architects dont do buildings like this anymore

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architects don't do buildings like this anymore
unfortunately, in my opinion...
yes, they are nice buildings.  i have always thought that a building should have a "hat".  so many modern buildings just go up and stop, with nothing defining the top.
they are certainly grand and speak well of the era. when you look closely, they show it was a time when architects knew and appeciated the properties of materials they used and still had a sense of the grandure that was desired with so many other building near-by trying to get attention.
personally, i like exterior of the newer buildings like the curved, warped el??? hotel in dubai. - pictures don't do it justice, but the interior feeling is good, but a little too cold and polished. - i guess that is what was desired.
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i've seen buildings like that in vegas  
never, but never question engineer's judgement
coengineeer - yes, in vegas there are "grand" buildings - but there is an element of "cheese" associated with them - and the knowledge that the stone is really eifs sort of drags down the grandeur a bit.
i thought most of the cheese was in wisconsin!
when i was a kid in brooklyn [1940-50s] looking toward lower ny ,it was a very interesting skyline.different sizes ,shapes,ages . in the building boom of the '60s they started tearing down the older buildings and putting up the glass/stainless steel shoeboxes.after that i never bothered to look at the skyline !! the sadly doomed wtc was the ultimate shoebox. iirc , my favorite building,the chrysler building still has the original stainless steel attractive roof !
personally... i find the level of facade detail the most interesting and appealing... i think it gives a ton of personality to the building... i see a lot of this in my hometown... boston... we don't have much in common with ny but this is certainly one thing, i think.
where architecture is going:  on the cover of the february issue of structural engineer magazine, i thought i was looking at a partial collapse of a steel frame building--until i put on my glasses and could see it was meant to be that way.
as soon as i read your post, i turned around and saw the issue sitting on my credenza and laughed.  i hadn't thought about it as a collapsed structure - just an ugly one!
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