest

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>>53603674
Ginza, Tokyo

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lloooooooool

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>>53603885

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>>53603912

>>53603912
somebody totally didn't want to make another Syndey opera house

What is it?

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>>53603602
Love stuff like this.

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>>53603879
moar?

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>>53603948

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>>53603977

>>53603602
>>53603747
>>53603959
>>53603967

I can proclaim with 100% certainty, that I would go insane if I had to live in that place.

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>>53604014

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>>53603885
>>53603912
>>53603948
>>53603977
>>53604014
Is this in bolan? Looks futuristic.

>>53604039
It looks so cool, though. It's almost as if the future is here and now.

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>city goes completely dark to save electricity


does that happen anywhere else ?

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>>53604039
>Insane
I'd feel 600000% comfy.

>>53604089
>Is this in bolan? Looks futuristic.
>implying poland can afford something like this
it's China, their operas are fucking GOAT these days

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>>53604127
FUCK

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>>53604123
Where is this?

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REEEE NORGEGUY WHY DID YOU NEVER POST IT

ITS A BESST THING I EVER SAW IN MY LIFE

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>>53604173
just look at that house down center
it's completely boxed in by the others
you've got almost no sun, no horizon, no starry sky, no mountains, no nothing, just endless mass of concrete and artificial lights

>>53604202
doesnt look like France

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>>53604202
It's the Eling district of Chongqing in China.

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>>53604270
holy shit I was sure that's Chongqing

>>53604123
I don't think it's too common here in Norway, but it's not like any of our """cities""" are all that lit up in the first place once darkness falls. I get the purpose, but in my opinion a city should look as if there's life in it even at night. Must be depressing too.

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>>53604254
That's what a little vacation is for.
>>53604270
Makes sense, considering China's growing need for power. Good thing they are switching from coal to nuclear.

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>>53604309
I like Jiefangbei and Shapingba a lot but the rooftop city in your pic is disappointing past novelty, they're building something massive over the waterfall.

I think Jiefangbei has much better places than that.

>>53604349
>Good thing they are switching from coal to nuclear.

Lel they are building like 1500 coal centrals currently.

Chongqing is really nice, I wish I took more pictures considering the time I spend there.

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>>53604214
Oh, I was gonna post it in the last thread while the Brazilian anon was posting stacked buildings, but forgot lmao.

>>53604398
is your lung cancer diagnosed yet?

>>53604541
is that WOOD?

>>53604479
Tbh I breath better in Chongqing than in Paris.

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>>53604571
no, brick

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>>53604571
Tallest wood building in the world was actually recently topped out in our lovely Bergen. It stands at about 50 metres.

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I guess that's more urbanism than straight up urban but look at that

Chengdu is built like circles inside circles (great design desu).

>>53604809
I think that's the absolute maximum you can build a usable building from wood

t. actually build shit from wood

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>>53604891
and that's straight in the middle, with a statue of Mao overlooking it

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Beijing is coming along pretty well.

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>>53604809
Still not completely finished, but soon. Not very special in its design, but still a feat.

>>53604898
An even taller tower of pure wood was proposed a few months ago for another town here, but no new info has gotten out about how the plans are progressing. It's supposed to be somewhere around 65~70 metres.

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Hey, I'm 24 and in about 2 months I'll be 25. If I go back to university, I'll be starting in the fall of 2017. My question is, for someone my age is Architecture even worth pursuing if I want some success in the profession at some point in my life? The tuition will be payed for, but my concern is what comes afterwards.

I live in Canada. Are Architectural job prospects here dim? What can I expect as a 30 something year old fresh out of school looking for my first job in a firm?

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>>53604809
yu wat ?

this pagoda has 154 m

>>53605201
How many people live in it?

>>53605240
70 millions

>>53605240
kek

>>53604891
hmm... interedasting

btw isn't Chongqing fucking poor compared to France?

>>53605201
I should have specified high-rise. It's built like a traditional "skyscraper", but out of wood.

>>53605337
Yep. HDI is .689

>>53605240
dude it's pagoda it's a part of temple it's not residental no one lives there
>>53605129
yeah well dude if it's something you like you should go for it

architecture is a good job and well paid

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Lack of NYC anons astounds me. Tallest residential in the world going up near Central Park, Nordstrom Tower. About 480m high IIRC.

>>53605347
You shouldn't specify anything.
Pagoda is a tower.

