http://www.dezeen.com/2011/08/03/new-holland-island-by-work-ac/ architecture and design magazine Sat, 18 May 2013 21:59:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://www.dezeen.com/2011/08/03/new-holland-island-by-work-ac/comment-page-1/#comment-866957 B. Margulis Tue, 27 Sep 2011 07:12:41 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=144010#comment-866957 The Foster design is definitely way over the top! This proposal does much more with far more modest means. The Foster design is definitely way over the top! This proposal does much more with far more modest means.

]]> http://www.dezeen.com/2011/08/03/new-holland-island-by-work-ac/comment-page-1/#comment-833668 jos Mon, 08 Aug 2011 09:02:00 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=144010#comment-833668 'too generous' as in 'completely over the top and out of budget'? Maybe. 'too generous' as in 'completely over the top and out of budget'? Maybe.

]]> http://www.dezeen.com/2011/08/03/new-holland-island-by-work-ac/comment-page-1/#comment-831414 Petr Stefek Fri, 05 Aug 2011 00:38:12 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=144010#comment-831414 It is pitty, that "our" previous competition proposal is most probably dead. Might be, that it was too generous, ... <a href="http://www.fosterandpartners.com/Projects/1426/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.fosterandpartners.com/Projects/1426/De...</a> It is pitty, that "our" previous competition proposal is most probably dead. Might be, that it was too generous, … http://www.fosterandpartners.com/Projects/1426/De…

]]> http://www.dezeen.com/2011/08/03/new-holland-island-by-work-ac/comment-page-1/#comment-830852 yuc Thu, 04 Aug 2011 06:31:36 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=144010#comment-830852 As Kahn said, a brick wants to become an arch. It eventually wants and does become walls, piers and arches, but there are things it certainly doesn't want to become. Many people thought that the Po-Mo (Postmodern) treatment of traditional tectonic elements in bizarre forms has been replaced by many other bizarreries in our Post-Capitalist world. But it seems like it is enlivened in Russia. As Kahn said, a brick wants to become an arch. It eventually wants and does become walls, piers and arches, but there are things it certainly doesn't want to become. Many people thought that the Po-Mo (Postmodern) treatment of traditional tectonic elements in bizarre forms has been replaced by many other bizarreries in our Post-Capitalist world. But it seems like it is enlivened in Russia.

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