tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post2689246624218761804..comments2024-02-23T23:53:54.842+09:00Comments on Gusts Of Popular Feeling: Seoul's skyline to change. Again.matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10296009437690229938noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-43665942386922255662009-04-08T10:27:00.000+09:002009-04-08T10:27:00.000+09:00#8 is almost an exact replica of Shanghai's world ...#8 is almost an exact replica of Shanghai's world financial centre (aka. the bottle opener). I assume that the plans for Seoul's version didn't have the 'rising sun' Japanese flag subliminally built into the apex (wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_World_Financial_Center) .. not clear from the picture. <BR/>WFC is ugly - Jin Mao tower has far greater character and texture. Not to mention the foolishness of building the damn thing on reclaimed swampland right next to a river (global warming!?) - or maybe "Visit our venerable Venice of the East" is Shanghai's tourism slogan of 2035.<BR/><BR/>Architects (and graft-hungry politicos) involved: don't go the way of Pudong new area - build a city of character and class, and please don't buy into the pitiful phallicism that has possessed China's ruling class. <BR/><BR/>Seoul is the world design capital of 2010.. I hope Korea can show some sophisitication, restraint, and practicality - the hallmarks of good design.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-45868675152801899852009-04-07T16:43:00.000+09:002009-04-07T16:43:00.000+09:00I agree with Anonymous. I'd like to see Korea's me...I agree with Anonymous. I'd like to see Korea's metro areas and small towns renovate, rebuild, and revive their old structures before tossing up these glass-and-steel behemoths.kushibohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10306033998028548550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-12313497186394157022009-04-07T03:36:00.000+09:002009-04-07T03:36:00.000+09:00Someone joked on the Marmot's Hole awhile back, wh...Someone joked on the Marmot's Hole awhile back, when a new tower in Yongsan was announced, that the first 50 floors would consist of Budongsans (real estate offices) trying to rent out the top 50 floors.matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10296009437690229938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-88405894334339255092009-04-07T01:48:00.000+09:002009-04-07T01:48:00.000+09:00You're right. As far as I know, the reason is that...You're right. As far as I know, the reason is that those already-planned skyscrapers are (somehow it turns out temporarily though) stopped because the military strongly objected the project. Especially the Air Force (you know the situation). But the MB government (claiming big-jaebeol-friendly) decided to allow all of them to move on, which I am very afraid of. It's not a skyscraper make a city look good and they don't look great to me, either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-15819328160621881042009-04-06T14:26:00.000+09:002009-04-06T14:26:00.000+09:00It amazes me that there are almost no "space for r...It amazes me that there are almost no "space for rent" signs in Korea. Buildings are always sitting empty where I lived in Canada. I wonder what they will put in all of the skyscrapers though?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com