andrew friedmeyer

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[andrew friedmeyer @AFriedAF]

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[Architizer @Architizer]

Architecture firms are not letting urban constraints deter them from designing solutions that make cities more walkable. https://t.co/3TQhVNbJjY

[andrew friedmeyer @AFriedAF]

I'LL BE YOUR SHOTGUN RIDER TILL THE DAY I DIE. 🤠❤️🤍💙 #Beyonce #COWBOYCARTER

[Architizer @Architizer]

Section drawings show how people move up and through observation towers, as well as communicating ideas on structure, materials and light. https://t.co/TD8e3rVeLa

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Aleksey Navalny was a fearless advocate for his beliefs who died unbroken by the tyranny he opposed. He fought corruption, inspired millions and never wavered in his insistence on free expression, the rule of law, and a Russia that is accountable to the people and not a dictator. He died in unyielding defense of his vision of a better future for his country - a vision, and a courageous example, that will never die.

[andrew friedmeyer @AFriedAF]

#MARCH29 GOOD FRIDAY INDEED 🤠🖤🤍🩶✨

[andrew friedmeyer @AFriedAF]

I can't tell if this is a serious proposal or not 🤨

[The B1M @TheB1M]

They’re making it even taller. No offence to Oklahoma City but it doesn’t exactly have the hyper-dense urban dynamic known for producing supertall skyscrapers.

Screw that, say Matteson Capital and AO architects. They unveiled an enormous skyscraper to much online debate and ridicule at the end of 2023, but have now increased its height from 533-metres to 581-metres and plan to make it the tallest building in the entire US, overtaking New York’s One World Trade Center.

The big question jumping into your mind right now will be “why?” — and to be honest we’re not entirely sure. The tower is rising as part of a new mixed-use development called the Boardwalk at Bricktown that will include hotels, commercial, retail and residential spaces. In comments to other publishers, AO has explained that the tower is being designed in response to Oklahoma City’s growing population. The city’s current tallest skyscraper is the 257-metre Devon Tower.

Take away the metric system and you realise that the height increase will bring the building up to 1,907 feet — a nod to the year that Oklahoma was granted statehood.

If they wanted to go higher still, 2020 was the year that the Tiger King documentary featuring Oklahoma’s very own animal collector and independent presidential candidate Joe Exotic was released.

The supertall skyscraper is yet to be approved. We’ll keep you up to date on the latest news as it develops.

📷 AO architects / Matteson Capital

[andrew friedmeyer @AFriedAF]

@ElConqu17574749 @STLCOPlanning @STLCounty This does not make any sense.

[andrew friedmeyer @AFriedAF]

May this interview live in infamy. https://t.co/SyNStAPNJB

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

Hyperloop’s goal “was never to transform transportation for the masses, but to stop or delay high-speed rail from reaching North America. And sadly, it succeeded.”

This thread, by @parismarx
#Hyperloop

[Dezeen @dezeen]

Italian studio Mario Cucinella Architects has unveiled its design for a hospital and health park in Cremona, Italy, which appears to rise out of the ground in concentric rings.
https://t.co/jbrbgdz9VZ

[Strong Towns @StrongTowns]

Pedestrian deaths in the US have reached a 40-year high. It’s time for @USDOT to take this crisis seriously and start redesigning our streets to be safe for everyone.

[Strong Towns @StrongTowns]

We need to build streets that are dominated by people and accommodate automobiles—not the other way around.

https://t.co/nMMZGDanFs

[The Kyiv Independent @KyivIndependent]

⚡️ US company offers to help Ukraine build shelters using 3D printers.

A Ukrainian delegation in the U.S. signed a memorandum with the company Diamond Age on cooperation in building shelters using 3D printers, the Strategic Industries Ministry announced on Dec. 6.

[Human Rights Campaign Rapid Response @HRC]

Transgender and non-binary people have always existed and aren't going anywhere. We are artists, innovators, leaders — and we're changing the world for the better.

[St Louis CITY SC @stlCITYsc]

He’s in 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦'𝘴 head 🧤🧱

Roman Bürki has been named the 2023 Allstate @MLS Goalkeeper of the Year! #AllForCITY

🗞️ https://t.co/g2y15XTeNM

[andrew friedmeyer @AFriedAF]

What a ride! Can't wait for 2024. Congratulations to the best expansion team in the history of the whole wide world.

[St Louis CITY SC @stlCITYsc]

Full-time.

[Cori Bush @CoriBush]

This is a lie. This rhetoric is dangerous and needs to stop.

This endangers the life of Rashida and Palestinians standing up for their liberation everywhere.

[andrew friedmeyer @AFriedAF]

I hate seeing airplanes in the sky when I'm inside an airplane in the sky. 😬

[Nina Turner @ninaturner]

Israel bombed a refugee camp yesterday and our so-called “leaders” can’t be bothered to condemn it.

A. Refugee. Camp.

The bar is in hell and these folks still can’t manage to clear it.

[andrew friedmeyer @AFriedAF]

So insightful! 🚇🖤

[Bloomberg CityLab @CityLab]

Architect Candy Chan’s blueprint-like maps of the New York City subway reveal the complexity — and inaccessibility — of underground stations https://t.co/M9WeCBgSWX