| July 22, 2004 |
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Tall Buildings
Many  of the world's famous skyscrapers were built decades ago, most of them incredibly tall, straight columns that mingle with the clouds thousands of feet in the air. A new exhibit at the MoMA sets its sites on recent designs, focusing on 25 groundbreaking buildings designed over the past decade. Featuring scale models, sketches, and designs, the exhibit looks at the next generation of tall buildings, many of the most innovative being built outside the United States. And no longer are these buildings "skyscrapers" -- some of the more interesting buildings are shorter in stature, such as PORR Tower in Austria which will be built over an expressway and feature sky-lobbies that cantilever over their footprints. Also included in the exhibit are three of the proposals for the World Trade Center site in New York City. Superman can leap buildings in a single bound, but one of these days he should slow down and marvel at these incredible design and engineering feats. (in Architecture) |
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