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November 24th, 2002, 03:18 PM
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By Spirit
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Great job Jan!
 This list is a dynamic list, and autocalculates the average score each time a rate is given. So members can still rate. Notice that if 2 buildings have the same score, the taller of the two is ranked higher. Remember to take the time to rate EVERY building to have a fair poll 
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November 24th, 2002, 10:01 PM
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the Bank of China Tower is 2nd
but why are there only 98 buildings? |
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November 24th, 2002, 10:22 PM
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Jan thank you for compiling this list!...very interesting indeed!.....I'm surprised that the Petronas weren't in the top 10 but happy to see the Queen (Chrysler) at top!
and a special thank you to DMac and RafflesCity for the excellent job they have done with ROT thread!!!....great job guys!!...
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November 24th, 2002, 11:08 PM
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I also thank you, Dmac and Rafflescity - wonderful job!
I'm very pleased to see Chrysler #1, followed by my other faves - the Bank of China, the ESB, Woolworth, and the Center in Hong Kong, all in the top 10! Art Deco rules!  (But there are some other awesome towers out there, too!)
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November 25th, 2002, 01:16 AM
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By Spirit
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Everyone's welcome, and dont forget Jasonhouse and a couple of others who made some of the threads too!
Anyway this list is quite interesting.. The usual suspects make the top 10, but I wasnt expecting City Gate to be there. This is not because I feel it doesnt deserve its position, but probably because I didnt associate it straightaway when thinking of great skyscrapers. I was also surprised that the Petronas and Sears didnt make the top10..which reminds me of a thread I made a while back on 'the most overrated skyscraper' where I gave a choice of Chrysler, ESB, BoC, Petronas and Sears. I guess I got the answer Some other points Top 5 American skyscrapers 1. Chrysler Building, NY 2. Empire State Building, NY 3. Woolworth Building, NY 4. Bank of America Corp Ctr, Charlotte 5. 1 Liberty Place, Philadelphia Top 5 Asian skyscrapers 1. Bank of China Tower, HK 2. The Centre, HK 3. Menara Telekom, KL 4. Petronas Twin Towers, KL 5. CITIC Plaza, Guangzhou Top European - Messeturm, Frankfurt Top Middle East - Burj Al Arab, Dubai Top Australian - 120 Collins St, Melbourne It seems that NY skyscrapers dominate the top10, with all being built before WWII! Best box - CITIC Plaza, Guangzhou OK..thats it for now..this post will be edited if the list changes 
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November 25th, 2002, 03:55 AM
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Due a little glitch some of the low votes weren't being counted for Chrysler Building (because it wasn't in the standard format with "3 or less" at the bottom) so I fixed the threads that weren't properly formatted, causing a few ratings to change.
Raffles, the best Middle East skyscraper would be Burj Al Arab at #6, wouldn't it? The top 10 is quite surprising to me. Bank of America in Charlotte is at #3, but it doesn't have nearly as many votes as the others, so I think it might drop off given time. CityGate, Messeturm and One Liberty Place were also unexpected. The Jin Mao Tower is way down at #25, I thought that would be much higher. |
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November 25th, 2002, 08:27 AM
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wow, thepetronas and the sears got the most votes!
how long that take ya jan? thx alot, enjoyed... 
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November 25th, 2002, 10:08 PM
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very nice skills Jan. Lots of people like the Bank of China Tower.
wow 69 votes for 10/10...thats a lot.
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November 25th, 2002, 10:56 PM
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November 26th, 2002, 12:49 AM
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Don't be that guy!
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yeah. Most people just vote, and don't post...
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November 26th, 2002, 07:59 AM
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I've really enjoyed getting a look at all the impressive 'scrapers out there; this is the first time I've seen pictures of a number of them. I still have my Art Deco favorites, but a lot of the newer towers are pretty awesome, as well - especially those that move "outside the box". The broad range of styles, even if I can't always "wrap my eyes around them" to get a coherent impression right away, is really amazing
And with all the jaw-dropping, neck-craning unbelievable architecture out there, I CAN'T BELIEVE the planners in New York can't do a better job than those six feeble plans they unvieled in July - I'm going to have to write them a letter politely suggesting that there ARE architects outside of New York City who can actually design impressive buildings that get built, unlike that strange little cabal of architectural lunatic fringers like Eissenmann (spelling?) that the NY Times critic Muschkamp (spelling again?) seems to favor... Oh, and BTW, notice what hunk-a-junk is reliably at the bottom of the ratings? I just can't believe it got as much as a 4.44 average...
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December 5th, 2002, 06:33 AM
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I hate to say I've noticed a little "dirty pool" going on. Check out how many have voted "3 or less" on buildings to lower that building's average, and it's place in the rankings. And I doubt it's because they actually think it's that terrible of a building.
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December 15th, 2002, 09:54 AM
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Sheeshhh....Politics!
What's even stranger to me is that the hunk-a-junk in N. Korea is actually climbing a bit in the ratings, up to 4.54, even though it's still last....
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December 16th, 2002, 05:35 AM
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EDIT!
Sweeeet Jan! This is cool.
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December 18th, 2002, 04:08 AM
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great list!! ROT100 won't be completed without it
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December 25th, 2002, 07:35 AM
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is this list final?
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December 27th, 2002, 01:10 PM
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By Spirit
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The results of scores in the list is not final. It changes each time someone votes and recalculates the average.
We also update the list as and when new buildings are completed
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January 30th, 2003, 09:13 PM
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Great job, Jan. I wonder who wrote the ROT script?
Petronas Twin Towers should be way up to number 1 though... LOL, j/k.
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