Which one has a better design?

Sears Tower:
Height to roof: 1400 ft./ 442 m
Floors:110
Height of structure: 520 m
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/fa267/sears2.jpg
http://www.iit.edu/~bushken/Chicago/sears%20tower.jpg
http://www.photo-mark.com/webpix/ds/ULIL99297.jpg

Freedom Tower:
Height to roof: 1368 Ft./ 415 m.
Floors: 82(tall floors)
Height of structure: 1776 ft./ 541 m.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/07/FreedomTower3.jpg/300px-FreedomTower3.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f1/Revised_Freedom_Tower.jpg/300px-Revised_Freedom_Tower.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3e/FreedomTower2.jpg/300px-FreedomTower2.jpg

So, which one is better?

Freedom Tower for me but slightly. I just don't really like how boxy Sears Tower was.

i will go with Freedom Tower ,i think it will be more iconic tower because of the history behind it(9/11...etc)

Sears by a long shot. that spire on FT looks god aweful :puke:. I think NYC should look at dubai to see how to build fantastic supertalls

I love the Sears tower and I love S.O.M's towers, gotta go with Sears Tower!

Sears Tower no doubt. It is a classic and the dark lord of skyscrapers. Freedom Tower is a disappointingly boring tower.

Sears...i agree with Travis on how disapointing Freedom Tower is...how come USA lost creativity!

^You actually think the USA has LOST architectural creativity since the modern era? :hahaha:

Anyway, in terms of design, I'll go with the FT. Nicer color, facade and shape IMO.

I voted for Sears...

The latest Freedom Tower is actually an improvement, though; at least the poor thing doesn't seem so twisted that it needs a chiropractor...

Both of them have flat roofs with antennas**SIGH**, so there's no real difference there.

Both have nice, shiny-shiny facades.

BUT... Sears has set backs, so at least it soars better, as I can state from experience, having stood accross the street looking UP and UP and UP...

Both are nice. But I don't like the way FT tapers, although it is an astonishing improvement over the other designs. So sears it is.

I prefer the Sears tower.

I gotta go with Sears Tower. Freedom Tower is just a joke now, its turned into a mess. How long will this last befour its changed again?

i actually think the freedom tower looks kinda good.
but the sears tower for me definitely

Both look nice. I voted for FT. I like it slightly more.

both, Sears is a classic FT will be a classic too, I hoppe they dont change the planes again, I like thys FT.

Freedom, Sears is nice in the skyline, but the building itself is pretty ugly, w/o the rest of the buildings it would be sh..doo doo

The spire of the Freedom Tower looks awkward. They could have done a better job with the spire than that.

Sears Tower... the Freedom Tower's design might changed again... That NYC building doesn't fit into its skyline, IMO. Unlike the Sears Tower with the John Hancock.

How could this be a contest when the Freedom Tower literally has a smaller height than the Twins, which were just below the Sears Tower?

Sears Tower by far!

the awful thing about Freedom Tower here is that it still feels like there is one missing. I don't want to vote.

Sears, easily.

The Sears Tower by a longshot.

Sears

Gotta say the sears tower. I love its design and its shape. Freedom tower looks okay but id say sears tower is better

Welcome megamegh to SSC! Umm I would definitely say Sears Tower considering that it is way older than the Freedom Tower but in my opinion Freedom Tower will never surpass the Empire State building and plus, this building hasn't even started constructions so when it's built, lets see a picture and see which one is better. Because you can't look at a render and the actual real building and compare something that is not even 2 feet tall to something that is over 1,300ft.

Freedom looks better. More futuristic. Sears tower frankly is bland.

not to be annoying but the sears is not 1400 feet! its 1,450 feet, 7 inches (442 m) and 1,729 feet (527 m) to the top of the western antenna

anyways , my vote is for the sears

Sears Tower no questions asked, i mean just look at it!
http://205.188.226.153/blp1193/images/sears%20tower.gif

of course it's the Sears Tower

Like most of the replies here, I have to go with the Sears Tower as well. This building has remained in the top 10 worldwide for over 30 years. That is pretty d**n amaaaazing, to say the least!!! Although the Freedom Tower isn't built yet, I guess we'll just have to wait and see how it turns out once it is completed.

Sears definately...she's big, she's bad' she's sexy and black......she's iconic and timeless.......

