Twaneedsnohelp From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Posted (10 years 5 months 1 week 18 hours ago) and read 1927 times:
After the first group of WTC designs were derided as boring and overstuffed with office space, the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation held a second round of proposals. Some of the nine new proposals from 7 design teams are shown below:
A proposal by Richard Meier & Partners Architects, Eisenman Architects, Gwathmey Siegel & Associates and Steven Holl Architects:
Tbar220 From United States of America, joined Feb 2000, 7011 posts, RR: 28 Reply 4, posted (10 years 5 months 1 week 17 hours ago) and read 1892 times:
This isn't for real is it? They're all so ugly What happened to simple architecture? They all look like toddler playing blocks gone wrong.
Heavymetal From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 6, posted (10 years 5 months 1 week 17 hours ago) and read 1881 times:
The Times went off today about how every champion of 'contemporary architecture' was angling to do this design. The said it could be the biggest 'contemporary' design since the UN Building.
Considering the UN Building is atrocious, that's not saying much.
Twaneedsnohelp From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 7, posted (10 years 5 months 1 week 17 hours ago) and read 1877 times:
Theres more guys...
Peterson/Littenberg Architecture and Urban Design LLP:
the architectural firm THINK:
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (includes a train station)
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I like em! I like them a lot. I think they are infused with creativity, beauty, and courage. Beautiful, breathtaking designs. NYC has plenty of "simple" buildings. The WTC should be the city's standout, over-the-top architechtural masterpiece. The first round designs from SOM were "simple" and people hated them. I like these a lot.
TodaReisinger From Switzerland, joined Mar 2001, 2753 posts, RR: 1 Reply 10, posted (10 years 5 months 1 week 17 hours ago) and read 1861 times:
There is only ONE solution which would restore New York's unique skyline: to rebuild the Twin Towers as they were, but with today's technological means.
In the months after the tragedy, it was written in the newspapers that the office spaces were too important in the former WTC; it was also said that the new buikdings wouldn't be as high as the Twin Towers.
But all these concerns have obviously disappeard: the newest designs are for even higher skyscrapers and offer at least as many office areas as the previous center.
In this case, I really feel that the towers should be rebuilt just as they were; for 3 decades they had given to New York its unique, breathtaking and distinctive skyline. They were among the world's most beautiful buildings, and a strong illustration of the city's dynamism.
All the final designs presented are terribly disappointing, some of them are even horrible and would simply disfigure Manhattan.
Many destroyed historic buildings have been re-built throughout history; the example of post-WW2 Europe should inspire the city of New York: cathedrals and entire cities have been rebuilt at the identical all over the continent (one example is the British Parliament).
I bitterly miss the livery that should never have been changed (repetition...)
AC320 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 11, posted (10 years 5 months 1 week 17 hours ago) and read 1855 times:
-Richard Meier & Partners Architects: Looks like a giant #. No way.
-Studio Daniel Libeskind: looks like they never cleaned up Ground Zero
-United Architechts: Salvador Dali could come up with something more realistic
-Foster and Partners: striking, modern, gives me the same sense of awe from seeing the original towers. Merits further consideration
-Peterson/Littenberg Architecture and Urban Design LLP: too many different elements. Uninspired
-the architectural firm THINK: interesting concept, appears to be a memorial/sculpture rather than office space. Don't think it will work
-Skidmore, Owings & Merrill: interior looks very impressive. Could use better exterior shots, but from what we have, I say make the towers taller, and we might have something to really consider there
EGGD From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2001, 12426 posts, RR: 40 Reply 12, posted (10 years 5 months 1 week 16 hours ago) and read 1848 times:
I really like the design of the THINK building, but where are the offices???
hmm...
There is only ONE solution which would restore New York's unique skyline: to rebuild the Twin Towers as they were, but with today's technological means.
I totally agree, I feel that would be the best solution but obviously all these architects want their names on the new WTC so they are making stupidly rediculous new designs which are way to radical to ever be considered..... surely?
Srbmod From United States of America, joined Mar 2001, 16888 posts, RR: 51 Reply 13, posted (10 years 5 months 1 week 16 hours ago) and read 1824 times:
I like the Peterson/Littenburg Architecture, it to me is the best of the proposals. It seems to be the least oddball looking of the proposals. It looks like it fits the site the best, and would not look like something designed by an inmate in an asylum or designed by a kid playing with Legos or an Erector set. The Peterson/Littenburg design blends modern designs and materials with design cues from Art Deco, to Bauhaus, to Frank Lloyd Wright. This proposal is probably the most conservative of the design proposals, and that is probably what will make it stand out in a field of outlandish designs.
