Comments on: Green Climate Fund Headquarters by LAVA

By: Marcus Fairs

Marcus Fairs — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 09:53:28 +0000

Dezeen published the Yas Marina Hotel here: http://www.dezeen.com/2009/12/10/the-yas-hotel-by….

By: Sea Bass

Sea Bass — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 04:54:23 +0000

The cover photo reminds me so much of the YAS Marina Hotel (Abu Dhabi). The bend to the building / the way the porte cochere loops around / the mesh lighting patter / the water feature. Seriously…. it's like the designeres at LAVA stayed at the YAS hotel and just copied what they saw there!!!!!! (Lava did some work on Masdar City, only 2km away from YAS). See the pic below and make up your own mind….
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=yas+marina+hotel…

By: Conny

Conny — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 07:58:00 +0000

Yes, this whole idea that it is necessary to spend hundreds of millions to house 300 people in a ecofriendly way seems totally over the top and not in line with the new frugal thinking for a world where baseless spending and financial greed has taken us over the top into a downward side that still does not seem to stop. Let the US and the bidding countries think about that when they bid for the Green Climate Fund. The non-spent money can be put in the fund. Hey, the first contribution is in !!

By: CARSTEN

CARSTEN — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 10:43:00 +0000

couldn’t agree more. considering that germany’s capital is berlin, and that this city is full of vacant buildings this would seem a logical approach.

By: Colonel Pancake

Colonel Pancake — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 07:29:37 +0000

I wonder if they thought about doing something that was actually environmentally friendly, like renovating vacant buildings, or whether they simply came to the quick conclusion that razing a plot of land in the middle of suburban Germany and building a colossal new building on it would be the best way to show the judges how much they cared about sustainability.