Architect’s Dream | Engineer’s Nightmare

Rising 610 metres tall, the Canton Tower in Guangzhou is the 2nd tallest television tower in the world, requiring great leaps in technology in order to be built.
The architects were determined to create a building unlike any other. Conventional TV towers are shaped like tall needles with circular observation decks, Mark Hemel and Barbara Kuit’s vision was radically different. Turning this radical design into reality would be a challenge for the engineers - the thin waist is an architect’s dream, and an engineer’s nightmare.
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[@dhineshbabu8050]

Responsibilities are with the structural Engineers makes total sense.

[@theobserver9131]

Ah...ego. The bigger you are....

[@jacobfarkas3916]

Mmmmmm...... Donut...

[@edwardlewandowski5473]

🌃😯!?

[@theobserver9131]

I wonder, if women were more like men, would our giant structures look like vaginas?

[@anonymousinfinido2540]

Why will it be?, can you elaborate

[@theobserver9131]

@@anonymousinfinido2540 If I must explain the obvious; because men are always building giant penises everywhere.

[@anonymousinfinido2540]

@@theobserver9131 oh ok 😂

[@eni16]

@@anonymousinfinido2540 most of the structures designed and built by men are phallic in nature

[@leviverhoeff1868]

The Dutch accent lmao

[@lucineide1633]

Ie no diga

[@james-xm1gu]

Y'all got to believe that God who created all things cause all of things that man created is directly or indirectly inspired by god's creation