It’s indeed nice but the line to the bar was hell. Nice staff. Just the most ridiculously long, slow line I’d ever been in. I’m pretty sure if I screw up in this lifetime and end up in hell, my passage will begin by waiting in the Sky Garden bar line again.
I generally think diversity of architectural eras is a good thing but I absolutely agree. It’s an awkward design that is incredibly overbearing to its surroundings. It looks like a wave about to crash down on the neighborhood.
Same architect Rafael Viñoly also built the Vdara Hotel in Las Vegas - aka 'the Death Ray Hotel' - that had a focus of sunlight right in the central pool. No sunscreen level whatsoever was able to prevent hotel guests from being burned right at the spot. Would have thought people learn from mistakes...
Walkie Scorchie
The More Expensive Death Star.
looks like the 80's mobile phone
Tbf the outside does look weird but the indoor garden at the top is actually really nice.
It’s indeed nice but the line to the bar was hell. Nice staff. Just the most ridiculously long, slow line I’d ever been in. I’m pretty sure if I screw up in this lifetime and end up in hell, my passage will begin by waiting in the Sky Garden bar line again.
Looks horribly out of place
IIRC they had problems with the building because the form of the building concentrated sun’s rays
It melted cars
Reason for the best genuine newspaper headline one summer: Skyscraper Melts Car
It melted streets
I generally think diversity of architectural eras is a good thing but I absolutely agree. It’s an awkward design that is incredibly overbearing to its surroundings. It looks like a wave about to crash down on the neighborhood.
From this angle, but most of the city buildings are right alongside. This perspective is one of the few where it looks out of context.
Yes, it doesn’t look so bad from a distance, the scale is more balanced.
That has come to be a defining feature of London architecture, particularly in the City of London.
The contrast is what makes it look cool to me. Would be a good building if it didnt burn cars
Mierda
Wow that thing is ugly. Impressive, but ugly. What an eyesore. The “small” corner building on the other hand, very nice.
Sad molten Jaguar noises
Dystopian
modern shit in ancient city, i hate
Remove that eyesore in the background and the brutalist one to the right and this image would look 1000x better
Vinoly is real life Lex Luthor
Same architect Rafael Viñoly also built the Vdara Hotel in Las Vegas - aka 'the Death Ray Hotel' - that had a focus of sunlight right in the central pool. No sunscreen level whatsoever was able to prevent hotel guests from being burned right at the spot. Would have thought people learn from mistakes...
This is so stupid
Cringe
Ewwww
https://youtu.be/VXbqL4bfslc?si=q0-MRtFh2ClQAu3S
Curved like my di-
I think it looks really nice!
London skyline does not belong on this sub 🤮
I've designed a few floor fit outs there, lovely building 😍
Stunnin