Comments on: Strata Tower by Asymptote

By: Lia

Lia — Sat, 30 May 2009 03:03:50 +0000

So amazing…

cool… good on facade,, n interior..
so high… wonderful scenary

By: Smiller

Smiller — Thu, 28 May 2009 08:14:22 +0000

THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN CANCELLED / PUT ON HOLD due to lack of funds. I am working on the al raha beach project and know this for a fact. What a pity… it would have been a fantastic building that is gracefull yet understated.

By: moe makouk

moe makouk — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:05:43 +0000

i would love to hear corbusier or mies commenting..those people who stepped into modern architecture, looking at all these buildings is just like checking a fashion magazine, i myself would be amazed, just like when i c a perfect body, its so good in pictures,,,what about reality?
uae is investing so much money into contemporary architecture and m proud of those arabs, yet, i have a wierd unexplained feeling towards all this style of fluid, deconstructicist architecture that smells like zaha,

By: xxx27

xxx27 — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:34:36 +0000

it is indeed a nice design, but it is seeking to be sustainable and it is not!. People a great maya orgy isn’t enough… The architect itself must show his commitment to a sustainable and a energy self sufficient environment. And this project, doesn’t prove or support any of this. It shows only beautiful energy killer…

By: McCoy

McCoy — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:06:55 +0000

Say what you want but i think it’s a beautiful piece of design…We need more buildings like this…

By: choadbag

choadbag — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:49:55 +0000

this makes me feel so futuristic

but seriously, i am wondering how they’ll clean the windows.
hopefully it’ll be as technically sophisticated as it’s claimed.
i’m not sure what to make of all this middle east projects,
i think the form of these buildings doesn’t interest me as much as
whether there’ll be some cool bars/restaurants/activities inside the buildings
actually, i think the crazier the better, if everywhere were as sober and high-minded as european towns, the world would be a pretty boring place!

By: d

Sat, 03 Jan 2009 06:10:10 +0000

christopher alexander? you gotta be kidding me, is this forum full of new urbanists? Sure its a boring project, but its technically brilliant. Don’t really mind WM’s point. yall haven’t shown any decorum so why should WM? And Heidegger’s thinking on place can lead to very disturbing results. Watch Triumph of the Will and listen to the Nazi interior minister talking about environmentalism and community. Not calling environmentalists Nazis. Just saying that Heidegger comes with baggage, and so does most of this forum. Don’t know why I bothered to post that.

cheers

By: Mohammad Sohair

Mohammad Sohair — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:33:37 +0000

Wow.. I have been waiting to see this kind of building. Can’t wait to be involoved in this large ’skyscraper’projects .. so conceptual and creative. Well I have lived in UAE (Abu Dhai) for over 20 years and so what excites me are these sophisticated, yet uniqe projects. It is good to think over the box. Most architects now tend to be following the ‘Post Modernism’ period.. “Deconstructivism”. Can’t wait to get my degree and wok for these kind of Projects!

By: Sohair

Sohair — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:00:21 +0000

WOW!! THAT IS JUST AWESOME!! SOmething I can be proud of in Abu Dhabi, watchin Dubai frow made me wonder if tha Capital city would fine its touch! Great project!! Can’t ait to get my Architecture degree and work in Abu Dhabi!!!

By: Raza

Raza — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:16:53 +0000

I agree with michael, sorry wm!, you must breathe in fresh air more often.

For those who are interested in knowing how to build timeless architecture, they must read “Timeless Way of Building” by Sir Christopher Alexander, and then avaluate his preachings from our own physical experiences. We’ll have to let a go bit, to really start living and observe what makes us alive. May be then we will have an understanding of what soul-lessness is all about.

I have lived and worked in Dubai (U.A.E.) for 7 years. Sure it is a great playing field for architects, but at the same time an excellent opportunity to create responsible architecture that will let you live in harmony with yourself and the space that promotes it, rather than visually sexy and enticing forms that seem to be a product of some wire frame of an alien creature with fancy attire.

Enough said guys and gals!