Why not?

So...I came across the following image of a skyscraper being built in Indonesia;



How COOL is that?

Currently there are plans to build skyscrapers all over the world (mostly in Asia) and they all look the same to me. Either pointy spires, blocky visions of the Sears Tower, or giant mirrored phalluses.

The Peruri 88 building, to me, is magnificent. Like an abstract sculpture. If they go ahead with the green spaces as shown above...how awesome is THAT?

Here are more being planned;

Mubarak al-Kabir Tower, Subiya, Kuwait.



Lotte World Tower, Seoul, South Korea.



GIFT Diamond Tower, Gandhinagar, India.

Buenos Aires Forum, Buenos Aires, Argentina.



Check out more at;

20 Amazing Skyscrapers Yo...Visit Soon

Okay, that last one is awesome. I wonder what the rooms look like...

as long as they don't fool birds with their mirrored windows skyscrapers are cool by me. i'm waiting for the first floating city

chocolate1 said:

Okay, that last one is awesome. I wonder what the rooms look like...

would be cool if the theme is carried throughout on the inside http://www.google.com.au/...p;imgdii=_

XxAxX said:

as long as they don't fool birds with their mirrored windows skyscrapers are cool by me. i'm waiting for the first floating city

oh wow :-O

http://www.google.com.au/search?q=weird+shaped+room&client=safari&rls=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=SW7hU82EJ5a48gWW74LYDQ&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1684&bih=936#q=future+floating+city&rls=en&tbm=isch&imgdii=_

[Edited 8/5/14 16:55pm]

Very cool thread. Two projects that have impressed me recently are the Bosco Verticale in Milan...

...and the Arbre Blanc in Montpelier, France (Perhaps not a skyscraper, but certainly a highrise luxury apartment complex)...

[Edited 8/5/14 19:11pm]

The shape shifting Skyscraper:

I like the Space Needle.

In the past the Space Needle was a radio station and someone once lived in it as a condo. How kewl would it be to live in the Space Needle?

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chocolate1 said:

Okay, that last one is awesome. I wonder what the rooms look like...

mynameisnotsusan said:

It's kind of old but have you seen this insane clip of these Russian guys climbing the (very beautiful) Shanghai Tower? Yikes! New York is getting some nice new Skyscrapers - I don't mind that they are plain or boxy. Theres a massively tall super skinny one thats going up now.

Those people (who do that sort of stuff) are nuts.

ZombieKitten said:

XxAxX said:

as long as they don't fool birds with their mirrored windows skyscrapers are cool by me. i'm waiting for the first floating city

oh wow :-O

http://www.google.com.au/search?q=weird+shaped+room&client=safari&rls=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=SW7hU82EJ5a48gWW74LYDQ&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1684&bih=936#q=future+floating+city&rls=en&tbm=isch&imgdii=_

[Edited 8/5/14 16:55pm]

Lammastide said:

Very cool thread. Two projects that have impressed me recently are the Bosco Verticale in Milan...

...and the Arbre Blanc in Montpelier, France (Perhaps not a skyscraper, but certainly a highrise luxury apartment complex)...

[Edited 8/5/14 19:11pm]

The one in Milan I had seen before...the one in France is very interesting!

kewlschool said:

The shape shifting Skyscraper:

I'd heard about this...are they actually going ahead with it?
Seems like ALOT of steel to be moving around.

Wait... most of these images are computer generated illustrations.

ufoclub said:

Wait... most of these images are computer generated illustrations.

Yes...they are in various stages of planning - most have actually broken ground.

PurpleJedi said:

chocolate1 said:

Okay, that last one is awesome. I wonder what the rooms look like...

Cool!

PurpleJedi said:

chocolate1 said:

Okay, that last one is awesome. I wonder what the rooms look like...

I didn't get this at first until I was wondering where the tv was the person is point the remote control at and noticed that black thing seems a bit out of place. Hey wait that looks like that thing from the movie. Flat screens have changed a lot of prospectives.

XxAxX said:

as long as they don't fool birds with their mirrored windows skyscrapers are cool by me. i'm waiting for the first floating city

morningsong said:

PurpleJedi said:

I didn't get this at first until I was wondering where the tv was the person is point the remote control at and noticed that black thing seems a bit out of place. Hey wait that looks like that thing from the movie. Flat screens have changed a lot of prospectives.

Yes - that is indeed the scene from "2001: Space Odyssey"

Sorry Chocolate

Fauxie said:

XxAxX said:

as long as they don't fool birds with their mirrored windows skyscrapers are cool by me. i'm waiting for the first floating city

PurpleJedi said:

morningsong said:

I didn't get this at first until I was wondering where the tv was the person is point the remote control at and noticed that black thing seems a bit out of place. Hey wait that looks like that thing from the movie. Flat screens have changed a lot of prospectives.

Yes - that is indeed the scene from "2001: Space Odyssey"

Sorry Chocolate

PurpleJedi said:

morningsong said:

I didn't get this at first until I was wondering where the tv was the person is point the remote control at and noticed that black thing seems a bit out of place. Hey wait that looks like that thing from the movie. Flat screens have changed a lot of prospectives.

Yes - that is indeed the scene from "2001: Space Odyssey"

Sorry Chocolate

It's a nice room though, but boy is it big or what, great for parties.

Tron Legacy borrowed from 2001 IMO and so did most shop interiors at malls

http://www.google.com.au/...B500%3B334

PurpleJedi said:

kewlschool said:

The shape shifting Skyscraper:

I'd heard about this...are they actually going ahead with it?
Seems like ALOT of steel to be moving around.

I believe that they are going to make it.

[img:$uid]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-F1ceTKoX2-M/UUMgyo9wkBI/AAAAAAABE7M/NufhMwPjuFY/s1600/Agora_Tower_Taipei_Taiwan_001.jpg[/img:$uid]

Agora Tower, Taipeh, Taiwan.

ZombieKitten said:

Tron Legacy borrowed from 2001 IMO and so did most shop interiors at malls

http://www.google.com.au/...B500%3B334

KoolEaze said:

[img:$uid]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-F1ceTKoX2-M/UUMgyo9wkBI/AAAAAAABE7M/NufhMwPjuFY/s1600/Agora_Tower_Taipei_Taiwan_001.jpg[/img:$uid]

Agora Tower, Taipeh, Taiwan.

I like that!