Tower Candy
I just couldn't resist posting these two towers that appear to occupy two ends of the spectrum.
The restrained:
Tod Williams Billie Tsien & Associates' design for University of Chicago's performing arts center, as reported by Blair Kamin.
The absurd:
The 60-story house for just one family. "India's richest man, Mukesh Ambani, is planning a palace in the heart of Mumbai with helipad, health club, hanging gardens and six floors of car parking." The building will have a floor area greater than Versailles and cost more than £500 million.
Ironically, the BBC reports, "Architects believe that the construction of high-rises will provide a long-term solution to the problem of sheltering the city's homeless, especially when development land is in short supply...Mumbai will soon be 'littered with high-rises' as the government strives to shift slum dwellers into tower blocks."
Thanks to Brandon for the head's up on the absurd!
The restrained:
Tod Williams Billie Tsien & Associates' design for University of Chicago's performing arts center, as reported by Blair Kamin.
The absurd:
The 60-story house for just one family. "India's richest man, Mukesh Ambani, is planning a palace in the heart of Mumbai with helipad, health club, hanging gardens and six floors of car parking." The building will have a floor area greater than Versailles and cost more than £500 million.
Ironically, the BBC reports, "Architects believe that the construction of high-rises will provide a long-term solution to the problem of sheltering the city's homeless, especially when development land is in short supply...Mumbai will soon be 'littered with high-rises' as the government strives to shift slum dwellers into tower blocks."
Thanks to Brandon for the head's up on the absurd!
The world needs a new Doge's Palce, I for one am excited. And I am not sure, but by restrained do you really mean frumpy? btw, snaps for graduating.
ReplyDeleteJust to make clear for the Mumbai apartment. Mukesh Ambani will having his palace on the top of the building . Hey, he is the owner, by the way.
ReplyDeleteI believe the architect for the Mumbai tower is Ralph Johnson/Perkins Will
ReplyDeleteside - If that's frumpy, I'm all for frumpy.
ReplyDeleteam - That figures.
anon - That figures, too (the wrapping reminds me of the Contemporaine), though I couldn't find anything on their web page, not surprisingly.