Are They Trying To Ruin NYC's Skyline...

They called that a hairpin back in my day.

No. Just no.

It's tacky and belongs in a Dubai or some other third world shithole.

what's that supposed to be? condos? office?

There is a glut of high end condos that are NOT selling. No way they will build that.

I like it and it fits in with the newer buildings.

But, but, we have the best taste in the world when it comes to clothes and architecture!

Never going to happen folks.

Anyone for a game of croquet?

Would you want to be in an office on the top part, with nothing supporting you?

A giant paper clip!

Well, it would make for a spectacular terrorist attack.

It wouldn't look great, but it would look better if the cross section at the top was straight and not curved.

I want that building in me, quite deeply.

It’s selling out. Vegas and Dubai here we come!

I'm glad I don't live in a city with skyscrapers. I would hate it if I had to get a job in an office near the top of one.

Go to Tallahassee, R13. It was built with us in mind.

They're actually using Milburn Pennybags from Monopoly in their quest to be taken seriously?

I'm a sucker for architectural marvels. Bring it on!

This story is so ten years ago.

Actually, it’s so 2 years ago—March 23, 2017 to be precise. And no one has heard a thing since, so don’t hold your breath.

OP I think this building now going up in Spain would be a fine addition to the Hudson River off Greenwich Village.

What is the point of this shape??

That there is no point!

Won’t the office furniture be upside down the actual bend? The blood will be rushing to the workers’ heads all day long.

I take it that nobody on here has ever seen the Intempo building in Benidorm, Spain.

It is truly hideous.

Never be approved. Too many small planes and helicopters will try to go thru it.

They're turning NYC's skyline into one that resembles Singapore, Dubai, and other places that have been built up much more recently than NYC. So NYC's older buildings will be dwarfed and lost in the shadows of these new monstrosities. Thanks, Bloomberg.

Apparently he's an architectural model now.

I hate all of this ugly modern shit. Give me pretty brick buildings with beautiful details carved into them any day.

Carved brick?

The Intempo building reminds me of that floating ship thingie in Tron . Yes, my geek is showing.

That's the nicest thing I've ever heard said about the Intempo building.

Most people say it's a pair of legs with a pussy in the middle.

[quote] What is the point of this shape??

The point of the shape is it's the builder's way of skirting the zoning regulations (I assume height regulations), but still having a building that is (in total) taller than all the others. It's apparently an ego & prestige thing going on with builders in NYC currently.

I think it's cool. Futuristic.

That hideous Intempo building looks like something they'd build in Pyongyang, N. Korea to compliment that 32 year old, still unfinished and unused Ryu-Gyong Hotel.

It looks like one Atlantic hurricane would topple it.

I think it's beautiful and innovative.

[quote]Are They Trying To Ruin NYC's Skyline...

That ship has sailed.

I think NYC's fate has been sealed with the uninspiring Freedom Tower and the Hudson Yards monstrosities.

And yet both are infinitely more inspired than 432 Park Avenue

Another NYC design monstrosity from the same article I think the big paper clip has a much better chance of being built than this stupidity.

[quote] American designers Yitan Sun and Jianshi Wu revealed a design for a so-called “side-scraper”, dubbed New Horizon. The 1,000 ft-tall, 100 ft-wide horizontal skyscraper would run around the seven-mile perimeter of Central Park, offering 80 times more indoor space than the Empire State Building.

R32 it is not current; which was noted early in the thread. The proposal as well as the link is years old now. Geezaz - information literacy is in the toilet on DL:

Oh dear my snark at R42 was meant for R33! So take it, and clam up!

Eat me.

Postmodernism of the 70’s and 80’s is back! This looks very Archigram or SITE to me. New York needs to get over itself and its skyline. I’m sure people had a fit when the Chrysler Building was constructed. Don’t be so conservative.

OP, do you have any comment on the fact that you posted an old, outdated article with zero reference to current events?

U mad? Standard Operating Procedure these days!