jysngltndz Posted August 21, 2004 Share Posted August 21, 2004 i just come across this site..and dubai is about to build two of the worlds tallest skyscrappers..THE PINNACLE 750m. ht. which surpasses BURJDUBAI 705m ht. http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/ci/bu/sk/li/?id=100485&bt=2&ht=2&sro=1 this is the world record as of now. http://www.emporis.com/en/bu/sk/st/tp/wo/ and i think FREEDOM TOWERS of NEW YORK is about 540m ht. which is 210m short for dubai's THE PINNACLE... amazing.. but ive seen on the same site that new york is proposing the CINTAS TOWER -680m.ht. thus anybody know other world beater skyscrappers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbr Posted August 21, 2004 Share Posted August 21, 2004 There was a special on PBS a while ago about these, and documented the construction of the Tubai tower. Which, imo, has to be one the ugliest buildings in the world! Even the aerodynamics were terrible. The SOM building, while not great by any means, is a least subdued and steps back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaburb Posted August 21, 2004 Share Posted August 21, 2004 Isn't it interesting that really tall buildings used to be extrusions of real estate vlaues in really dense urban areas. Now they monuments to national inferiority complexes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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salf Posted August 21, 2004 Share Posted August 21, 2004 check the MoMA exhibit of tall buildings: http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/2004/tallbuildings/index_f.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jysngltndz Posted August 21, 2004 Author Share Posted August 21, 2004 Isn't it interesting that really tall buildings used to be extrusions of real estate vlaues in really dense urban areas. Now they monuments to national inferiority complexes... -hmmmh...do you really think because of inferiority this skyscrappers were built or they just have a lot of money to spend and to compete?... -in our country the tallest building is around 203m. ht. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaburb Posted August 21, 2004 Share Posted August 21, 2004 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anvaraziz Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 check it out ......... http://www.emaar.com/new/projects_burjdubai.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donix Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 just scanned the site development plan of this amazing building(burj dubai)..... as you can see, here you can also find the world's largest mall(lower right of the tower)... check this out also. http://www.thedubaimall.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bricklyne Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 Isn't it interesting that really tall buildings used to be extrusions of real estate vlaues in really dense urban areas. Now they monuments to national inferiority complexes... America must have a really really huge case of inferiority complex then, seeing as they have quite a huge collection of the tallest buildings on that list. Although I have to admit that I find it odd that when countries from the west build tall buildings, they are heralded as Hallmarks of Architectural excellence ( Chrysler building, Empire State, CN tower, the space needle etc etc.) yet when countries from other regions of the world, specifially Asia and the middle east do it, it's simply a case or rather expression of inferiority complex. Intruiging nonetheless. As for the burj al arab, unfortunately, I have to agree with those who may not be too predisposed to liking it. I've always found overtly flamboyant architecture such as this to be a sullen case in point of what happens when an architect gets and almost bottomless pit as a budget for his project and has no one to tell them whento stop because everyone else thinks that he is supposed to be the experts. Sometimes, I believe, a little external resistance (budgetary constraints, stringent building codes, arcebic critics) can not only be good for a design or the design of buildings but can also force architects to be creative in other ways. Just a personal opinion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
django Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 Intruiging indeed.. that pinnacle builing really went up high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trhoads Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 America must have a really really huge case of inferiority complex then, You could not be more accurate. Since the dawn of steel construction, the U.S. has been full of corporations and development companies, that just want to flex their muscles. The Americans started it, and fostered the trend. What concerns me more, is that while Americans build a lot of tall buildings, they fit into the context that surrounds them, i.e. New York city which is full of tall buildings However, when it is done in other countries, there is no respect for the surroundig architectural landscape. I noticed that the Pinnacle building looks like it is set in a densly residential area, and is exponentially taller than it's neighbors. It is a trend that is getting worse, and is starting to get noticed by the architectural critics and publications. Height and inferiority complex aside, I think it is disrespectful of an architect to get behind any design, no matter how tall, that tells the neighbors that they are not important, and that their built environment will now forever be influenced by their ego trip. Just my two bits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcorbett Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 America must have a really really huge case of inferiority complex then, seeing as they have quite a huge collection of the tallest buildings on that list. Quite the opposite brick. The skyscraper style began in a response to the high cost of urban property. For an investor to maximize a commercial investment in a congested area, the only direction to go was up, and the iron and then steel construction industry finally made that possible. One of the best examples of this were the WTC towers. When they collapsed, they took with them 2 million square foot of office space. I had seen somewhere (but can no longer find the source) where this was the same amount of office space contained in all of Cincinnati (or it might have been Cleveland. One of those Ohio towns.) Now that America has embraced a more automobile-centric culture, you don't see as many new skyscraper projects, because it is expensive to build high. Instead much of our new development is out, not up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kicks Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 I think the first tallest building in new york was the first tallest building in new york. At that time, neither did it fit the context of smaller buildings around it. People of this region are proud of what they had done and what they can do and hardly can I think of anybody mortified having the tallest building at your doorstep. Everybody would benifit from the surge. Just three decades ago this region was as flat as the horizon, and I do not think they have any plans of keeping it the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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