Today marks ten years since this infographic back page about the Kowloon Walled City was published by South China Morning Post. I explained in a few lectures the ins and outs of this project, and now I will do it here. Long 🧵
Citicorp Center was built in 1977.
Located in NY, it was the world's 7th tallest building but had a big structural flaw: a very strong storm wind could knock it over.
The expert architects had no idea, until an anonymous Princeton undergrad cold called them.
Here’s the story🧵
@xtinatucker You should definitely check out the movie" The competition". Shows the ups and downs of the competition process. It's got the all the starchitects - Foster, Nouvel, Zaha etc
@TravisUsesRevit Hi Travis..here in Sydney a lot of us use @GRAPHISOFT archicad. After using both archicad and Revit,I have found the latter much more flexible to use and easier to pick up.