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Tag Archives: Skyscrapers
Art of the Olive Oyl skyline
This amazing (and scary) shot of Manhattan snapped (if you can say that about photos these days) from a helicopter hovering over Central Park was taken the other day by Miami architect Steve Mouzon. He and others may very well … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Development
Tagged 432 Park Ave., Curbed NY, Empire State Building, Olive Oyl, Skyscrapers, Steve Mouzon, Supertall Skyscrapers
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Ban glass and steel in NYC
That’s really what New York City’s mayor, Bill de Blasio, said. He called for a “ban” on glass-and-steel skyscrapers. But that is not what he actually meant. That idea would never fly in Manhattan. The mayor’s handlers are already walking … Continue reading
Update: Vandals versus Paris
Mary Campbell Gallagher, founder and president of the International Coalition for the Preservation of Paris and U.S. liaison to SOS Paris, has issued a shot over the bow of the vandals at the city’s gates. Her shot, in the form … Continue reading
Our pushy American tongue
As a proud owner of one of the several editions of H.L. Mencken’s The American Language, I was tickled to see him cited in an essay about how, after a battle of centuries, American English has conquered English English. The … Continue reading
AD’s 24 ugliest skyscrapers
Architectural Digest has posted a list of the 24 ugliest skyscrapers in the world. Bully for AD. The building on top is in Bangkok. Is it the ugliest or the 24th ugliest? The editors do not say. I suspect that … Continue reading
Rampant peeping-Tomism
With all the glass residential towers going up with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the hotshot cities of the world, the global market for binoculars and telescopes must be going haywire. But not everyone wants to be caught in the two-ring circus … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Humor
Tagged Guardian, London, Neo-Bankside, Oliver Wainwright, Peeping Toms, Skyscrapers, Tate Modern, This East Side
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Krier on cities’ skyscraperitis
According to the headline writers at BD magazine, Britain’s leading journal of architecture, the takeaway from Leon Krier’s new essay there is “It doesn’t matter if skyscrapers are designed by world-class architects or hacks – they’re destroying our cities.” I … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Urbanism and planning
Tagged Garden City, James Howard Kunstler, Leon Krier, London, Roger Scruton, Skyscrapers
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Holy crystal meth, Batman!
News out of Pyongyang via Dezeen reports that its construction boom is fueled by crystal meth. A drug that jacks up levels of energy, alertness and self-esteem might well be usefully fed to workers undertaking delicate work with rivets while … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture
Tagged Drug Abuse, Hitler, Hitler's Drug Use, LSD, Modern Architecture, North Korea, Pyongyang, Skyscrapers, Wehrmacht
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Best skyscrapers 2016: Yawn
No surprise here, but Dezeen has published a list of the ten best skyscrapers of 2016. I’ve chosen to spotlight the pyramidal monstrosity in New York City by Bjarke Ingels, the Danish architect and founder of the firm BIG. The … Continue reading
