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Twisty Skyscraper is Constructed Carefully Around a Bridge 🏙 How Did They Build That? | Smithsonian

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Жыл бұрын

Built on a triangular plot of land right in the center of the city, the twisting form of the Vancouver House skyscraper bends around the nearby Granville Street Bridge and high into the sky, getting wider as it goes up. It’s an engineering marvel that doesn’t seem real.
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@gojiberry7201
@gojiberry7201 Жыл бұрын
Vancouver looks like such a beautiful city, would love to visit one day
@cashewnuttel9054
@cashewnuttel9054 Жыл бұрын
I know right? It looks as beautiful as Beirut.
@TheBluebus17
@TheBluebus17 Жыл бұрын
bring lots of cash if you're going too
@aakside
@aakside Жыл бұрын
It looks like no part of the building overhangs the road, so why build in this shape at all?
@MoonChild-po9du
@MoonChild-po9du Жыл бұрын
Because they can
@zombl337og
@zombl337og Жыл бұрын
fr, i thought it was ACTUALLY a twisted skyscraper that went over and under a bridge. still cool, but very misleading title.
@AlexSuperTramp-
@AlexSuperTramp- Жыл бұрын
Restrictions prevent building condo towers so close to the bridge
@willyolio9590
@willyolio9590 9 ай бұрын
city restrictions mean the building must be a certain distance from the bridge.
@anyapemberton3415
@anyapemberton3415 Ай бұрын
They had to make sure the adjacent park was not shaded. City required the park to have sunshine, so creativity was essential.
@Puppy-Art77
@Puppy-Art77 Жыл бұрын
멋진 한주 되세요^^
@doubleeagle87
@doubleeagle87 Жыл бұрын
I’ve heard this building is a disaster. Pipes bursting, elevators not working, panels coming apart on the exterior etc
@judeobi242
@judeobi242 Жыл бұрын
😂
@cashewnuttel9054
@cashewnuttel9054 Жыл бұрын
The building isn't even finished yet!
@ChrisPollitt
@ChrisPollitt Жыл бұрын
Mostly used for investment and hence empty. Iconic nonetheless.
@user-xm8wz5sg2p
@user-xm8wz5sg2p 7 ай бұрын
We can send a rocket to the moon and dune buggies to Mars but, we still build with materials that won't last more than a few centuries.
@FranciscoLopez-zz5fp
@FranciscoLopez-zz5fp Жыл бұрын
I still don't understand why build it this was? It looks lithe building has enough clearance from the road. It is just architects trying to stand up themselves. Lol
@21muhammadikram82
@21muhammadikram82 10 ай бұрын
City restriction prevents building towers too close to the bridge
@21muhammadikram82
@21muhammadikram82 10 ай бұрын
I think it was a project that was fueled by the desire to show off. But a show off to inspire people, Bjarke Ingels usully does that
@rijve11
@rijve11 Жыл бұрын
doesn't look that nice tbh looks v risky
@cashewnuttel9054
@cashewnuttel9054 Жыл бұрын
This is nicer than anything in Mogadishu.
@lemmykilmister873
@lemmykilmister873 Жыл бұрын
🤔
@Tis_I_SirJames
@Tis_I_SirJames Жыл бұрын
We can send a rocket to the moon and dune buggies to Mars but, we still build with materials that won't last more than a few centuries. 🙄
@wheatlysparble7900
@wheatlysparble7900 Жыл бұрын
And you can come up with something better? What are you complaining about
@sirius0beliast527
@sirius0beliast527 Жыл бұрын
Lets be fair, most of those old structure require constant unrelenting maintenance, and while its true we can send stuff on the moon a d mars doing so is not something done everyday by every city in the world by everyday peoples. It both expensive and still to this day resources intensive and while it might seem easy to enforce long lasting construction its not when most city expect to demolish those building later when they have to expend or reorganize themselves.also contrary to what most believe durability in construction is about design not material armed concrete can last century. Also a more durable efficient building is a pyramid shaped one, needing lot of ground surface and space near city center are expensive. Building wide seem perfect until your take transit into account.
@cashewnuttel9054
@cashewnuttel9054 Жыл бұрын
Buildings are meant to be torn down eventually and replaced.
@gluesniffer9875
@gluesniffer9875 Жыл бұрын
Nice building for all the homeless and junkies to admire while they panhandle for their next fix.
@dustintacohands1107
@dustintacohands1107 Жыл бұрын
Don’t be jealous glue sniffer someday you’ll be able to get real drugs
@cashewnuttel9054
@cashewnuttel9054 Жыл бұрын
Canada does not have any homeless and junkies.
@marudhraofficial8946
@marudhraofficial8946 Жыл бұрын
Return our Kohinoor diamond 😡😡😡😡😡😡
@dustintacohands1107
@dustintacohands1107 Жыл бұрын
To Pakistan ok sure
@marudhraofficial8946
@marudhraofficial8946 Жыл бұрын
@@dustintacohands1107 Indian and Pakistan both are brothers 💪
@roshanramesh2634
@roshanramesh2634 Жыл бұрын
Vancouver is in Canada bruh not in London..
@dustintacohands1107
@dustintacohands1107 Жыл бұрын
@@marudhraofficial8946 oh is that why you call each other terrorists and have nukes pointed at each other?
@cashewnuttel9054
@cashewnuttel9054 Жыл бұрын
The only way you'll get your Kohinoor diamond is if you declare war and attack Canada.
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