TWAL1011 From United States of America, joined Nov 2003, 194 posts, RR: 2 Reply 14, posted (10 years 5 months 1 week 14 hours ago) and read 1804 times:
None of those really capture the emotion I'm looking for.
STT757 From United States of America, joined Mar 2000, 16260 posts, RR: 52 Reply 15, posted (10 years 5 months 1 week 12 hours ago) and read 1783 times:
I like Lord Foster's buildings, THINK's "sky park", and Skidmore, Owings and Merrils transit center.
Vafi88 From United States of America, joined Apr 2001, 3116 posts, RR: 18 Reply 17, posted (10 years 5 months 1 week 11 hours ago) and read 1770 times:
I think we should build them exactly like they were but with 3 extra floors in each tower to symbolize the 3 thousand people who lost their lives that day.
Those designs are crap! They wouldn't be nearly as cool as the original World Trade Center.
I think that if you take my proposal it would really show that we can survive, instead of building some crap in the place where something very cool once stood.
I'd like to elect a president that has a Higher IQ than a retarted ant.
Twaneedsnohelp From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 18, posted (10 years 5 months 1 week 11 hours ago) and read 1770 times:
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read all these postings over again - and you might find out why I termed the designs "courageous". It should be pretty clear if you think about it for a little bit.
We're Nuts From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 5705 posts, RR: 22 Reply 20, posted (10 years 5 months 1 week 10 hours ago) and read 1760 times:
I like the THINK design. Looks like a ghost. But what will be inside?
Matt D From United States of America, joined Nov 1999, 9502 posts, RR: 51 Reply 24, posted (10 years 5 months 1 week 2 hours ago) and read 1720 times:
Not to put too fine a point on it, but those designs are as abominable as the original 6 that the PA put out earlier this year. The only difference is that they are bigger. But still, just as vapid.
I agree with the above consensus. The one sole, entirely all-or-nothing acceptable idea is to replicate the original Twins-the only difference being that they are 1) one or more stories higher and 2) offset from the original "footprints" (so that the whiners will have their crying ground).
If the designs that were unveiled yesterday are the last, best, and final choices we are going to get, and I have to make a choice, I would go with (even though my toes curl as I say this) Foster and Partners.
Of course that's the beauty of this world and the variety of tastes: no matter what you conjure up, be it a sphere, a rectangle, a trapezoid, or something resembling a crashed alien spacecraft, someone somewhere is going to love it.
25 Twaneedsnohelp: interesting report in the nytimes today by charles bagli, the real estate development writer (not the architechtural one). bagli basically said none o
26 Matt D: nothing will be built until the new york economy demands this 6 to 11 million sq feet office space That's an interesting statement. But once again, wh
27 SSTjumbo: I'm still looking for two towers that resemble the old twins but bear closer resemblance to the art-deco designs on top of the Empire State Building a
28 NoUFO: Actually, I like Libeskind's proposal. Granted, the colors on the picture are somewhat odd but imagine this building in reality. It could really be in
29 Noise: Foster's design is growing on me. It's the twin towers all over again but with a new, revolutionary desgin. The other look pretty ugly with the except
30 Stretch 8: I vote for the THINK proposal. Who the heck would want to work in two new 110 story towers?
31 BlatantEcho: the Sky Park idea is absolutely wonderful I like the concept and the glass, the green and the streets. perfect
32 Greg: I think it should be retro. The futuristic crap is just that---crap.
33 ScottysAir: I think that will be good for rebuilding new WTC after 9/11 by the terrorist attacks was did ever got crashes by two commerical airplanes. I will like
34 Twaneedsnohelp: heard a comentator today who said he thinks these architechts simply created these designs with no intention to ever be built on the site, but all the
35 Strickerje: I guess I'm in the minority here - I don't care for THINK's first proposal; it looks to not have much of an interior. It needs to be functional as wel
36 TWAL1011: Well, for once I'm in complete agreement with Greg. The futuristic stuff is total crap.
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What happened to simple architecture? They all look like toddler playing blocks gone wrong. 
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