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The trees and greenery make for a beautiful render, but I'm reminded of this article from 2013, "Can we please stop drawing trees on top of skyscrapers?" https
by athenot 5y ago
The trees and greenery make for a beautiful render, but I'm reminded of this article from 2013, "Can we please stop drawing trees on top of skyscrapers?"
https://www.archdaily.com/346374/can-we-please-stop-drawing-trees-on-top-of-skyscrapers https://www.archdaily.com/346374/can-we-please-stop-drawing-...
- ashtonbaker 5y agoI'm also reminded of https://www.currentaffairs.org/2017/10/why-you-hate-contemporary-architecture https://www.currentaffairs.org/2017/10/why-you-hate-contempo...
- yummypaint 5y agoNone of the depicted trees appear to be native to the region either. Tropical looking vegetation will look very out of place in Denver, and will be resource and time intensive to maintain, assuming it can actually survive exposed. This building looks like it was designed for Singapore, and doesn't do anything to aesthetically connect to the region.
- fimdomeio 5y agoAlso article and podcast episode on 99% invisible: Renderings vs. Reality: The Improbable Rise of Tree-Covered Skyscrapers https://99percentinvisible.org/article/renderings-vs-reality-rise-tree-covered-skyscrapers/ https://99percentinvisible.org/article/renderings-vs-reality...
- Pxtl 5y agoGo visit Singapore. Tree-covered skyscrapers are reality there. Probably has something to do with being a rainy tropical island, of course.