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venice’s historic caffè florian — the oldest one in italy and in the world — just celebrated its 300th birthday in a bitter way.
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the design draws influence from the sculptures of artist luo xu, and integrates a series of art deco elements to form its own unique identity.
a coconut leaf roof covers the entire ceiling.
the architects planted trees in the corner of both houses, allowing them to protrude outside the envelopes of the two dwellings.
‘Imitating’ and ’emulating’ are 2 different things.
Imitating’s more like it. Banana boats or no banana boats…it still is a copycat city.
No more no less.
nothing wrong to emulate other influences.
i like the whole concept, it reflects a new aproach to design,
I guess the towers are ok, but what is that thing on top? Ugly….What a waste of money!
Why do I have a feeling that the Singapore skyline is an imitation of Sydney’s?
The Sydney Harbour Bridge vs. The Double Helix whatchamacallit bridge
Sydney Harbour/Circular Quay vs. Marina Bay
The Sydney Opera House vs. The Esplanade ‘Durians’
And now with this new casino thing…it looks just like a banana boat sitting atop six orange peels. Then again with global warming and rising sea-levels, this could be the very next Noah’s Ark Singapore needs!
I just don’t get it. Do you?
love that indoor forest..but the design as a whole? just ok. the question is for whom and for what is the building? can they be accessed and afforded by the greater majority or only for the few elite?
Ugly. This building demonstrates the problem of pursuing creativity, coolness, and exuberance at the expense of aesthetics.
that building is seriously ruining the skyline of singapore
hate it.
Moshe Safdie project defies Dubai in becoming the leading edge developed city in the world.
But who will be using these facilities?
The same international clients from Burj Khalifa or Asian based businessmen?
Will it fit the newcoming local and regional economy?
Or Will it pull other countries to continue the development of advanced and expensive design projects?
beautiful.