NEW YORK | 400 Park Avenue South | 145m | 476ft | 42 fl | U/C - Page 5

Panayanhon · September 28th, 2012, 06:01 AM

the rendering of the building is beautiful.

RobertWalpole · November 24th, 2012, 09:00 PM

ZZ-II · November 24th, 2012, 10:00 PM

Nice

. But this design would deserve to be taller i think

ThatOneGuy · November 24th, 2012, 11:11 PM

I'm fine with it, as long as they don't use green glass.

dexter2 · November 25th, 2012, 05:04 PM

Or blue. For me every glassy building should be like The Shard.

ZZ-II · November 25th, 2012, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by dexter2

Or blue. For me every glassy building should be like The Shard.

sorry, but that would be extrem boring

ThatOneGuy · November 25th, 2012, 05:15 PM

But the Shard has blue glass?

RobertWalpole · November 25th, 2012, 05:40 PM

This tower would be The Landmark in practically any city on earth, other than NY where it's lost in the ocean of skyscrapers.

ZZ-II · November 25th, 2012, 05:52 PM

at 145m it would be lost in other cities too. Chicago or Hongkong for example. But NYC reached that a 319m tall Skyscraper is almost lost in the skyline of Midtown

RobertWalpole · November 25th, 2012, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by ZZ-II

at 145m it would be lost in other cities too. Chicago or Hongkong for example. But NYC reached that a 319m tall Skyscraper is almost lost in the skyline of Midtown

HK and Chicago have much thinner skylines than NY's which stretch along their waterfronts. While HK, unlike Chicago, has a lot between the waterfront and the mountains, practically everything built away from the waterfront is forgettable garbage.

patrykus · November 25th, 2012, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by ThatOneGuy

But the Shard has blue glass?

Nope. It's very transparent.

ThatOneGuy · November 25th, 2012, 07:02 PM

It looks blue from a distance, so that should be enough.

dexter2 · November 25th, 2012, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by ThatOneGuy

It looks blue from a distance, so that should be enough.

It's a glass... When sky is blue, It reflects a little bit, but as patrykus said It's very transparent and almost not colorized. And It looks just great!
I think Tower Verre will have that kind of glass to reveal construction structure and interiors.

image hosted on flickr

by lumberjack

Eric Offereins · November 25th, 2012, 11:30 PM

I could have known this is a Christian de Portzamparc design. He designed a very similar building in Rotterdam that was never built.

ZZ-II · November 28th, 2012, 12:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RobertWalpole

HK and Chicago have much thinner skylines than NY's which stretch along their waterfronts. While HK, unlike Chicago, has a lot between the waterfront and the mountains, practically everything built away from the waterfront is forgettable garbage.

Yes, thats right too

***sieradzanin1*** · December 6th, 2012, 04:24 PM

From http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...&postcount=160

image hosted on flickr

IMAG0057 by 401PAS, on Flickr

aquablue · December 6th, 2012, 05:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZZ-II

Nice

. But this design would deserve to be taller i think

Somewhere else. For the area it's in, the height is perfect.

RobertWalpole · December 7th, 2012, 04:23 AM

These amazing renderings give me a Woodrow:

http://www.sotawall.com/portfolio/Un...0Rendering.jpg

aquablue · December 7th, 2012, 05:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RobertWalpole

These amazing renderings give me a Woodrow:

http://www.sotawall.com/portfolio/Un...0Rendering.jpg

Although it is night and day compared to its surroundings and some folks may find the contrast too jarring, I feel it enlivens the street a great deal with its sheer audacity. It is like a piece of glass breaking into shards, an explosion..

sbarn · December 7th, 2012, 05:51 AM

I love this building. For some reason though, I can't fully wrap my head around how it works. The shape seems super confusing... in a good way.

Another thing I love about it is the subway entrance.

November 24th, 2012, 10:00 PM	#83
ZZ-II I love Skyscrapers Join Date: May 2006 Location: Near Ingolstadt in Bavaria Posts: 28,311 Likes (Received): 449	Nice . But this design would deserve to be taller i think __________________ Download the most up-to-date list of all Supertalls on this planet here: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/22508016/To...ary%202013.pdf Last Tower added: Eurasia - Moscow - 309m The Supertall-City-Ranking: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/22508016/Su...ary%202013.pdf Last City added: Changzhou Follow me on Twitter: @Minecraft_87 Visit my Photo-Website: www.foto-kotzur.de

November 25th, 2012, 05:04 PM	#85
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November 25th, 2012, 05:52 PM	#89
ZZ-II I love Skyscrapers Join Date: May 2006 Location: Near Ingolstadt in Bavaria Posts: 28,311 Likes (Received): 449	at 145m it would be lost in other cities too. Chicago or Hongkong for example. But NYC reached that a 319m tall Skyscraper is almost lost in the skyline of Midtown __________________ Download the most up-to-date list of all Supertalls on this planet here: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/22508016/To...ary%202013.pdf Last Tower added: Eurasia - Moscow - 309m The Supertall-City-Ranking: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/22508016/Su...ary%202013.pdf Last City added: Changzhou Follow me on Twitter: @Minecraft_87 Visit my Photo-Website: www.foto-kotzur.de

December 6th, 2012, 04:24 PM	#96
*sieradzanin1* Tom Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Sieradz [Poland] Posts: 9,416 Likes (Received): 161	From http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...&postcount=160 image hosted on flickr IMAG0057 by 401PAS, on Flickr __________________ Tagi Sieradz

December 7th, 2012, 04:23 AM	#98
RobertWalpole SSP is provincial! Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 3,412 Likes (Received): 161	These amazing renderings give me a Woodrow: http://www.sotawall.com/portfolio/Un...0Rendering.jpg Last edited by RobertWalpole; December 7th, 2012 at 04:37 AM.

September 28th, 2012, 06:01 AM	#81
Panayanhon Registered User Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 75 Likes (Received): 46	the rendering of the building is beautiful.

November 24th, 2012, 09:00 PM	#82
RobertWalpole SSP is provincial! Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 3,412 Likes (Received): 161

November 24th, 2012, 11:11 PM	#84
ThatOneGuy NOT BANNNED Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Constanța Posts: 7,118 Likes (Received): 803	I'm fine with it, as long as they don't use green glass.

November 25th, 2012, 05:15 PM	#87
ThatOneGuy NOT BANNNED Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Constanța Posts: 7,118 Likes (Received): 803	But the Shard has blue glass?

November 25th, 2012, 05:40 PM	#88
RobertWalpole SSP is provincial! Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 3,412 Likes (Received): 161	This tower would be The Landmark in practically any city on earth, other than NY where it's lost in the ocean of skyscrapers.

November 25th, 2012, 07:02 PM	#92
ThatOneGuy NOT BANNNED Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Constanța Posts: 7,118 Likes (Received): 803	It looks blue from a distance, so that should be enough.

November 25th, 2012, 11:30 PM	#94
Eric Offereins The only way is up Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Rotterdam Posts: 35,643 Likes (Received): 653	I could have known this is a Christian de Portzamparc design. He designed a very similar building in Rotterdam that was never built.

December 7th, 2012, 05:51 AM	#100
sbarn Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: NYC & Bay Area Posts: 684 Likes (Received): 43	I love this building. For some reason though, I can't fully wrap my head around how it works. The shape seems super confusing... in a good way. Another thing I love about it is the subway entrance.

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