Posted on 01/25/2021 12:41:01 AM PST by nickcarraway
If you think this is freaky, check out the marina district in Dubai.
Hey -- do you know about the Aztec war whistles? They make a sound like a soul being tortured in hell. An awful screaming sound that cuts right through you. The Aztecs blew these whistles as a war tactic to frighten the enemy.
Wouldn't it be great if we build sky scrapers that sounded like that when the wind blew?
I used to refer to the contest to build the tallest building a form of architectural penis envy. So I’ll call this one a structure that will begin another ongoing process we will call architectural twisted penis envy.
I believe in the old adage that in nature form follows function and if it looks great it is not from trying to be artistic, it is just that form follows function beautifully.
The type of structure proposed is all ego, just so that the designer can say “see, it can be done”, but why, for what need, and what basic general purpose have no part in the matter.
Also, how do you cross from one side to the other? You'd have to go all the way down (or up) to get to the other side. DUMB!
It’s like a baby rattle for King Kong. Just grab it around one of those open parts in the middle.
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