>>53605469
Wooden buildings are heavily regulated in height, because people inside and shit.
Yes, I was making fun of you.

Do Architects ever design non-modern buildings? Is there an industry for it?

>>53605337
>btw isn't Chongqing fucking poor compared to France?

Depends, the city is fairly standard fare, they have much better and more modern infrastructure (subway notably) than we do, on paper they are but at the same time it's much easier to start a business/find work there, life is much more laid back and the rough cost of living is lower, although housing is getting really expensive in the centers these days.

The place that really felt poor to me is Guiyang.

>>53605498
Still me. DESU the city is gonna look a lot better when the old shitty brick/stonework is overshadowed by lots of supertalls (see the Essex House hotel to the left, shit like that that only looks good from the first two stories down).

>>53605525
>Is there an industry for it?

Honestly, no, because architecture, in the west at least, is mostly getting hired by a politician friend to build the most expensive building possible that looks the most outlandish to justify the cost and embezzle 1/3 of the money.

See Le Corbusier that literally destroyed Paris.

>>53605498
it's because there is lack of anons at all

and I'm Chinaboo desu

Nordstrom Tower is renamed Central Park Tower and it will be 541 m tall

these new projects in NYC are cancer anyway X-DDD

>>53605498
How do you feel about the One WTC and Trump's project that was basically rebuilding the twin towers but taller ?

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European skylines will never have the flair that many us skylines have with pre war skyscrapers

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>>53605532
I think thanks to this infrastructure and planning Chinese cities will get out of poverty sooner than we think
>>53605525
YES they do

there is a lot of revivalism right now also private people will oftenly prefer something traditional for a house

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>>53605721
like this

>>53605551
No it won't they're destroying our historic skyline with glass boxes

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>>53605525
Surely. This project was recently proposed in Oslo. But a good example of one such industry is within reconstructions of historical buildings, and those happen all the time all over the world, and architects are naturally a key part of those. Otherwise it's scarce, but traditional buildings are still being built in this day and age, despite it being in low numbers.

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>>53605699
Moscow will : ^ )

but anyway European skylines are shit

>>53605551
Brick and stone is what makes New York's skyline such a distinct one, so I wouldn't really want to see it all overshadowed. There should be a healthy mix.

>I think thanks to this infrastructure and planning Chinese cities will get out of poverty sooner than we think

Definitely, but then you get the Beijing problem, the amount of people flocking there far outpacing housing constriction and the fact that Beijing is on a plateau thus can't expand more and more like Chengdu.

I think the real challenge of the PRC in the public will be to make living outside the cities attractive enough, and sadly it's a problem we are also having in the west that doesn't really have any effective solution as of yet.

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>>53605498
this shape is a fucking last April joke, right?

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>>53605699
Terminal tower

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>>53605755
no there is a height restriction around ESB don't worry about your skyline

>>53605836
They should build more sisters in Moscow IMO

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>>53605820
but it seems they are still pushing towards rapid urbanisation

I think they will just try to somehow pack all these people, thats why all these enormous commieblocks and skyscrapers in China

>>53605836
The Chrysler is already pretty covered up unless you're south of 42nd or across the east river baka I don't want only modern glass box skyscrapers going up

Yesterday the winner for 2016's Pritzker Price was announced: Alejandro Aravena, Chilean architect, first Chilean to ever win a Pritzker Price, I'll post some of his work.

>>53605825
Is something wrong? It looks very demeaning and bold, instead of a large dildo or a bunch of stacked plates.

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>>53605863
they recently build this, inspired by Seven Sisters

>>53605828
That's in Cleveland right?

>>53605886
>but it seems they are still pushing towards rapid urbanization

They started putting limitations on who can permanently live in Beijing, and yes they are massively building but keep in mind two points:

In China purchased property becomes state property after 99 years.

Building is good for (artificially) stimulating the economy.

I dare hope the CCP isn't stupid and they have a long term solution in preparation.

>>53605820
You want to eliminate cities all together? Tell me the name of this drug.

>>53605917
looks like a shotgun to me

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>>53605892
Chrysler is small : ^ ))

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>>53605903
Siamese Towers, Universidad Católica de Chile

>>53605974
>eliminate cities all together

Never said that, I'm just saying that an even spread of population around large cities is pretty much required in the long term and that having 1.5 billion people spread over 23 cities is not sustainable.

