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Originally Posted by MicShazam
It's an attractive enough city in the downtown area. I'm excited about some recently revealed plans to make the down town area way more green, with more leisure areas and fewer cars. More trees, green rooftops, etc. I hope they're going to go as far as the presentation I saw of their plans.
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^ Yes, I'm always interested in schemes like that too. I hope they make some real improvements in Aarlborg. It's a pity you don't have an elevated railway:-
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Originally Posted by Man like Monkey
Even though I don't think it's bad looking, this is true, but it's why I like it. As I said, it's instantly recognisable. As soon as I see it I think 'City of London'. In the same way I think Paris if I see the Eiffel Tower, not that I'm saying it's as iconic as that, but skylines need some recognisable big hitters in them for me. I'm sure they could have built a 300m rectangular glass tower, but that would have been boring in my opinion.
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^ Well, I can't argue with that ! It's a really good defense of your opinion, and the world certainly doesn't need yet another rectangular glass tower.
"some recognisable big hitters"
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How about The Armadillo in Glasgow? A bit curvy:
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^ Yes, I like this building very much. It's got two advantages over the Gerkin imo:-
i) it's on an open site where you can appreciate the shape as a whole
ii) like the best buildings, it looks good from a distance, but also has intriguing details which make you want to see it up close. (In this case for instance, what have they done between one shell and the next?)
"The Armadillo, The Mobile Phone" - I'm sure it's not just modern Brit buildings that are immediately given dismissive nicknames, but anyway, here are two more, both from Liverpool and both known as "The Shoebox" afaik:-
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At first, I didn't like the Museum of Liverpool building, but now it looks beautiful alongside that other Shoebox - what a charmless block of flats that is!
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Originally Posted by GuD
^ I like both of those buildings, the quoted and the example you posted. I agree. Totally blocky buildings are an eyesore. Without some variance in shape I feel like I'm just looking at an icon on a smartphone. I'd like the real world and what I have to scroll through on my phone to be different. Color schemes are also really important. There's a lot of beige, gray, and black formats in newer buildings. Kinda drab. A little green or teal or yellow or something would be nice.
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^ Yes, despite the example set by those Indian towers of MicShazam, most architects worldwide seem terrified of any colours except grey, silver and beige - and we have plenty of those colours already, what with the sidewalks, the tarmac, the cars, etc.