I can't help but think that this is going to be a maintenance nightmare and the equivalent of all that neon and glaringly ugly architecture from the 50s and 60s. However, we'll see what the execution is like rather than me rambling. After Dubai, there are plans for one of these in Moscow (big surprise), and New York. However, apparently there is some interest from other places too: vaguely South Korea and Canada.
CNN has some coverage too.
CNN has some coverage too.
That thing is hideous.
ReplyDeleteheh.
ReplyDeleteI have a feeling its not going to work.
Some criticisms I've seen since this was that he doesn't have a clue about skyscrapers...he could be right and the rest of us wrong, but...