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>>53605987
Architecture School, Universidad Católica de Chile

>>53606044
>>53605987

ugh

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>>53606044
Villa Verde Housing

>>53605498
>>53605551
Having so many skyscrapers will make it too easy for terrorists, especially if they're residential

>>53606029
Define "sustainable" in this context.

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>>53606013
Doha qt <3
>>53605987
>>53606044
bretty goood post more

anyway im going to sleep

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>>53606075
Monterrey Housing

>>53606064
I'm not really a big fan of his work, but I think he was awarded the prize because of his contributions to social housing all around the world

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>>53599303
>>53599355
>this is how it looked before
pic related

>>53606103
That's not how gunmen and bombs work. Most skyscrapers have armed security too.

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>>53606143
Sorry, that's Universidad Católica de Chile's Medical School, this is Monterrey Housing

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>>53606103
Also here's my lame ass city

>>53606129
Massive rural exodus = no agriculture, then you have the high concentration of pollution, total consumption of natural underground water supplies, the fact that as I said some cities, notably Beijing and Chongqing cannot keep expanding due to their geographical position (plateau or surrounded by mountains), it's really recipe for disaster.

>>53606157
Planes don't though
I was just joking around with that post senpai

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>>53606157
But it is how planes work.

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>>53606168
Novarti's Office Building, Shanghai

>>53606227
>Planes don't though
US bound planes totally do.
They are called air marshals.

>>53606168
Is this what modern Mexican suburbs look like?

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>>53599355
>tfw unironically attracted to concrete buildings
>just came buckets to this image
JUST

>>53606289
come to eastern europe for a lifetime of pleasure familia

>>53606204
I agree farmers should stay in their fields, but I disagree about the pollution and water, cities consume less water and create less pollution per capita than sprawl.

Considering how much waste heat coal and nuclear plants create, the Chinese could set up cheap desalination tech, reducing pollution and providing water without stressing underground supplies.

The farmers will stay if the demand is high (which it will be).

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>>53606289
Concrete can often be nice.

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is there another city on earth that has a skyline consisting of a single tumor ?

>>53606282
Kind of, I guess, those are housing projects for lower-middle class families, I don't really like them desu, but I guess that it's better than having favelas. My father owns a few of these and he rents them, but I've never actually seen them in person.

>>53606247
Kill it with fire!

>>53606362
Malmo

>>53606168
are you sure it's not a prison?

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>>53606238
We could have lasers on those buildings lmao

>>53606435
I mean, it's social housing in Mexico so it's filled with criminals and weird people...

>>53605886
I'd love to just run around a place like that if only it were not so populated and poverty stricken

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>>53606362
Paris has more to its skyline than that, but I guess La Defense is a bit far away. I wouldn't necessarily call it a tumor, but Malmö in Sweden could possibly hold the loneliest skyscraper in Europe.

>>53606344
I don't mean sprawl, I fucking hate sprawl, I mean a single big city per province and a bunch of spread out medium ones, pretty much the traditional model really, linked with high speed transit.

China has a model that works currently, but the model is slowly disappearing due to the rural exodus taking place.

>>53606501
But at least that looks nice

>>53606501
wew lad

>Paris has more to its skyline than that
except that ugly black tumor clashes with everything and can be seen from everywhere, and it literally gives cancer to people.

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>>53606524
Oh yes, linked metropolises with farmland and other things in between. I like the idea, it works for until we can perfect the ultra-metropolis model which as you said isn't very good at the moment.

>>53606451
a jumbo falling on Manhattan doesn't fucking matter where except the park maybe

>>53606680
But you see, if we had like 100 rooftop lasers we could vaporize that jumbo

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>>53606542
I think so too, but I wouldn't call the Montparnasse all that ugly 2bh. It's just incredibly out of place, since it was the only tower of a planned cluster that was actually built. It should look slightly better after its rehabilitation, though.

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>>53606183
I should also mention the new hospital and medical research institute buildings. Both are practically finished
IIRC this is the first major change in the city's skyline in over 20 years

>>53606669
I really hate what the industrial revolution did to the world in general

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>>53606732

>>53606722
Of course, it being completely black in a sea of light colours doesn't help either lmao. Not sure what the architects were thinking there.

>>53606768
they were thinking dude money lmao

>>53605498
The thread is usually bountiful with New York, it just depends on the time and circumstances.

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Night, lads.