IMHO... I thought this building would like nice in the area currently being occupied by the Sprint Arena, but hey... thats just my opinion
Its was proposed Brooklyn Nets Arena designed by Frank Gehry. Very similar to the end result Sprint Center, but with a green space and outer walking area on the top. If I remember, it was also supposed to be an ice skating rink.
They're still trying to build an arena up in Brooklyn, but the design has changed. It's call the Barclays Center now. http://www.barclayscenter.com/
"Architecture is to be experienced by moving through it rather than looking at it."
GRID wrote:
Do you know how hard it is to take photos of all that wavy metal?
I have this feeling that the arena in that rendering woud look nothing like that after built. Where is the skin?
I love the Sprint Center just the way it is!
Yeah, I like the Sprint Center too. It's nice to have a new arena. But I'm not impressed with it at all. I'm a designer/architect by education and profession. The Sprint Center offers nothing new or innovative in way of architecture, design or ergonomics. Don't get me wrong. Its a very nice arena. A great edition to Kansas City and I'm glad we have it now. But, IMHO, I don't see the Sprint Arena getting any awards in breakthrough design and innovation. Its no Calatrava, Renzo Piano, Peter Zumthor or a Frank Gehry, sorry.
"Architecture is to be experienced by moving through it rather than looking at it."
a scaled down slightly different version of the sears tower...if there was no sears tower. i'm incredibly in love with the sears tower. or another building with such a commanding presence over the city like the sears tower is to chicago, like a taller 1KCP. Anyone have a rendering of 2KCP? Not exactly what I mean, but the scale is closer.
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Tosspot wrote:
Our Marriott is a hideous piece of crap. At least from three of the four sides.
I was downtown last night and noticed its unbridled hideosity. I cannot fathom the concept of a professional architect/designer shitting forth such a god-awful piece of architectural poppycock onto the cityscape. These people deserve to be thrashed and beaten with reeds.
This is a relic of the Mayor Wheeler days. They tore down the imfamous 12th street of our "Paris of the Plains" days. I can understand why City Hall would want to close down a whole row of strip clubs. But did the buildings have to go with them? It's a bit of historical fabric I wish we still had.
Marriott was built as a Vista during Berkely days, not Wheeler. The proposal in the Wheeler days was a Hyatt for the spot looking very much like the one in San Francisco.
True, The Vista (now Marriott) was built during Mayor Berkely's term.
It was the beginning a of a boom for downtown.
I think the Marriott looks OK except for it's poor interaction with the street.
Clearly no one has posted to this topic, but I find it to be interesting. That being said I would pick both 801 Grand in Des Moines and the RSA Battle House Tower in Mobile