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I love the concept of massive buildings / structures in areas without such but I don’t think the city people would enjoy such buildings in actuality. The massi

I love the concept of massive buildings / structures in areas without such but I don’t think the city people would enjoy such buildings in actuality. The massive circular mine in Russia comes to mind (no pun intended).

sidewndr46 6y ago
Are you thinking of something like this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostankino_Tower https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostankino_Tower ?
- gen220 6y ago
  Reminiscent of the fernsehturm in berlin. [0] It's kind of nice. You can usually keep track of where you are in Berlin, by triangulating around the tower, which is visible from a great distance and in one of the "centers" of Berlin [1]. If you're ever lost, you can just walk towards it, and eventually you'll end up in the one of metro's nexus at Alexanderplatz. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernsehturm_Berlin#/media/File:Berlin_Tag_und_Nacht_(46908855315).jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernsehturm_Berlin#/media/File... [1]: https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F4038%2F4524549201_9fab160750_b.jpg&f=1&nofb=1 https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2F...
  - tk75x 6y ago
    Similar setup in Dublin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spire_of_Dublin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spire_of_Dublin
    - GekkePrutser 6y ago
      Ahhh the great toothpick of O'Connell street :) But really it would have been nice to have something more Irish. I always felt it's out of place there.
manacit 6y ago
I am reminded of the Turning Torso in Malmo, which is 190m and surrounded by nothing anywhere near as tall (the second tallest building in the city, almost 100m shorter, is pretty far away). I would say people don't mind, but the owner of the building has been trying to sell for years and nobody has bought it. It looks pretty though.
eliaspro 6y ago
Next to the medieval town of Rottweil in southwestern Germany, there's the 246m tall thyssenkrupp tower. https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Remote_views_of_Thyssenkrupp-Testturm#/media/File%3ARottweil_Hochbr%C3%BCcke_Aufzugsturm.jpg https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Remote_views_o... It was built a few years ago as test facility for elevators, but has also become wow a touristic attraction as it offers a publicly accessible platform.
- cydonian_monk 6y ago
  That's actually a rather nice looking building. I suspect if something was built here in the States for a similar purpose, not only would it not have such an attractive exterior, but it almost certainly wouldn't have public access. Most of our office skyscrapers aren't even open to the public as it is.
- LargoLasskhyfv 6y ago
  Similar, slightly older and only about half height thing in Bremen: https://www.zarm.uni-bremen.de/en/drop-tower/general-information/can-i-visit-the-drop-tower.html https://www.zarm.uni-bremen.de/en/drop-tower/general-informa...
hinkley 6y ago
Apparently a lot of people were pissed about the Eiffel Tower when it was being constructed. Now you couldn't pry it from their cold, dead hands. (People were also pissed about the twinkling lights installed for the anniversary, but they made them permanent, too)
- rrrrrrrrrrrryan 6y ago
  The more recent-era equivalent is the Tour Montparnasse, which many Parisians believe ruins the skyline of their beloved city, but I personally find it rather beautiful in the same sort of eldritch way as the flight simulator building: https://imgur.com/a/v7AHelJ https://imgur.com/a/v7AHelJ
  - LargoLasskhyfv 6y ago
    Hm. From afar one could mistake it for a cousin of the monolith out of Odyssey 2001 :-)
Xcelerate 6y ago
Kind of reminds me of Bank of America Plaza from certain angles: https://www.rancord.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Bank-of-America-Corporate-Organizational-Structure-Design-Plaza-Atlanta-GA-300x275.jpg https://www.rancord.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Bank-...

sidewndr46 6y ago

Are you thinking of something like this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostankino_Tower https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostankino_Tower ?

gen220 6y ago
Reminiscent of the fernsehturm in berlin. [0] It's kind of nice. You can usually keep track of where you are in Berlin, by triangulating around the tower, which is visible from a great distance and in one of the "centers" of Berlin [1]. If you're ever lost, you can just walk towards it, and eventually you'll end up in the one of metro's nexus at Alexanderplatz. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernsehturm_Berlin#/media/File:Berlin_Tag_und_Nacht_(46908855315).jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernsehturm_Berlin#/media/File... [1]: https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F4038%2F4524549201_9fab160750_b.jpg&f=1&nofb=1 https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2F...
- tk75x 6y ago
  Similar setup in Dublin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spire_of_Dublin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spire_of_Dublin
  - GekkePrutser 6y ago
    Ahhh the great toothpick of O'Connell street :) But really it would have been nice to have something more Irish. I always felt it's out of place there.

manacit 6y ago

I am reminded of the Turning Torso in Malmo, which is 190m and surrounded by nothing anywhere near as tall (the second tallest building in the city, almost 100m shorter, is pretty far away). I would say people don't mind, but the owner of the building has been trying to sell for years and nobody has bought it. It looks pretty though.

eliaspro 6y ago

Next to the medieval town of Rottweil in southwestern Germany, there's the 246m tall thyssenkrupp tower. https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Remote_views_of_Thyssenkrupp-Testturm#/media/File%3ARottweil_Hochbr%C3%BCcke_Aufzugsturm.jpg https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Remote_views_o... It was built a few years ago as test facility for elevators, but has also become wow a touristic attraction as it offers a publicly accessible platform.

cydonian_monk 6y ago
That's actually a rather nice looking building. I suspect if something was built here in the States for a similar purpose, not only would it not have such an attractive exterior, but it almost certainly wouldn't have public access. Most of our office skyscrapers aren't even open to the public as it is.
LargoLasskhyfv 6y ago
Similar, slightly older and only about half height thing in Bremen: https://www.zarm.uni-bremen.de/en/drop-tower/general-information/can-i-visit-the-drop-tower.html https://www.zarm.uni-bremen.de/en/drop-tower/general-informa...

hinkley 6y ago

Apparently a lot of people were pissed about the Eiffel Tower when it was being constructed. Now you couldn't pry it from their cold, dead hands. (People were also pissed about the twinkling lights installed for the anniversary, but they made them permanent, too)

rrrrrrrrrrrryan 6y ago
The more recent-era equivalent is the Tour Montparnasse, which many Parisians believe ruins the skyline of their beloved city, but I personally find it rather beautiful in the same sort of eldritch way as the flight simulator building: https://imgur.com/a/v7AHelJ https://imgur.com/a/v7AHelJ
- LargoLasskhyfv 6y ago
  Hm. From afar one could mistake it for a cousin of the monolith out of Odyssey 2001 :-)

Xcelerate 6y ago

Kind of reminds me of Bank of America Plaza from certain angles: https://www.rancord.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Bank-of-America-Corporate-Organizational-Structure-Design-Plaza-Atlanta-GA-300x275.jpg https://www.rancord.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Bank-...