Members Sylph Posted October 14, 2010 Members Share Posted October 14, 2010 <span style="font-size:105%;">27 storeys high, 50 seater cinema, 160 cars parking space, 600 staff to keep it running smoothly: Telegraph. Ghastly.</span> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members quartermainefan Posted October 14, 2010 Members Share Posted October 14, 2010 This has to be the ugliest house ever. I think it must have been designed by Frank Lloyd Wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted October 14, 2010 Author Members Share Posted October 14, 2010 It's awful. I have no idea who the arhictect is, but this is just... shameful. Here is the 'plan' for the building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted October 14, 2010 Author Members Share Posted October 14, 2010 It has three helipads?! The architects are Chicago-based Perkins and Will: http://www.perkinswill.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members quartermainefan Posted October 14, 2010 Members Share Posted October 14, 2010 It doesn't look as nice as the drawing, and the drawing doesn't look too nice to begin with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members YRBB Posted October 14, 2010 Members Share Posted October 14, 2010 Atrocious. I don't know why anyone would find that even remotely beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cheap21 Posted October 14, 2010 Members Share Posted October 14, 2010 Ewww, thats ugly as hell. With that much money, why would anyone want to live in such a monstrousity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted October 14, 2010 Author Members Share Posted October 14, 2010 At least some still have taste (or so it seems). I've just read that Carlos Slim Helú bought Duke–Semans mansion (in July apparently) on the Fifth Avenue, for $44m: A prime example of Beaux-Arts architecture, too bad many such Manhattan townhouses got demolished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bright Eyes Posted October 14, 2010 Members Share Posted October 14, 2010 Those don't look real. They look like something out of some sort of fantasy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted October 14, 2010 Author Members Share Posted October 14, 2010 That's question number one. Question number two is: how the hell did these architects allow themselves to design such a horrible building?! Where did their taste go? Sure, Mukesh Ambani told them what he would like, but they could have toned it down quite a bit or improve the 'template'. Which ones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bright Eyes Posted October 14, 2010 Members Share Posted October 14, 2010 The Duke Semans mansion pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted October 14, 2010 Author Members Share Posted October 14, 2010 For a moment there I freaked out: I thought you meant both, Antilia and Helú's new NY abode. I love the Duke–Semans house, always did. The address is 1009 5th Ave, New York so if you're interested you can use Google Street View to see it from different perspectives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bright Eyes Posted October 14, 2010 Members Share Posted October 14, 2010 Oh dear, have I out dunced myself? Are those two pictures not the same place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted October 14, 2010 Author Members Share Posted October 14, 2010 Yes, yes, it's the same house. The right one is the entrance from the East 82nd Street, you can see it where those cars are in the left pic. Please register in order to view this content Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SFK Posted October 15, 2010 Members Share Posted October 15, 2010 That is NOT what I was expecting. Cripes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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