Comments on: Herzog and de Meuron’s Stunning Triangular Skyscraper

By: gus

gus — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:29:40 +0000

by allowing skyscrapers to be built, land prices will rise, old low-rise buildings will be demolished to build new taller and more profitable buildings. Paris is one of the few ‘flat’ mega-cities that still exist on this planet, i hope it’ll stay like that. like the majority of the Parisians, i support the ban.
unless this skyscraper can be rotated, can anyone explain how does it cast virtually no shadow?
i am a big fan of H&DM but i can’t find any meaning in the architects’ comment included in this article.

By: rob in chicago

rob in chicago — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:31:21 +0000

Sad x 3. First, the skyscraper is a dead model, as the permanent energy crisis arrives. Second, completed buildngs never look as \’ethereal\’ as the slick renderings would suggest. Third, it\’s Paris. Why gunk-up the skyline?

By: betto

betto — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:27:41 +0000

manifestación de brillante creatividad en una ciudad que parecía no tener posiblidades de propuestas en esta escala en su área histórica

By: dweep

dweep — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:05:41 +0000

wow I’d feel naked in such a transparent building. and it looks like king solomon’s glass palace.