Re: Re: High Rise Building

@malec wrote:

I just think buildings can’t be judged just by how tall they are. For example the general public would say something like this: “I can’t believe they’re building this horrible 17-storey monster here” before they’ve even seen the plans. On the other hand some want a tower built just because it’s tall and would be in favour of it even if it’s hideous. None of these two examples make any sense to me.

I agree that a building’s aesthetic worth and its height are unrelated. However, tall buildings have a number of functional characteristics, both positive and negative, that are directly linked to height.

Also I think everyone can agree that because tall buildings are more visually prominent than shorter structures that they ought to be beautiful even if this makes their construction less economically viable. I’d also prefer if the most prominent buildings in the city were associated with some public good rather than a private concern. I’d prefer Dublin to be dominated by City Hall or a museum or an observatory or a hospital than by Monsanto’s headquarters or Commerz Bank’s back end sttlements service centre.