Work begins on architects’ cracked Denver residential tower

Re:Work begins on architects’ cracked Denver residential tower by athenot on Thursday November 11, 2021 @01:51PM (#29191537)

The trees and greenery make for a beautiful render, but I'm reminded of this article from 2013, "Can we please stop drawing trees on top of skyscrapers?"

https://www.archdaily.com/346374/can-we-please-stop-drawing-...

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Re:Work begins on architects’ cracked Denver residential tower by yummypaint on Thursday November 11, 2021 @06:05PM (#29194403)

None of the depicted trees appear to be native to the region either. Tropical looking vegetation will look very out of place in Denver, and will be resource and time intensive to maintain, assuming it can actually survive exposed. This building looks like it was designed for Singapore, and doesn't do anything to aesthetically connect to the region.

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Re:Work begins on architects’ cracked Denver residential tower by fimdomeio on Friday November 12, 2021 @12:44AM (#29196617)

Also article and podcast episode on 99% invisible: Renderings vs. Reality: The Improbable Rise of Tree-Covered Skyscrapers

https://99percentinvisible.org/article/renderings-vs-reality...

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Re:Work begins on architects’ cracked Denver residential tower by ashtonbaker on Thursday November 11, 2021 @04:40PM (#29193543)

I'm also reminded of https://www.currentaffairs.org/2017/10/why-you-hate-contempo...

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Re:Work begins on architects’ cracked Denver residential tower by Pxtl on Friday November 12, 2021 @01:03AM (#29196702)

Go visit Singapore. Tree-covered skyscrapers are reality there.

Probably has something to do with being a rainy tropical island, of course.

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