HotGritz said:

PurpleJedi said:

I gots fam in Mexico City.

When the zombie apocalypse hits, I'm headed to the earthscraper!

Wanna come?

When the apocalypse hits I think we should retreat to colder climate. It has been proven that zombies don't like cold weather. You never see zombies in Antarctica or Siberia.

Good point.

I'll get my Mukluks ready.

PurpleJedi said:

NDRU said:

I definitely would like to see a building like that though

So what is up top? Is there something to keep people from falling to their deaths?

GLASS.

...and a giant flagpole.

Yeah, great, it will be like a giant magnifying glass, frying whatever's under the glass.

Mies van der Rohe designed a building for Barcardi in Cuba and it didn't go so well. Mies is known as the father of the international style -- glass skyscrapers (Seagram Building in NYC) -- it was too hot in Cuba for that style of building, he had to move the "edges" back/under a shade edge to keep people from frying in the sun and the salty air accelerated the corrosion of the steel beams.

jone70 said:

PurpleJedi said:

GLASS.

...and a giant flagpole.

Yeah, great, it will be like a giant magnifying glass, frying whatever's under the glass.

Mies van der Rohe designed a building for Barcardi in Cuba and it didn't go so well. Mies is known as the father of the international style -- glass skyscrapers (Seagram Building in NYC) -- it was too hot in Cuba for that style of building, he had to move the "edges" back/under a shade edge to keep people from frying in the sun and the salty air accelerated the corrosion of the steel beams.

Mexico City is at a high elevation, so the temperature there isn't "tropical".

Interesting about the Bacardi building...I'll google that...