Skyscraper on fire in Dubai
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Surely this is bad luck?
Oh Asim
Hopefully the fire will not cause structural instability, if is does, it will be messy even more so.
Soldato
With a last ditch effort, Dubai snatches the dubious 'Bonfire of the year 2015' award. 
Wonder if it burns hot enough to melt steel but not passports?
Yeh, like this ?
Looking at that makes me think how London has surely one of the worst skylines in the world.
Compared to other places London has nothing to make it stand out quite the opposite in fact, it's crap.
wait seriously? its got a giant oval green penis, a massive **** off circle, a giant spike and a huge draw bridge with two towers.
its a pretty unique blend of old castles, palaces and steel modern structures.
http://www.businessinsider.com/coolest-skylines-photos-2014-5?op=1&IR=T
All these stand out, London has nothing at all to make it stand out, it's just a mess.
I wish reading was one of your few abilitiesSo no new building can have any beauty or architectural merit !
You don't get it, Tefal does. It is a hotel, on a flat bit of sand, by the sea. People go there because the standard of service is world class (and there are shops to spend money in).
The sail concept for a building wasn't even new.
This is their idea of taste, its just a joke, (or a fetish for Bassett's Liquorice Allsorts)
If they weren't embarrassed about the poverty of their own architectural history, then they wouldn't have needed to import architects from the west to create their sad little holiday Butlins for posh people.
ME architecture boils down to cut and paste building elements like the arch and the tower, with elaborate graphic/mosaic type designs.
These are not unappealing in themselves, but sadly that is all they have created for centuries. If they had somehow managed to extend that solid concept then I'd have a little respect for Dubai, but they haven't and I don't.
I'm giving you benefit of the doubt here that you didn't mean to edit out my own edit of this post. I removed the quote and therefore also your response to it.
Gilly.
Not my favourite building but it is only an office block and it did win a Stirling prize
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Quite understated, reserved, very British and considered. We don't wave our willy's on the highest, tallest or most grand stage. We are British man.
In the wonders of the world we have some rectangular stone and a poo pumping station.
London's skyline doesn't stand out because it's not full of generic glass skyscrapers? We've protected the views to St. Paul's Cathedral for a reason.
Soldato
Engineering wise it's probably got merit, but it's a very long way from being beautiful
Caporegime
Really? Looking at that makes me think of the amazing history of London. The modern commercial center of the world with the tower in the foreground?
If Crazy wants an example of where Arab architecture could have moved forward and have been accepted as having merit, then the Arab Institute Building in Paris is pretty good.
It's understated, enigmatic, simple and fits into a modern city.
But they abandoned all that in Dubai for superficial ****
see, it's not just me that thinks so.
http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/...mers-lashed-to-a-clothes-horse/135067.article
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It's understated, enigmatic, simple and fits into a modern city.
But they abandoned all that in Dubai for superficial ****
see, it's not just me that thinks so.
http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/...mers-lashed-to-a-clothes-horse/135067.article
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Yeh, like this ?
Since that picture shows buildings that span the best part of a 1000 years between them.
Yes actually!
Soldato
Love London's skyline, just a handful of tall buildings makes it easy to pinpoint certain areas with ease. Old meets new and its full of history. It might be dirty but I love London.
Associate
That is a really old photo.... No heron tower, cheese grater or walkie talkie
Soldato
Really, well done