I was thinking of that because whenever I see those big palaces and other not-so-tall, but very wide buildings it's so stunning and jaw dropping, it has almost the same impact of a skyscraper (for me).

What's your opinion?

http://foto.rambler.ru/photos/m/o/mostopic/Peterhof/Cascade06/Cascade06.jpg
(this is what I mean, or bigger)

Sure. I prefer massive vertical buildings. ;)

Vertical? Don't you mean horizontal?

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/images/pentagon-DF-ST-87-06962_3.jpg

Man, I just love both of those buildings.

I think that buildings like Peterhof and Catherine's palace are impressive because of their elaborate design, not because of their size. There are plenty of lowrise apartment buildings in the world that have similar dimensions, but are certainly not impressive.

But yes, I agree that having a vertical shape certainly isn't the only way for a building to be impressive. Buildings like Hampton Court, Versailles, the Hermitage, and of course the Pentagon are all evidence of that.

Okay what's the biggest horizontal building in the world? lol

Don't know about the world's, but I think this one is the longest in France:
http://www.lautreagenda.com/event/photo/event_56.jpg

It is the Corderie Royale in Rochefort. It was built in 1670 and is 384m long (that would rank it 8th tallest in the world on par with Shung Hing Square, if you were to put it vertically ^ ^ ).
It was used to make ropes for the ships of the Royal Navy. It is now a museum.

I think Buenos Aires is building a huge horizontal hotel...

But no, I still prefer vertical or horizontal. :)

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/images/pentagon-DF-ST-87-06962_3.jpg

The Pentagon is simply massive in person. If horizontal can have in impact, this would be it.

Vertical? Don't you mean horizontal?


yes, I do. errrr.......

To me, the Merchandise mart was more imposing than most of the taller buildings in Chicago!

http://www.december.com/places/chi/images/merchmar.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl-Marx-Hof

At over one kilometer in length (1100m) and spanning four Straßenbahn (tram) stops, Karl-Marx-Hof holds the distinction of being the longest single residential building in the world.

^Karl Marx was quite a hypocrit then.

Okay what's the biggest horizontal building in the world? lol

You guys are all wrong. The biggest horizontal building is the Great Wall of China.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl-Marx-Hof

At over one kilometer in length (1100m) and spanning four Straßenbahn (tram) stops, Karl-Marx-Hof holds the distinction of being the longest single residential building in the world.

Any google maps images of it?

I'm not afraid of heights but I am afraid of widths...

Any google maps images of it?

I haven't seen any.

Oops. I fogot to post my opinion. They interest me, these long buildings. Not as much as skyscrapers but I'm impressed by them.

I know the pentagon owns some worlds biggest record. It might be office space or something

the main boeing factory is also MASSIVE.

http://foto.rambler.ru/photos/m/o/mostopic/Peterhof/Cascade06/Cascade06.jpg


i think what is jaw dropping about this building is not its hugeness but its other quite apparent qualities.

I think horizontal buildings dont have the same impact as vertical buildings, look the case of Sears and the Pentagon, Sears have much more impact.

http://www-vrl.umich.edu/sel_prj/ibm/wall/GreatWall.gif

Yes. ;)

that is a building? :? :sly:

It does have watchtowers along it, maybe a construction rather than a building in the "tallest skyscaper" sense but similar enough to something like the CN tower for me.

Okay what's the biggest horizontal building in the world? lol
Prora in Germany is quite impressive:
Prora was a Nazi-planned spa on the island Rügen, Germany. The massive building complex was built 1936-1939 as a Kraft durch Freude (KdF) project. The eight buildings are identical, and while they were planned as a holiday locale, they were never used. This is an example of the Nazi's claim to rule also over Architecture as well.

Prora sits on an extensive bay between the Sassnitz and Binz regions, near Prorer Wiek, on the narrow heath, which is called the Prora, which separates the Jasmunder Bodden from the Baltic Sea. The buildings extends over a length of 4,5 km and is roughly 150 m from the beach. The coast offers a long flat sand beach, which stretches from Binz to the Faehrhafen. This beach was thus an ideal location for the establishment of a seaside resort.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prora

http://www.ddr-im-www.de/Berichte/MWulf/Prora/prora1.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/Panorama_KDF-Block.jpg

http://www.b4c.co.uk/images/110-1099_IMG.jpg

Midland Grand Hotel, London.