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HTC building last week. I think that without the protections it will looks better.

Awesome.e said:

No comment on this building =.= HTC No.1 selling brand in USA, but headquarters looks like they not making any money hahaha!

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yup! they couldve at least been a bit more creative and made the window pattern form an "H" for HTC. and why are the windows so friggin small and narrow? it looks like a corporate prison. i guess ceo cher want doesnt want her employees to have a view so they can concentrate on work and not look outside and daydream. or maybe employees dont want sunlight coming in. taiwanese are renowned to hate tanning. :lol:

http://taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2011/11/03/2003517362

Taiwanese designers need to get closer to the edge, be more courageous and create their own visions for the future, international design experts who recently visited Taipei for a world design congress said.

“Taiwan needs more crazy people, people who really want to express themselves,” said Peter Zec, president of Germany’s red dot design award, during a meeting with press during the International Design Alliance Congress in Taipei late last month. “Taiwan is on a very good level of executing design, but when it comes to really outstanding design, it is not there at the moment.”

“I would encourage them [Taiwanese designers] to go more to the edge,” he added.

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taiwan needs more foreign designers and architects. period. foreigners are crazier. :lol:

compare that to apple's new headquarters:




i think this is more representative of the broader mindset and huge differences in culture between taiwanese/asians and westerners. this is why the west - especially americans - have been so successful at churning out brands and global companies. westerners just think BIG, bold, different and creative. they think outside 'the box'. htc's new headquarters is LITERALLY a box and representative of how taiwanese/asians are taught to think - always inside the box. so you can tell how both companies operate and strategize just by looking at their headquarters. this is why i think apple will continually produce cutting edge innovative products and world-class designs that everyone around the world wants where htc will keep playing follower and catching-up.

most asian cities surrounding taiwan have more sleek and modern looking skylines. taiwan's architechural design and taste is more on the tacky and 'lao tu' side in comparison. i m being blunt because i want the best for taiwan. as i look at pics of taiwanese cities i see endless parades of hideous buildings. i have long wondered why such a huge difference between taiwan and the nearby asians?

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the sad thing about this forum is, most people from other nations wouldn't be complaining if their streetscape looks like this.