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From: "Architexturez." <admin-in@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 23:15:18 +0530
Anand Bhatt. wrote:
| for dissemination, interesting project - i think
| the most remarkable aspect was, the construction cost
| is about as much as a standard infrastructure project.
<http://www.oosterhuis.nl/quickstart/index.php?id=122>
| hehe. does this qualify as not-superstar architecture?
| you say it is peer-reviewed research, and it still
| stops traffic!
The cockpit building by Kas Oosterhuis was in the dutch news recently,
supposedly it caused a 40% increase in traffic jams. The building is a
showroom for fancy cars located alongside a highway near Utrecht and
people slow down to watch the building and the cars.
Any other examples?
Which buildings make you hit the brakes?
cont'd....
http://www.archinect.com/forum/threads.php?id=29998_0_42_0_C