Marcus Allen Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 I have a couple of queries and I would put them in the skyscraper section, but that seems to be reserved for HTown related scrapers. So here is my first one and I will also post my second one. Both will require pix to succeed, but I thought they would be fun. Ok, so, which skyscraper in existence now looks the most futuristic to you? And yes, there can be several different "types" of futures. Dystopian? Like Blade Runner style OR Utopian OR going a more organic route. Your decision entirely. Have fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Huge Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Dont know if this was ever built, but since I think green is the future, anything along this vein gets my vote... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Allen Posted December 6, 2013 Author Share Posted December 6, 2013 If we are gonna make it to 3000, I firmly believe our vertical growth Must include that type of development where at least 25 percent of each structure can create oxygen! . I am hoping Tour Phare in Paris includes some sort of sky garden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 I think the style of highrise on Trantor might be the way of the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Allen Posted December 6, 2013 Author Share Posted December 6, 2013 Tres cool LTAWACS, but which tower do you think is getting us closer to that vision? And can you say futurist? LoL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Moscow's new financial district is futuristic. Clean design from afar, with many interesting details on the glass up close. Twin Dragons Solid, almost brutalist. Cross-Hash Towers in Seoul. I'm not crazy about the color but I love the play with shapes. The same for the Moscow buildings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arche_757 Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Are you talking about something like this: Or something like this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 How could I forget the Shard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 82-years-old, and still more futuristic looking than any modern skyscraper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 82-years-old, and still more futuristic looking than any modern skyscraper. A great building, and with a useable floor plate, unlike many of today's designs that sacrifice function for visual splendor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 82-years-old, and still more futuristic looking than any modern skyscraper.I'm going to have to disagree. It is the Mona Lisa of skyscrapers, but I personally don't think it looked futuristic past 1952. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arche_757 Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 ^Not a big fan of the Shard. Or, really, anything London has done since the Victorian Era. I know Piano did the Shard, but its still just uninspired.At least to me. And Moscow/Russia seems to be trying to hard, the architecture is intersting, but seems to be... overcompensating for something? Chrysler is the epitome of 20th century architecture. It is our countries version of Notre Dame or Chartes Cathedral. Timeless, but I wouldn't really say futuristic? I would say sublimely Deco, purely American (far more so than any monuments in DC or government buildings -excluding the Pentagon). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Allen Posted December 7, 2013 Author Share Posted December 7, 2013 Great comments all around. Arche 57 , I loved the 2nd pix and the twin dragons?!....where are those to be built Montrose 1100? I agree that while timeless, I don't consider the Chrystler Building necessarily futuristic, but rather iconic. Thanks for all the pix and comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howardsteyn Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 That 82-year building is a fine piece of development and according to me I can look up to it as a futuristic development than any other modern skyscraper. There are a lot of companies like fortress real development that have been trying to make good skyscrapers but this one 82-year old is a masterpiece. Nothing can overcome this type of development. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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