The Freedom Tower, I like the design very much. Sears Tower is way to boxy and boring for me.

I think the Freedom tower by far, the Sears tower looks like a bunch of boxes together, without style it's just too tall but nothing else. :)

Sears.

Both because i can judge a tower just under construction

Building usually look different than their renders so it is to hard for me to judge right now.

freedom tower is by far alot nicer looking then the sears tower

the sears tower is kida ugly but i dont like hate it i mean there worse bbuilding out there i just have to say when you compair it to the freedom tower its pretty much well ugly

The Sears Tower for...just love black towers

The Sears Towers.

The Freedom Tower is so bland even for something that is suppose to be new and futuristic. Honestly, if the Freedom Tower was built else where without the history behind it, would anyone give a damn?

Sears, the freedom tower is fucking awful compared to the old WTC. :ohno:

Freedom Tower by far!

The Sears Tower has got to be the most overrated building on the planet, seriously. I bet if it were in a city like Paris it would not get the same views as it does now.

Freedom Tower.

freedom tower, NY

Freedom Tower is standard, bland and boring. If it was built anywhere else we all would have gone, "oh, nice." Place FT in Dubai and it will dissapear amongst most of those often grotesque creations. The Seers will still stand out.

Freedom Tower is a big mistake. A result of poor planning. There could have been something great here.

freedom tower isn't bad i think, the new GZ will look great.....otherwise the old twins were still the best :)

:deadthrea

Sears Tower, way nicer.

Sears by far! Sears Tower is Chicago in all of its boxy glory. Freedom doesn't belong in NYC's skyline if you ask me.

The Sears Tower is at least an original, the FT looks very similar to the SWFC.

I voted FT only because if it wasn't for Sears impressive height it would be just another tall building IMO.

I voted FT only because if it wasn't for Sears impressive height it would be just another tall building IMO.
But you have to think about it back then...that was cutting edge back then with the tube design. Both Sears and WTC used the same technology, thus were both bland boxy buildings, neither in of themselves beautiful.

sears is sinister, dark, tall, classy, an aged veteran in the skyscraper game
1WTC is clean-cut, shiny, tall, and symbolic.

taking into consideration how these scrapers look in the context of their skyline, Ill go with FT for the amazing change it makes in the downtown skyline. its got 3 tall neighbors going up, and the cladding will really make these buildings pop out at you from any angle!
the sears is the humble giant. it doesnt ask to be the world most beautiful tower. all it wants is respect. lol

1WTC ftw

They both have fantastic designs... Sears is a 70's classic! and the freedom tower is a modern and simple design. I like both equally I think.

They both have fantastic designs... Sears is a 70's classic! and the freedom tower is a modern and simple design. I like both equally I think.
Wait a minute...I just realized. Why are comparing a modern, newly designed building with cutting edge technology to a 40 year old skyscraper?

Wait a minute...I just realized. Why are comparing a modern, newly designed building with cutting edge technology to a 40 year old skyscraper?

because we're crraaaazzyy :nuts:

i used to hate the sears tower, but it has grown on me a lot since 9/11. I'm not going to be able form an opinion on the freedom tower until it's up and we can see how the cladding turns out first hand, but the plan has definitely been gaining support and acceptance from the general public (and I) since towers 2-4 were unveiled as sleek supertalls. the new trade towers are going to do WONDERS for lower manhattan, but it's hard to compare that to the dark duo of the sears and john h. towers, which ARE chicago... we'll see for ourselves within the next decade, lol.

The Freedom Tower is cool, but the glass almost reminds me of a shiny fish. It's darker on one panel because of the lighting. I just wish the glass tone was a bit different.

i still think the freedom tower is better then the sears and well to be honiste the sears tower to me is not one of chicagos best buildings

When talking about aesthetics, it can go either way for me. I just wish they would stop putting enormous spires on buildings in NYC, and just let ES and Chrysler continue to show the world what a REAL spired roof looks like. I'm biased since I'm a chicagoan, but I have to give sears the edge because of its innovative bundled tube design, its reflection of the city, and its PURPOSE. Aesthetics aren't the meaning of architecture, function is, and no other iconic building in the world symbolizes the purpose of tall buildings better than sears.

The ESB doesn't have a spire, it has an antenna.

It has both a spire and an antenna.

But only the height of the spire is counted in measurements.