wyliepoon
Senior Member
A true skyscraper... something that actually looks like it will 'scrape' the sky.
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smuncky
Senior Member
Cardassian architecture in NY
that's by far the best description of this building. couldn't have said it better myself.
ProjectEnd
Superstar
Wow....New York....just......wow
MOMA gets approval for 82-storey tower
Last Updated: Thursday, October 29, 2009 | 11:38 AM ET Comments9Recommend3
CBC News
An artist's rendering of the proposed tower to go up next to the Museum of Modern Art in New York. (Atelier Jean Nouvel/Associated Press)
New York's city council has approved a proposal for a new tower next to the Museum of Modern Art that will rival the nearby Chrysler Building in height.
The controversial 82-storey tower had been opposed by local residents' groups in midtown Manhattan, who say it is too tall.
Designed by French architect Jean Nouvel, it will combine exhibition space for MOMA with 100 hotels rooms and 150 apartments.
MOMA, one of the world's most prominent modern art museums, sold the land to the Hines Real Estate Co. which is behind the project.
It will lease about 40,000 square feet of gallery space in the new building, increasing its exhibition space by 30 per cent.
Nouvel, a Pritzker Prize winner, has designed a 305-metre tower with a structural steel exterior that tapers upwards to a series of crystalline peaks. The art deco Chrysler Building, completed in 1930, is 319 metres.
With files from The Associated Press
Last Updated: Thursday, October 29, 2009 | 11:38 AM ET Comments9Recommend3
CBC News
An artist's rendering of the proposed tower to go up next to the Museum of Modern Art in New York. (Atelier Jean Nouvel/Associated Press)
New York's city council has approved a proposal for a new tower next to the Museum of Modern Art that will rival the nearby Chrysler Building in height.
The controversial 82-storey tower had been opposed by local residents' groups in midtown Manhattan, who say it is too tall.
Designed by French architect Jean Nouvel, it will combine exhibition space for MOMA with 100 hotels rooms and 150 apartments.
MOMA, one of the world's most prominent modern art museums, sold the land to the Hines Real Estate Co. which is behind the project.
It will lease about 40,000 square feet of gallery space in the new building, increasing its exhibition space by 30 per cent.
Nouvel, a Pritzker Prize winner, has designed a 305-metre tower with a structural steel exterior that tapers upwards to a series of crystalline peaks. The art deco Chrysler Building, completed in 1930, is 319 metres.
With files from The Associated Press
Tewder
Senior Member
Almost seems to have the sweep of the L Tower but with a much nicer base.
syn
Senior Member
That, unfortunately, is the only thing that was missing from this recent boom - a truly iconic, one-of-a-kind tower (though I suppose in a sense the L Tower fits the bill). Hopefully we get one in the next boom.
Ladies Mile
Active Member
I don't care for it, personally.
Urban Shocker
Doyenne
Yes, I find it quite alarming. Looks like a giant tongue.
Ladies Mile
Active Member
I was thinking "Oyster knife" but to each their own.
syn
Senior Member
Urban Shocker appears to have found his soulmate .
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Urban Shocker
Doyenne
It's been a long, dry spell since AP walked out that door.
syn
Senior Member
^Whatever happened to AP?
Urban Shocker
Doyenne
He came back as steve/eve I believe.