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ddny
May 18th, 2003, 11:33 AM
Architect: Giaver & Dinkelberg and Thielbar & Fugard

Style: Neo-Classical

Year: 1927

Description: The headquarters of Murphy/Jahn architects.


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Kris
May 18th, 2003, 08:31 PM
Refinement on a brutal scale. Very Chicago.
TLOZ Link5
May 18th, 2003, 09:51 PM
Nicely put, Christian.

523 feet, 40 stories...she's quite a beaut.
dbhstockton
May 19th, 2003, 01:44 AM
Yes, the proportions are clumsy, but the Beaux-Arts refinement makes up for it.
TLOZ Link5
May 19th, 2003, 06:02 PM
Quote: from dbhstockton on 12:44 am on May 19, 2003
Yes, the proportions are clumsy, but the Beaux-Arts refinement makes up for it.

I happen to like the clumsiness.
Fabb
May 22nd, 2003, 09:10 AM
It has something of the soviet-era skyscrapers. Even though it's the latter that would have been inspired by it.
TLOZ Link5
May 23rd, 2003, 04:54 PM
You can kind of see it, I must admit. *The Soviet towers had much broader bases and tall spires, as well. *Secular cathedrals of the Stalinist utopia; he had planned to build eight, but the last project fell through and only now is the eighth tower being built.

There was also the Palace of Soviets, intended to be the centerpiece of the new Moscow.

...bah. *I'm straying way off-topic.