Verrrry cool - the web site is worth a visit too.

That was beautiful. This should get sifted, but something tells me it won't because of it's lack of cats

I like pussys

upvoted, despite notable cat deficiency

upvoted as an anticat measure.

but i would have liked a LOT more information rather than just a pretty animation.

Looks a bit like a vertical version of Habitat 67, maybe they were inspired by that.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitat_67

looks like something out of mirrors edge

>> ^MINK:
upvoted as an anticat measure.
but i would have liked a LOT more information rather than just a pretty animation.

This is just a marketing brochure for the structure. No information is really necessary. If you're interested you look further.

So THAT'S how skyscrapers get there -- I'llbedamned! I always thought sweaty guys yelling comments about woman's breasts made them go up.

Looks like a giant game of jenga.

But where are the cats?

Beautifully produced. Nice sound, too.

If you play this backwards, you get to see what happens if you don't pay your bill...

...or what happens if al Queda ever gets that anti-grav bomb thingy to work.

Aww... the poor sphere got all squishied.

This is beautiful but scary. A little too much form, and not enough function. 60 stories @ 14' makes this over 800'. I highly doubt this design tested well in a wind tunnel... good thing NYC doesn't get typhoons or tornadoes.

Even Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater (pivotal example of cantilever design) is only 2 floors tall and even it had to have a steel support beam added years later otherwise the porch would have fallen into the creek... I'm sure building materials are better these days, but contractors are always cutting corners...

The jenga description is perfect though, just a question of when it'll collapse. I give it 40-50 years. (or much sooner should a suicide bomber strapped with C4 be taking a tour of one of the apartments on the lower floors...) But then again the security better be pretty damn tight if your apt is between $3.5 million and $33 million...

google maps location of the building here . Be sure to check street view.

Also, they'll probably enact a tenant agreement saying that residents can only buy Apple computers

lots of information and floorplans here - http://www.56leonardtribeca.com
site photo from october here , somehow I doubt they'll finish by 2010...

hey, its another mirror glob by anish kapor of chicago's 'the bean' (cloudgate)

^ They still have to follow building codes like everyone else. It will be just as strong as conventional skyscrapers.

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