Virtual Architecture? discusses “Time Warner’s new headquarters, the latest glassy behemoth to open in Manhattan” — and shares some interesting architectural “factlets”:
Interesting architecture-world factlet, by the way: did you know that one of the reasons classical buildings look as solid as they do is because architects and builders of the time took shadows into account? All those ridges and pilasters, all those recessed windows — they’re there partly to help the sun demonstrate how thick and massive the structure is. And did you know that one of the reasons so many modernist and avant-garde buildings look shallow and bleak is that 20th century architects fell out of the habit of taking sun and shadow into account?