The Freedom Tower

[revolutio]

Revised WTC Freedom Tower Design Unveiled
It will be the tallest building in the world when completed.

Frankly this dissappoints me greatly. The name Freedom Tower sounds horribly cliched to me. I don't like it when words such as that are used to such excess or in names to be frank. It causes the word to lose some of its meaning and importance. Though, granted, this particular structure is deserving of an inspiring title they could have atleast selected something a little more original.

Now, about the height. This is an immature display to me. Why did it have to be the tallest in the world? I would have thought it much more appropriate and lasting a tribute for the tower to be the same height as the Twin Towers were (1350 feet). Now we have a building that is built to compete with the rest of the architectural world and it is only assured a temporary spot as the world's tallest tower. It makes it seem as if we have something to prove to the world.

If we are truely the greatest nation the facts will speak for themselves. There is no reason for additional symbollism and pomp and circumstance to embellish our image.

Symbollic meanings aside I think it is an aesthetically pleasing building even though I am not normally fond of skyscrapers done in the modern architectural style.

 

[alonesoldier]

Love it, and I couldn't think of a better name either. An attack on freedom took place there, it seems reasonable to me therefore that Freedom should be the name of the tower. The terrorist failed and thanks to their efforts two terrorist regimes in the middle east are gone forever and 60% of their friends in Al Queda are dead.

 

[armed2010]

meh, im not a big fan of the building personally. The way its designed will cause many of the upper floors to go unused, and it wont give us the same economic value as the world trade centers did. We should have just redone the world trade centers but made them more modern looking.

 

[Dyrwen]

Looks a lot like the one in China, I sense a lawsuit. hehe

 

[InnerPhyre]

I love it. Agree completely with what Alone said. The 1776 part is great too.

 

[watt]

it doesnt have an American feel to it...
looks like an architects play thing

 

[Yobi]

They should build two of those tall towers instead of one, so we can still remember the resemblance to our old skyline. Could've name one freedom tower and the other liberty tower, and call the area United Center, United Trade Center, or World Trade Center. It's just that I feel it shouldn't just remind us of what happened but also bring resemblance of a world coming together, it shouldn't just resemble America but also resemble world peace.

 

[Kelly]

Well, it would be impossible to please everyone. It looks ok. It dominates the skyline but I bet they said that about Empire State when it was first made.

 

[theeyesoftammyfaye]

The name Freedom Tower sounds horribly cliched to me. I don't like it when words such as that are used to such excess or in names to be frank. It causes the word to lose some of its meaning and importance.

i hate when people feel the need to change the names of common items around in a desperate attempt to be patriotic. "freedom fries" vs. "french fries?" "victory cabbage" vs. "saurkraut?" how stupid.

and yes naming it "freedom tower" seems quite trite and cliched to me.

 

[Yobi]

I think I'll post the slide show for better viewing.

 

[the_malevolent_milk_man]

I liked the idea have having a garden in the spire instead of the turbine, gave it a Hanging Gardens of Babylon feel.

Personally I would have built the twin towers again but made them taller and put an AA gun on the roof.

 

[Goldstein]

The latticework doesn't look all that elegant in those prototypes...

 

[La Belle France]

Looks totaly out of place with the existing skyline.

 

[revolutio]

The open top and clear glass has a rather ghostly look to it. I wonder if that was intentional.

 

[Wolseley]

They look like big half-melted chunks of ice to me.....but then, I'm not a big fan of modern architecture anyway.

 

[Arnold_Philips]

I think it's gorgeous, though not really practical nor distinctively American. I think I read that the spire ont he side was supposed to emulate the torch carried by the statue of liberty.

The architect is a Univesity of Texas alumni. Hook 'em.

 

[Bushido216]

Freedom Tower?

Jeeze, didn't they think of what that would sound like in 50 years?

 

[datan]

"statue of liberty" still sounds fine

 

[Éclairé]

If I didn't know better I would think this was named by the president.

It is absurdly ostentatious and the name Freedom tower is a horrible cliche and is completely irrelevant to the previous buildings, in addition to why they fell.

Very arrogant and embarrassing imo.

I think they could have just named it the Hitme tower because of the international resentment its going to invite.

 

[Michael0701]

"horrible cliche"....how so?