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By: Inhabitat » SUSTAINABLE SPIRE: Twisting Ivory Observation Tower for Dubai

Inhabitat » SUSTAINABLE SPIRE: Twisting Ivory Observation Tower for Dubai — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:08:47 +0000

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By: TheCHAVACANO

TheCHAVACANO — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:25:39 +0000

This is a reflect of their culture, as any cultural and artistic expresion is a reflect of the time and space where is done, Arabs is about how much you have, how much you can buy, how much you can spend, how many camels, how many women (sorry for this but is how the way it was) how many pointless structures you can build in your city, is about power. So this “architecture” reflects their point of view, that’s it.

By: ariel

ariel — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:06:06 +0000

Balkan….

“Second do you think it is necessary and rational to build something so expensive but useless, mostly for sightseeing? no mater how beautifull it is diagramed?”

and why the umankind keeps useles painted pieces of textile in expensieve buildings, andpay foir these things (paints) so much millons?

the answer its in the philosophy path….. i will give u a tip : ART, and its part of the human nature…

By: Elodie

Elodie — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:58:11 +0000

This project do polemic!!! Is ti an observation for wild or city?? Maybe the city is the wild… Hum I understand now ^^ Welcome in Dubaï!

By: Travis

Travis — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 02:25:01 +0000

the perfect vantage for observing wild architectural beasts roaming about the desert…

By: Wyatt O'Day

Wyatt O'Day — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:19:44 +0000

http://www.thyssenkrupp-elevator-architecture.com/proyectos_09.aspx here are the winners and I seriously cannot believe the 1st prize proposal. Looks like they could have done that in 10 min with a couple of sticks and some photoshop work… This design shown here is WAY more interesting. But all in all, a very uninteresting competition.

By: CS.no » Petal shaped zero energy twin tower in Dubai

CS.no » Petal shaped zero energy twin tower in Dubai — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:18:08 +0000

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By: patentpolice

patentpolice — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:21:48 +0000

Stand up, cross your legs, bring your hands up and sing “Walk Like an Eqyptian.” You get the idea.

By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:26:28 +0000

I don’t know. There’s a lot of talk about the structure of the building, but not much on its actual use (or even relevance for that matter!) It’s real easy to use a lot of flowery words to sell a project, but frankly, there’s not much to this project. The diagrams make sense for how it may have been conceived as a form, but plopping a few cut-outs of sheiks walking through a rendered image is anything a Studio 1 student can pull off in the 30 minutes before presentation time!

Frankly, we need to start thinking less about the diagrammatic logic of a form, and more about its particular relevance to time and place (as well as its future resonance)

By: Eco Architecture: ZPO Tower draws inspiration from Islamic geometric patterns | Green Cleaning Ideas

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:05:58 +0000

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