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Can you add this thread to the list?




Thanks

[SoulVision]

Done. Thanks for making it

[Hirvam.it]

Like the new look!

[SoulVision]

Yeah sure! Do you mean in the 1st page? the main QLD projects page?

Originally Posted by Yosssie33

Hey guys,
a general question to all, is it like only a handful of people are born with that innate desire to see human accomplishments in the form of tall towers go up towards the heavens in direct defiance of gravity and everything else that keeps us glued to earth? A skycraper enthusiast from when a kid, I have never had enough people around me who shared my enthusiasm for tall structures....I have come to realise that not everyone's heart swells with pride when looking at these renderings of human imaginations..I have also got strong reasons to believe that its people like us, the ones who frequent this website, that are responsible for all the obelisks, pyramids, ziggurats, minarets, belfrys and towers of the world ! kudos to us,lol

would love to hear from others on this.

I just noticed this post from Yosssie, (don't know why i missed it).

What a fantastic post. You could not be more true. Like you, I don't have anyone around me who enjoys every aspect of these gravity defying, man made marvels we call skyscrapers. Yet I am more than obsessed with them. Was it Lego? was it Sim City? or is it just the fact that there needs to be people who build, design and engineer our basic need of shelter.

People in general don't realize the sheer human blood and sweat that goes into making these signatures in the sky. We are amazing beings, and the never ending wealth of imagination and creativity is shown in our buildings... our structures.

We, as forumers of skyscraper sites and development forums are very special people... just remember that.

[JVogt]

Yes, I've often wondered why I like skyscrapers - it was definitely something that I picked up myself (similar to you guys, no one around me was into them to any great extent). My interest in them has always been borne of a great interest in engineering generally - I think most of us here would probably have an innate appreciation of the technical challenge it is to build one of these things. I suspect skyscrapers are much easier to overlook if you cannot appreciate them on any other basis than purely their form.

I'd be interested to know if people agree with my hypothesis (more interested if they don't agree, actually!).

I still wonder to some extend though, even today, why I like them so much! They tend to end up being a certain status symbol for us and our cities as well (as an examination of most threads on this and other forums will reveal) which I find very interesting - then again, I still find taking pride in the victories of your sporting team somewhat curious as well...
Anyway, enough of my rambling.