Comments on: Herzog & de Meuron’s Towering Triangular Skyscraper Receives Green Light for Construction in Paris http://inhabitat.com/projet-triangle-by-herzog-and-de-meuron/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:48:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: lazyreader http://inhabitat.com/projet-triangle-by-herzog-and-de-meuron/comment-page-1/#comment-311516 lazyreader Wed, 06 Apr 2011 12:22:17 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/10/06/projet-triangle-by-herzog-and-de-meuron/#comment-311516 Other than Paris, Mexico City is pretty flat. This building goes beyond what's imagined possible and yes, it never looks the way it does in drawings and concept. I don't think the skyscraper is dead, just wounded. Most buildings may never be more than ten or twenty stories; nothing wrong with that. My hometown of Baltimore has highrises, some of them very beautiful. We have a few disgraces like Legg Mason and the ones on Light Street, but we have a true beauty at just 27 stories. And theirs tons of stuff at less than 15 stories worthy of refurbishment. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2008_05_07_-_Baltimore_-_Baltimore_St_approaching_N_Charles_St_3.JPG Their will be future highrises in New York or Dubai or Chicago. People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw...............parties. To ensure privacy, the windows will have to be glazed or tinted which will turn the building into a less transparent mirror finish. So your stuck with a reflective pyramid........essentially like the Luxor in Vegas. Other than Paris, Mexico City is pretty flat. This building goes beyond what’s imagined possible and yes, it never looks the way it does in drawings and concept. I don’t think the skyscraper is dead, just wounded. Most buildings may never be more than ten or twenty stories; nothing wrong with that. My hometown of Baltimore has highrises, some of them very beautiful. We have a few disgraces like Legg Mason and the ones on Light Street, but we have a true beauty at just 27 stories. And theirs tons of stuff at less than 15 stories worthy of refurbishment.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2008_05_07_-_Baltimore_-_Baltimore_St_approaching_N_Charles_St_3.JPG

Their will be future highrises in New York or Dubai or Chicago. People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw……………parties. To ensure privacy, the windows will have to be glazed or tinted which will turn the building into a less transparent mirror finish. So your stuck with a reflective pyramid……..essentially like the Luxor in Vegas.

]]> By: gus http://inhabitat.com/projet-triangle-by-herzog-and-de-meuron/comment-page-1/#comment-120154 gus Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:29:40 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/10/06/projet-triangle-by-herzog-and-de-meuron/#comment-120154 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 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 http://inhabitat.com/projet-triangle-by-herzog-and-de-meuron/comment-page-1/#comment-109308 rob in chicago Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:31:21 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/10/06/projet-triangle-by-herzog-and-de-meuron/#comment-109308 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? 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 http://inhabitat.com/projet-triangle-by-herzog-and-de-meuron/comment-page-1/#comment-108574 betto Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:27:41 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/10/06/projet-triangle-by-herzog-and-de-meuron/#comment-108574 manifestación de brillante creatividad en una ciudad que parecía no tener posiblidades de propuestas en esta escala en su área histórica manifestación de brillante creatividad en una ciudad que parecía no tener posiblidades de propuestas en esta escala en su área histórica

]]> By: dweep http://inhabitat.com/projet-triangle-by-herzog-and-de-meuron/comment-page-1/#comment-106431 dweep Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:05:41 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/10/06/projet-triangle-by-herzog-and-de-meuron/#comment-106431 wow I'd feel naked in such a transparent building. and it looks like king solomon's glass palace. wow I’d feel naked in such a transparent building. and it looks like king solomon’s glass palace.

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