View from above

View from the 124th floor of the newly opened Burj Dubai (from The Guardian).

Eureka BOO!

A new game we can all enjoy. Simple rules. Whenever you suddenly catch a glimpse of the Eureka Tower leering down a laneway or popping above the skyline just yell out 'EUREKA BOO!'

Good times.

Here is one I prepared earlier.

American Skyscrapers

The BBC website has this slideshow of images of American skyscrapers. Including this wonderful shot of the tower of the Woolworth Building in NYC breaking through the clouds. It was the world's tallest building from 1913-1930, and is still amongst the twenty tallest buildings in New York.

Photo created by Fairchild Aerial Surveys Inc. 1928. Image from Wikimedia Commons.

Borrowed Facades

Since writing the below post I have been considering the idea of the 'borrowed facade.' I am curious to the extent to which it enters into the thinking of architects who design such buildings.

These were several buildings I looked at for about two years, as it they were outside my study window and I would watch them all day. Rain, sun, and night. It gave me a new respect for the beauty of modern city buildings. As someone who spends a lot of time in the Baroque in Europe I think I had dismissed the modern architecture of Melbourne completely as something I could really enjoy. Of course there is still a lot I don't like. Watch for coming soon post on the evils of balconies.


View c. July 2005 of (r-l) tallest buildings) the Southern Cross development, 101 Collins St and BHP Petroleum Plaza.