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thank you all for your comments. That last project seems fascinating and the notion that one could house the entire population of the US in one state is incredible. reminds me of Broad Acre a little, ...

i think in order to contunue this thread successfully the terms Vertical and horziontal city needs to be redefined so here it is :
(be warned very theoretical)
Horizontal city
An ecocentric society ...

anything better ? the list on www.greatbuildings.com is fairly limited there must be better more existing new structures/places.....(along the lines of parc de la villette) in central paris.........
...

any quick ideas for great buildings to see in Paris?
I have already :
Pompidou centre
Parc de la villette
Bibliotheque national
Arab Institute
La Louvre
Musee D'Orsay
Foundation Cartier
Maiso ...

1st question yes one of Cedric Prices buildings was built a significantly smaller version of the Fun Palace but still holds some of his ground breaking ideas, built in London, check out the current ed ...

I'm more looking for specific examples like Plan Voisin Paris or the Broad Acre scheme or the Bionic Tower, Buckminster Fuller and Yona Friedman's work.
Large scale urban regeneration schemes or New ...

Vectorworks ....has a decent general architectural package www.nemetschek.net
worth a peek

there is a practise out there that has successfully completed a project where they bulldozed a buidling in an inner city environment to make way for a park! will try and find out the name

its 6 am and i'm still working and even more worryingly so i can see your view. But whether cities are planned/design as a whole is not in question nor the percieved beuty. what is the future, not wha ...

I agree it is a huge subject but i'm more concerned with the future concepts architects and developers have.
How are they seeing cities of the future? how are they/we answering all these problems of ...

i guess what confuses me about A the study of such a topic and B the results of my research is that we love cities because they are a mix of people ideas systems seemingly random and yet working as a ...

Architecture is dying we as deisgners and theorists are letting it die
we are letting style lack of thought and poor planning dictate too much.
We simply have to be better at what we do and think m ...

I am doing research into the future concepts of Vertical and horizontal cities. I understand that Manhattan and Tokyo could be taken as the proto vertical cities and paris and rome could be the proto ...

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Topic: Vertical Vs Horizontal Living another direction?
giventofly Replies: 37 Views: 53409	Forum: New Structure Forum Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 1:03 am Subject: just stumbled upon this again
giventofly Replies: 37 Views: 53409	thank you all for your comments. That last project seems fascinating and the notion that one could house the entire population of the US in one state is incredible. reminds me of Broad Acre a little, ...
Topic: Vertical Vs Horizontal Living another direction?
giventofly Replies: 37 Views: 53409	Forum: New Structure Forum Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 2:39 am Subject: after being locked away in a library for a long time
giventofly Replies: 37 Views: 53409	i think in order to contunue this thread successfully the terms Vertical and horziontal city needs to be redefined so here it is : (be warned very theoretical) Horizontal city An ecocentric society ...
Topic: Paris Architecture
giventofly Replies: 3 Views: 4966	Forum: Architecture Forum Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 2:08 am Subject: architecture - potential abuse - anyone?
giventofly Replies: 3 Views: 4966	anything better ? the list on www.greatbuildings.com is fairly limited there must be better more existing new structures/places.....(along the lines of parc de la villette) in central paris......... ...
Topic: Paris Architecture
giventofly Replies: 3 Views: 4966	Forum: Architecture Forum Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 9:30 am Subject: Paris Architecture
giventofly Replies: 3 Views: 4966	any quick ideas for great buildings to see in Paris? I have already : Pompidou centre Parc de la villette Bibliotheque national Arab Institute La Louvre Musee D'Orsay Foundation Cartier Maiso ...
Topic: Has anything like Cedric Price's Fun Palace ever been built?
giventofly Replies: 6 Views: 10463	Forum: Architecture Forum Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 9:24 am Subject: adaptable space
giventofly Replies: 6 Views: 10463	1st question yes one of Cedric Prices buildings was built a significantly smaller version of the Fun Palace but still holds some of his ground breaking ideas, built in London, check out the current ed ...
Topic: Vertical Vs Horizontal Living another direction?
giventofly Replies: 37 Views: 53409	Forum: New Structure Forum Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 3:54 am Subject: continuing the quest
giventofly Replies: 37 Views: 53409	I'm more looking for specific examples like Plan Voisin Paris or the Broad Acre scheme or the Bionic Tower, Buckminster Fuller and Yona Friedman's work. Large scale urban regeneration schemes or New ...
Topic: SOFTWARE
giventofly Replies: 10 Views: 12768	Forum: Architectural 3D CAD Discussion Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2006 2:23 pm Subject: vectorworks
giventofly Replies: 10 Views: 12768	Vectorworks ....has a decent general architectural package www.nemetschek.net worth a peek
Topic: abandoned spaces/city revitalization
giventofly Replies: 2 Views: 3953	Forum: Architecture Students Forum Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 11:06 pm Subject: abandoned spaces/city revitalization
giventofly Replies: 2 Views: 3953	there is a practise out there that has successfully completed a project where they bulldozed a buidling in an inner city environment to make way for a park! will try and find out the name
Topic: Vertical Vs Horizontal Living another direction?
giventofly Replies: 37 Views: 53409	Forum: New Structure Forum Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 10:27 pm Subject: Vertical Vs Horizontal Living another direction?
giventofly Replies: 37 Views: 53409	its 6 am and i'm still working and even more worryingly so i can see your view. But whether cities are planned/design as a whole is not in question nor the percieved beuty. what is the future, not wha ...
Topic: Vertical Vs Horizontal Living another direction?
giventofly Replies: 37 Views: 53409	Forum: New Structure Forum Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 3:47 am Subject: Vertical Vs Horizontal Living another direction?
giventofly Replies: 37 Views: 53409	I agree it is a huge subject but i'm more concerned with the future concepts architects and developers have. How are they seeing cities of the future? how are they/we answering all these problems of ...
Topic: Vertical Vs Horizontal Living another direction?
giventofly Replies: 37 Views: 53409	Forum: New Structure Forum Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 4:54 pm Subject: Vertical Vs Horizontal Living another direction?
giventofly Replies: 37 Views: 53409	i guess what confuses me about A the study of such a topic and B the results of my research is that we love cities because they are a mix of people ideas systems seemingly random and yet working as a ...
Topic: dude, is the architecture dying slowly?
giventofly Replies: 132 Views: 80771	Forum: Architecture Forum Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 4:29 pm Subject: dying?
giventofly Replies: 132 Views: 80771	Architecture is dying we as deisgners and theorists are letting it die we are letting style lack of thought and poor planning dictate too much. We simply have to be better at what we do and think m ...
Topic: Vertical Vs Horizontal Living another direction?
giventofly Replies: 37 Views: 53409	Forum: New Structure Forum Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 4:10 pm Subject: Vertical Vs Horizontal Living another direction?
giventofly Replies: 37 Views: 53409	I am doing research into the future concepts of Vertical and horizontal cities. I understand that Manhattan and Tokyo could be taken as the proto vertical cities and paris and rome could be the proto ...