Skyscrapers

[thesummerqueen]

Some time ago I created the thread Vertical Forest, in which city skyscrapers made use of trees and plants to improve the quality of life.

Recently I also stumbled over the winners of the 2012 skyscraper competition.

This was the first place taker - it looks like something out of The Tripods trilogy I read as a kid!







This was the second place winner:

Called "Mountain Band-aid"


Anyone else see new architectural designs lately that give them pause?

(Awe in architecture is an old habit left over from the ex, who studied it in school)

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Hmm...don't know why the other two images aren't showing up...but the link is there.