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Architecture, Nevar Forget.
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We're living in a golden age of human construction.
From the tallest of skyscrapers:
To the most swank of man-made islands:
And that's just in Dubai!
What does the rest of the world have to offer, you may ask?
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/developer-to-keep-twin-towers-design-20111212-1ortw.html
Anyone else wanna discuss this and/or other grand human projects?
From the tallest of skyscrapers:
To the most swank of man-made islands:
And that's just in Dubai!
What does the rest of the world have to offer, you may ask?
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/developer-to-keep-twin-towers-design-20111212-1ortw.html
Well...shit..."It looks just like the towers imploding," the New York Daily News quoted him as saying. "I think they’re trying to sensationalise it. It’s a cheap way to get publicity.”
Anyone else wanna discuss this and/or other grand human projects?
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good on 'em for going with the design
They are a special brand of manic
we also talk about other random shit and clown upon each other
The statue:
The walls in the base are stairs on the outside which leads to the platform where the
storyteller begins to rise. windows punctuates various stairs for a bright indoor environment without any direct sunlight. The statue also has big rooms inside of it for reading, relaxing and other social activities. each big room has its own theme, be it a gold room, a crystal cavern, a green room or a room full of fish tanks, or the night views of Dubai.
Technical aspects:
The statue can move its arms and head; this demands an articulate joint between the elevators and the floors on these critical points. the joints are similar in function to those seen in joint buses, and will guarantee an uninterrupted movement inside of the statue, even if he slightly tilts his head. the arms and head movement is controlled by computers and can mimic a prerecording of an actor for example. the rigid parts of the statue are made out of a steel frame structure with a cover of sheets of steel. the movable parts must be flexible, thus a material like rubber or silicon with a coating that mimic the glossiness of the steel is preferable.
That's just what they want you to think.
terrifying
LOOK AT THIS SHIT
I fucking HATE the cold but this place-!
I have heard this before.
...and then, one night, the statue came alive.
They should make a life size super dimension fortress macross for people to live in.
How do people do this
I'm not particularly afraid of heights but I'd open the parachute before I'd even completely step off the edge
A few years back is was all artificial islands and tallest skyscrapers on the planet and buildings made of cubes suspended on cranes and all sorts of crazy stuff.
and then they realized they don't have the infrastructure at all to support half that crazy shit
it's kind of pointless having the world's tallest skyscraper when you only have power and running water in the first four floors
The Chinese Democracy (hey oh) of hotels.
Things like this should never be finished. They lose all charm.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakheel_Tower
There's only so much money to be frittered away in superstructures.
However there's still hope for pushing the boundaries:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galena_Creek_Bridge
"Look, we are required by law to put this equipment here and--"
"NO IF YOU DO THAT WE WILL ONLY HAVE 1377 PARKING SPACES INSTEAD OF 1378"
I know I'm missing out on a lot.
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
Kim should just turn it into a water park
show that their party is the best party
controversial, i know.
I'd just like you to know I will appreciate this even if no one else will.
I did a tour of Falling Water.
I would love to live there if the bedrooms and bathrooms weren't comically tiny
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
I appreciate it
so much
The funny thing is, with a building that tall it's actually safer to jump off of because you'll easily hit terminal velocity. Lower jumps can be problematic because you may not be going fast enough for the chute to open properly.
I also appreciate his work.
Didn't he have something to do with Marine Biology as well? Or am I confusing him with that writer on "Jerry"?
Why I fear the ocean.
my brother's an architect...
i'm partial to the ennis house and his other textile block designs.
Sex Architect
Starring Ted Mosby
Oh oh I did too
I was a petulant piece of shit teenager at the time but I was still like "Yo this shit cray cray."
There are things in Falling Water that are so ahead of their time.
And the main living space is mouth dropping with the water flowing right through it.
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
To be fair, the law might require that many spaces
But I did it last time!
Last time you made something the third of the size.
Yeah and I went it to look like that!
Stupid jeans wearing twits.
Satans..... hints.....