Comments on: China Insurance Group headquarters by Coop Himmelb(l)au

By: gaque

gaque — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 20:20:43 +0000

ouch…rather awkward facade. the floor plates are gigantic and absolutely impossible to naturally ventilate or condition.

more dirty, energy-hungry glass buildings. thank you for being so progressive…

By: Sub_Prime

Sub_Prime — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:13:25 +0000

Day, evening and nightime renders still don’t sell this white elephant convincingly.

By: windbag

windbag — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:07:33 +0000

@yrag
yes it is a very poetic chinese ideogram which meaning is:”the giraffe that swallowed a book” and is a metaphore for *learning*.

By: 180

180 — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 22:55:40 +0000

KPF’s WTC Chase Tower proposal.

By: bip

bip — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:35:54 +0000

yeah hello lets do some OMA shapes and put a Zaha facade on it!

By: One

One — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:15:37 +0000

BTW do you think that the building drawn nexttothis project does not look a like OMA project? Thatbended construction, that strange horizontal facade, all looks like some kind of COPY and paste…

By: Milan

Milan — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:08:16 +0000

Come on people, stop that hate…

I think it’s great, and I think it’s awesome that it continues the idea of OMA’s building. These two will definitely create a new kind of urban space, seen in no other city so far. It looks like an interesting play of volumes, and I can only imagine all the possible views you will be able to get around and in these buildings… This is a new kind of a city centre.
We’ll see how it works, but from me, it’s A+ for the try…

By: tom

tom — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:30:44 +0000

that kind of architecture is not really easy to comprehend! “self-aggrandisement”

By: Kiko

Kiko — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 09:46:36 +0000

ahhmm…what the hell is going on in china today? could someone inform me pls…

By: vim

vim — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 09:19:50 +0000

yeah. And it’s situated next to OMAs project too!