What's the best looking Skyscraper?

[mrmitchell]

I continue to think these big cubes were just ugly. I generally dislike skyscrapers, but all those featured in this thread are more interesting than the lame WTC.

One of them, alone would be ugly. But two of them both calms the tone and emphasizes their size at the same time. They made a great recognizing feature or center to pictures of the skyline, they were loud and distinctive (and who gives a **** if it's a cube? I'll take one over whatever else there is, a spherical building or whatever, any day.)

[Spiffor]

It could have been at least a little imaginative like Bank of China's, or even a little ornated like Chrysler's... But these things were just utterly lame.

[mrmitchell]

What are you talking about? There's beauty alone in size, and it looks twice as good when it has a twin.

A building holds things, it's not something to be framed in a museum (even if it is by coincidence as is the WTC, good-looking.)

[Spiffor]

Maybe I'm dumb, but I think a monumental building, that will be seen everyday by tens of millions of people, should be more than spaceholders.

[mrmitchell]

Well I think it's best looking. Maybe we just like different art, I dunno.

[TCO]

my **** (I typed the stars...)

[Kingof the Apes]

Originally posted by PLATO
King of the Apes,

Burj Al Arab hotel

Right??

Got it

[PLATO]

Originally posted by Spiffor
Maybe I'm dumb, but I think a monumental building, that will be seen everyday by tens of millions of people, should be more than spaceholders.

Paris' (and France's) tallest building.

[Spiffor]

Originally posted by Spiffor
OTOH, everybody still considers the Montparnasse tower (Paris' only skyscraper) as an ugly speck we'd wish to see removed :vomit:

[Adagio]

Originally posted by Kingof the Apes
This is a nice one

Nice, what is it?

[FrostyBoy]

Singapore has a really wierd building, it has two sections which extend out the sides of it, then they go upwards again. I'd really like to see a photo of that one. I think it was a communications building.

Another one in Singapore I liked was an extremely gothic one, it sat alone in a large open grass field, I think the whole building was made of marble, it was very impressive, but also something a vampire would build if he took control of the world

[mindseye]

Originally posted by PLATO


Hmmm...

I was just there, for a New Years Eve party!

That's Shanghai's "Tomorrow Square". A Marriott hotel occupies the upper stories. The building itself is odd-looking from some angles, but rather cool from others. Looks better at night when the "pearl" inside the "claw" is illuminated.

For skyscrapers, Shanghai has it all. From grand to horrific, retro to Jetsonian, interesting to just plain weird. Lots of weird. I bet Shanghai is the world leader in UFO-topped skyscrapers.

[GePap]

NYC is the home of the classy skyscrappers. You can not call the Woolworth or Flatiron buildings boring..unless you are a freak!

[Boris Godunov]

Empire State Building is still my favorite. Classic art deco. Manages to be massive while elegant.

[Boris Godunov]

Lovely...