Imo, 1WTC, it's a nice looking tower and all but honestly, it doesn't deserve all the praise it's getting, specially considering the amount of skyscrapers being built all over the world, 1WTC is mediocre at best.
The Shard in london also seems a little overrated, there's nothing impressive about it imo, it's height is underwhelming and the pyramid shape has become tiresome at this point.
1wtc - Would be a nice building if it wasn't for that stupid antenna on top just to add height.
The Shard - It one of the ugliest building I've ever seen, it looks unfinshed and well just plain ugly, it's sad that this is becoming the icon for London as the R.E Swiss is a much better looking building than The Shard.
I personally think the Shanghai Financial Center is hideous, and the older Jin Mao Tower. I also think the Burj Dubai is VERY overrated. Sure, it's tall enough, but a ton of it is empty, and I don't see the practicality of having a building that tall in a country the size of Dubai. Most of it is desert, and the wealth there is controlled by a small clique of individuals. Just seems very out of place. The fact of the Burj's height is for sure an engineering marvel, but to me it looks like a giant rising out of the desert, totally out of scale in my opinion.
I love Chicago, but I prefer the John Hancock Tower to the Willis Tower. I like its shape more. I don't like the tubular structure of the Willis. But I definately would take the Willis over any of those Asian monstrosities any day.
I think 1WTC, just like the Twin Towers before it, is UNDERRATED! I think once it's finished, and people start visiting it and appreciating its impact on the skyline, people will really like it. I would argue many already like it more now than they did the twins when they were first built. Plus 1wtc actually fits very well with its surroundings, it fills the New York skyline very nicely, and compliments the other older skyscrapers there like the ESB Chrysler Building.
I personally think the Shanghai Financial Center is hideous, and the older Jin Mao Tower. I also think the Burj Dubai is VERY overrated. Sure, it's tall enough, but a ton of it is empty, and I don't see the practicality of having a building that tall in a country the size of Dubai. Most of it is desert, and the wealth there is controlled by a small clique of individuals. Just seems very out of place. The fact of the Burj's height is for sure an engineering marvel, but to me it looks like a giant rising out of the desert, totally out of scale in my opinion.
hno: When was the last time you looked at Dubai's skyline, your making out it's the only tall building in the city when they have loads now? maybe you should visit The Burj before you knock it.
What a great looks of shanghai tower is. Shanghai Tower is the rotation of the Guangzhou International Finance Center. It is not complicated. It looks good, bud, I definitely prefer the Jin Mao, perhaps the WFC. The ST and WFC same. They look good, but they are no exception to the tower.
^^ In my opinion, Jin Mao is the Chrysler Building of Asia. I can almost call it the most beautiful building in the world. The top is just so magnificent. :cheers:
Keeping in mind that "overrated" doesn't mean "bad," just that it's unworthy of the volume/type of praise received...
For me the building where the hype is way too disproportionate with the design has to be the Burj Khalifa. Simply being tall does not equate to being beautiful or the pinnacle of design. I think it's attractive and Dubai has done wonders in building itself into a modern city, but there are nary any elements about the structure that stand out as stunning design features, marvels of architecture or aesthetically trend setting. Yet the volume of exposure, publicity and praise heaped upon this building has been as deep as the building is tall! Compared to the grace of Petronas, which received far less press, Khalifa is vastly overrated.
The Empire State Building could be considered, but it did incorporate many high forms of its style and innovations that built the reputation we know today. That many find it overrated today is in part because of how we've evolved in design since ESB came along. That being said Chrysler is the far more attractive and well done architectural piece of the two. It simply gets far less exposure since ESB has the public viewing platform.
However, 432 in New York City is poised to overtake the Burj Khalifa, IMO. While it may be an engineering feet to build something so tall and so thin, as an architectural piece I've yet to see anything redeeming of high form. It's as mindless to me as the structures in Minecraft, yet there are many who're preparing to call it the pinnacle of design! Fie, I say!
^^ In my opinion, simplicity is a redeeming feature. There are similarly thin and tall towers in Dubai that nobody really cares much about because of their design. They don't really appeal to the simplicity lovers or the detail lovers, so they're not that special.
432 park is a building one can either like or dislike. I personally don't really like how the cladding is laid out, but the rest of it seems like a cool idea. Looks like one of those futuristic scenes from an old movie
IMHO Shard, TransAmerica, and Petronas Towers are all overrated buildings. They're impressive in height and unique, they just don't do anything for me.
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You're of course entitled to your own opinion, but Jin Mao is definitely not brown. Only at dusk and dawn it sometimes looks like that (thanks to the highly reflective cladding).
Its "normal" color is silver/blue.
I agree that Jin Mao Tower looks dirty from afar and is overrated.
Another one I would like to point at was the old World Trade Center of New York. They looked like two commie blocks from the 70s. I just wish they could have razed them when there were no people nearby though... :/
Another one I would like to point at was the old World Trade Center of New York. They looked like two commie blocks from the 70s. I just wish they could have razed them when there were no people nearby though... :/
1WTC looks good, but there are waaaay too many spires, antenna and pointy things in NY that are overrated, particlularly the ESB, Chrysler is underrated if anything, and I much prefer it to the esb.
The old WTC was horrible, and very overrated.
The Shard is a bit overrated but for a country that has been low-rise too long, its an exciting break-through for us to at least get something over 300m, so its bound to be overrated.
I personally don't like the Gherkin but I think its symbolic of the shape of things to come. And thus isnt too badly overrated.
Burj Al Arab is an amazing skyscraper, I don't think its overrated, its stunning. Burj Khalifa is definitely overrated but what do you expect?
The Makkah Royal Clock Tower, Mecca is just plain ugly dunno how anyone can rate it. Looks like its trying to be a modern Big Ben, but completely misses the mark...
The Jin Mao pic above shows why it's so overrated! What is so beautiful about that crown? It looks like a massive clusterfuck! It makes Shanghai World Financial look more beautiful in comparison
look more beautiful? the bottle opener? ...please
Ok, you don't like Jin Mao, it's possible, but the other is far uglier.
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