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The last WTC tower's design revealed
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Looking at the new concept, it actually looks closer to the old twin towers.
The new towers replicating the silhouette of the old towers, even if its just at certain angles, gives me something to get behind. I'll take that over the old four of diamonds design.
Slayer-33
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Gotta admit that is pretty cool.
NullPointer
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Looks like an Illuminati staircase to me...
Somebody check the roof for a golden apple.
Butts-a-plenty
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I hope to god the USA never goes after building the hideous tall towers being put up in the middle east.
Dreadnought
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That's gorgeous, any idea when it'll be complete?
Red Liquorice
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Did they.... make it in poor taste on purpose? 
2021. But, I wouldn't hold my breathe.
GameGuru59
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Exactly. Depending on the angle which you view the building, you get a very different experience. Ingles talks about how he used the stacked block design to relate well to Tribeca, while he obviously (though he doesn't say this explicitly) arranged the blocks in such a way that to face appears flat from the skyline view (from New Jersey?). This successfully call out a remembrance to the original Twin Towers. In addition, from skyline, the building appears to slant slightly- in line with the Freedom Tower's own slant.
I love this design, and the only criticism I would make is that in the final design, Ingles should discard the WTC master plan, and make the structure height the same height as the Freedom Tower's last occupied floor.
However, without my (minor) criticism, this is a vastly superior structure to the planned diamond tower, and infinitely superior structure to the original Twin Towers (which, to be honest, were pretty boring at best, and brutality at worst). Bravo, BIG.
Or maybe people just don't like it? Just because it's unique looking doesn't mean that it gets a pass. It's a building that looks like it is about to topple over, which seems odd considering what it is replacing. Though admittedly, it looks much better from that second angle.
GameGuru59
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Really, the building only looks like its only toppling over from the air. All the other angles seem to be fine to me. There is a subtle lean, but considering how great the design is otherwise, I'd just ask people to get used to it, basically.
Rug Monkey
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Reminds me of the Drunken Bricklayer Vase
eBay Huckster
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come to think of it, even though one of my degree programs is housed in the same place as the architecture program, I don't think I've ever met any architecture students at OSU
can they transform into tiny buildings when they don't want anyone paying attention to them?
Baconsaurus Rex
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the staggered floor plates were something Koolhaas played around with ages ago.
Funny you mention Koolhaas. It reminded me of De Rotterdam.
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it'll be done in 2030
Why would you do that?
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Something I realized about the design of the new 1 World Trade Center is that if you stand up next to it and look at it, the angled walls make it look like the building is rising up to infinity. See:
I wonder if they was on purpose. It would be neat if the other buildings had little touches like that, where certain angles make it look interesting.
(I meant to post that in the very recent thread about 1 World Trade Center, but here's a semi-appropriate place as well...)
I wonder if they was on purpose. It would be neat if the other buildings had little touches like that, where certain angles make it look interesting.
(I meant to post that in the very recent thread about 1 World Trade Center, but here's a semi-appropriate place as well...)
Americans sure seem to love BIG, or at least giving him work. I guess he made himself the go to 'cool' architect now that Rem & co are getting old, same with Heatherwick, it's hard to say what exactly he is about.
I don't see much wrong with Foster's design, but he's already got a few iconic skyscrapers under his belt and this is never going to be the most exciting. Despite what they say about the new media etc. it might just be that they wanted more floor space or something mundane like that.
I don't see much wrong with Foster's design, but he's already got a few iconic skyscrapers under his belt and this is never going to be the most exciting. Despite what they say about the new media etc. it might just be that they wanted more floor space or something mundane like that.
Something I realized about the design of the new 1 World Trade Center is that if you stand up next to it and look at it, the angled walls make it look like the building is rising up to infinity. See:
I wonder if they was on purpose. It would be neat if the other buildings had little touches like that, where certain angles make it look interesting.
(I meant to post that in the very recent thread about 1 World Trade Center, but here's a semi-appropriate place as well...)
thats dope -- never knew that
pretty sure everyone feels this way. Even Silverstein
Wasn't there a shitload of paperwork to be done? Lawsuits etc?
Having flipped through some other images of the view of it from midtown, I'm feeling better about the design, but this photo is still what bothers me the most about this
That is a Fox News set that opens up onto the the World Trade Center memorial and PATH train station. It just really rubs me the wrong way that Fox is going to politicize the memorial like this.
That is a Fox News set that opens up onto the the World Trade Center memorial and PATH train station. It just really rubs me the wrong way that Fox is going to politicize the memorial like this.
GameGuru59
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That's very cool. I imagine it had to be intentional. To me, it may be a reference to the unfinished pyramid on the back of the dollar bill that references our always improving, yet always imperfect union. Very cool.Something I realized about the design of the new 1 World Trade Center is that if you stand up next to it and look at it, the angled walls make it look like the building is rising up to infinity. See:
I wonder if they was on purpose. It would be neat if the other buildings had little touches like that, where certain angles make it look interesting.
(I meant to post that in the very recent thread about 1 World Trade Center, but here's a semi-appropriate place as well...)
boredofcanada
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Well that's one building I will never go inside of.
terrisus
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"Leaning toward 1 WTC"
Still can't believe that someone thinks this isn't a horrible idea.
GameGuru59
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Look at the skyline. It works perfectly. And at the end of the day, the "look" is all that really matters. The complaints about its appropriateness in the context of 9/11 will fade with time.
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Shame you've never been to a party with a bunch of architects.
ShockingAlberto
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I see New York is pretty hyped for competitive Catherine at EVO, too.
We fucking love Catherine, can't get enough of it.
You people are making it a bigger deal than it actually is.
0.1.1.2.3.5.8.13.21.34.55
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Pop quiz.
Q: Did either tower "lean" when it fell?
A: No.
They collapsed onto themselves. Gravity is a hell of a thing.... Amazing this new design resists it.
At first I didn't like it, but after I saw it from a few angles it grew on me and I like it a lot now.
I also think it's cool that from certain angles it will look like the original twin towers almost.
I don't know why some people are saying it looks like the twin towers when they fell...neither of the towers tipped over or toppled over like that. They collapsed straight down. So I don't find it insensitive or inappropriate at all.
I also think it's cool that from certain angles it will look like the original twin towers almost.
I don't know why some people are saying it looks like the twin towers when they fell...neither of the towers tipped over or toppled over like that. They collapsed straight down. So I don't find it insensitive or inappropriate at all.
jerry0wilson
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I look forward to all the construction haha, I work in One World Trade. They just opened up the observation deck and the whole area is insanely crowded. New building looks cool.
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You mean the upper section of the south tower was tilted slightly while it collapsed straight down.
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