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Glass towers are, if not beautiful, a status symbol. Especially because brick looks stuffy and traditional whilst concrete invokes 80s brutalism. If you want a
by rocqua 7y ago
Glass towers are, if not beautiful, a status symbol. Especially because brick looks stuffy and traditional whilst concrete invokes 80s brutalism. If you want a modern looking facade, glass is an easy choice.
Moreover, if temperature is properly controlled, a working or living environment with a lot of sunlight is actually very pleasant. Most people prefer sunlight over artificial light.
I guess this combines to suppress demand for the style shown here. I recall seeing similar attempts to make skyscrapers more passively cooled. They seem popular, but are quite expensive.
- jacobush 7y agoGlass is to me very 80s...
- rocqua 7y agoWhat does a modern building look like for you?
- toast0 7y agoModern large office buildings these days are mostly glass exterior, but with other prominently visible materials (metal, concrete, maybe wood) as accents. Usually some big diagnol lines or at least visible sections. Older all glass offices present as a single plane of glass, sometimes with light/dark striping. Modern shopping centers, or residential have different looks, of course; although high density high rise residential gets fairly close to high density high rise office.