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Dallidas · 09-08-2008, 04:34 AM

Its been a very long time since I posted ANY new work here, so I figured i would post what I've been messing around with. I started talking a sculpture class at school and it gave me inspiration to do some architecture-ing. So anyway, my current project. Its about 720 meters tall, 780 including the antennae, this could change how ever. This is more of a texturing practice than anything, but I do intend to finish it.

Temp window textures by SGA

Anyway here it is

Monkey Boy · 09-08-2008, 05:09 AM

On first glance, the lower textures make the building look like a very ornate conatiner for holding coffee beans. (sorry!)

Cool building, but would be improved by he addition of several satellite towers.

Aresius · 09-08-2008, 10:28 AM

looks impressive.

Gulcrapek · 09-08-2008, 12:26 PM

Very Lantean

. What would its function(s) be?

Armondikov · 09-08-2008, 02:08 PM

Pretty cool, reminds me of the boiler house chimney at York University.

Dallidas · 09-09-2008, 02:33 AM

Thanks everyone

Care to elaborate Monkey boy?

I was thinking it was a corporation head quarters with a beam of light to a space station or something

@armondikov- thanks? is that good or bad?

Monkey Boy · 09-09-2008, 03:11 AM

Ha ha, just at first glance it looked like the base was a glass bowl filled with brown beans!

-Otherwise-

thought it looked a bit stark on it's own, if it had a series of smaller but similar towers in like a city block arrangement it would make it looked lived in, just a thought, like the smaller towers around the world trade center main towers? - but having said that, there are *not* a whole series of smaller eifel towers at the base of the main one in Paris, so perhaps forget about it?

@Armodikov: That's one hell of an ornate boiler-house chimney you have there!

**specs2** · 09-09-2008, 06:52 AM

I'd change the way, the windows look. make em transparent, allow a view inside and add some beams extra beams to carry those windows. the ring at the bottom doesn't seem to have any function, therefore get rid of it.
also, the current symmetry doesn't make an entrance obvious. where would you put that?

dredd2000 · 09-09-2008, 07:53 AM

Very nice idea - but I also wish you'd change windows a little bit and add some supports for them - so they would be more outlined...

boberth2o · 09-10-2008, 01:28 AM

very Very good I like it, are you going to model more?

09-08-2008, 05:09 AM	#2 (permalink)
Monkey Boy SFM Guru Realname: Andrew Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Newcastle, Australia Age: 34 Posts: 574	On first glance, the lower textures make the building look like a very ornate conatiner for holding coffee beans. (sorry!) Cool building, but would be improved by he addition of several satellite towers.
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09-08-2008, 10:28 AM	#3 (permalink)
Aresius SFM Oracle Realname: Alexander Weber Join Date: May 2006 Location: Schatthausen, Germany Age: 22 Posts: 5,582	looks impressive.
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09-09-2008, 02:33 AM	#6 (permalink)
Dallidas SFM Oracle Realname: Kyle Join Date: May 2006 Location: US Age: 18 Posts: 3,554	Thanks everyone Care to elaborate Monkey boy? I was thinking it was a corporation head quarters with a beam of light to a space station or something @armondikov- thanks? is that good or bad?
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09-09-2008, 03:11 AM	#7 (permalink)
Monkey Boy SFM Guru Realname: Andrew Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Newcastle, Australia Age: 34 Posts: 574	Ha ha, just at first glance it looked like the base was a glass bowl filled with brown beans! -Otherwise- thought it looked a bit stark on it's own, if it had a series of smaller but similar towers in like a city block arrangement it would make it looked lived in, just a thought, like the smaller towers around the world trade center main towers? - but having said that, there are not a whole series of smaller eifel towers at the base of the main one in Paris, so perhaps forget about it? @Armodikov: That's one hell of an ornate boiler-house chimney you have there!
	Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain.

09-09-2008, 07:53 AM	#9 (permalink)
dredd2000 SFM Nugget Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 104	Very nice idea - but I also wish you'd change windows a little bit and add some supports for them - so they would be more outlined...
dredd2000 SFM Nugget Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 104	There's a great disturbance in the Force...

09-08-2008, 12:26 PM	#4 (permalink)
Gulcrapek SFM Nugget Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: NYC Posts: 12	Very Lantean . What would its function(s) be?

09-08-2008, 02:08 PM	#5 (permalink)
Armondikov SFM Guru Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: York, UK Age: 22 Posts: 531	Pretty cool, reminds me of the boiler house chimney at York University.

09-09-2008, 06:52 AM	#8 (permalink)
specs2 Organic Mass Realname: Kido Join Date: May 2006 Location: Berlin, Germany Age: 26 Posts: 1,100 Blog Entries: 1	I'd change the way, the windows look. make em transparent, allow a view inside and add some beams extra beams to carry those windows. the ring at the bottom doesn't seem to have any function, therefore get rid of it. also, the current symmetry doesn't make an entrance obvious. where would you put that?

09-10-2008, 01:28 AM	#10 (permalink)
boberth2o SFM Guru Realname: Rob Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Ohio Age: 21 Posts: 179	very Very good I like it, are you going to model more?

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