Skyscrapers thread: why doesn't europe have many of those?

[Colonâ„¢]

Originally posted by Atahualpa


My point was that while skyscrapers can indeed look wonderful I do not think they fit into european cities without breaking their flair.
That to answer your question why there are so few in Europe. Because obviously i am not alone with my opinion.

What is "natural flair" supposed to mean? Does that mean low-rise is good no matter how ugly and all high-rise is bad not matter how beautiful? Well then let's burn the cathedrals man. We got one of 120 metres that's destroying our natural flair big-time.

Seriously, vibrant cities have always been a massive collection different sizes, shapes and looks. That's what makes them so interesting and allowing that is what keeps them alive. If you want natural flair go to Bruges and Venice, admire how neat it all looks and then ask the locals how goddamn boring it is to live there.

And if you think skycrapers save nature then wait when those living there have enough money to buy a weekend house in the countryside.
I mean who wants to spend his whole life in a flat? I can't imagine that. Just think of the kids or the pets.

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What's so bad about living in a flat? Is there something inherent about it that kills kids and pets?

[Az]

"If you won't behave yourself.... We'll move to a flat!!"

[Az]

IDF's new high command building:

[Kramerman]

that is one futuristic looking building....

Where is it gonna be at?

No government building will EVER beat the Pentagon however... thats just cool. Its HUGE.

[MRT144]

san francisco



personally i like the view of san francisco from when you come around hospital curve on 101. mostly because that is how i always greeted the city when driving up there.

god i miss SF, and i havent even been gone more than a day.

seattle



the best shot of the skyline would have to be a few feet away from my school that im going to which is right on the water west of the ferry and east of the two other ferrys on the left side.

seattle is a mighty fine city

[Az]

Originally posted by Kramerman


that is one futuristic looking building....

Where is it gonna be at?

No government building will EVER beat the Pentagon however... thats just cool. Its HUGE.

It's going to be in Tel Aviv. the thing on the top is a Helipad.

Oh, and I don't like the Pentagon. there are much better government buildings in the US, and in the world too.

For example, the Tokyo city hall:



MRT: those pictures is indeed beautiful. I really like the NA west coast. too bad there are lots of quakes there.

[MRT144]

there arent too many quakes. if major quakes were terrorism israel would only have one suicide bomber every 5 or 6 years.

[Az]

Yes, but the destruction by a suicide bomber is smaller by a matter of a couple of scales to the destruction by an earthquake.

suicide bomber- say 5 people killed and 50 injured, and 2-3 shops wrecked.

Earthquake....

[Az]

another building that's planned to be built, a cooperation of Japanese and Israeli architects.

[MRT144]

look up the stats on the 89 earthquake in San Francisco and 94 earthquake in LA. i dont think that its that different in fatality wise to a terrorist attack. money wise it is much more expensive but thats the breaks for a few people

[Az]

In both cases the risk of dying to an ordinary person is very small. The big difference is the damage to property.

[MRT144]

I got by fine on the 89 quake. and i lived on landfill...

[Az]

You mean one of them "let's burry the trash, and put a park on it" projects? those are great. We have one of them going in Haifa, though some time ago, the weather was really hot, and dry, so the methane that was there ( product of anaerobic processes) started burning. THere was quite a fire. I think they should build a gas drain through it. Will bring some free natural gas, too.

[MRT144]

it was more like "lets fill the bay in with a bunch of dirt and put overpriced housing on it" kind of projects. they did the same thing in the marina district in san francisco and it was hard hit by the 89 quake. of course that was on 1915 technology for the worlds fair.

[Az]

oooh, someone's whining. You lived near the seaside, in a nice building, but SOMEONE is not happy.