West Vs East

[Mantis747 1]

Howdy!

I was wondering what building styles the people at simtropolis prefered?

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above is a picture of a western style building

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above is an image of downtown tokyo (typical eastern style!)

what are your thoughts?

[Haljackey 17,388]

Tokyo for sure. SC4's already got a lot of western-styled biuldings. Some of the wealthier, taller biuldings in Japan are so modern that it makes the other skylines of the world seem outdated and obselete. Tokyo's financial district looks about 10-15 years ahead of the rest of the world's skylines.

Thus, it would be benifical if we had more eastern-styled biuldings in the next Simcity (just my thoughts).

[Haljackey 17,388]

Heres a picture of Tokyo's fianicial district

Kinda cool how it just emerges from the rest of the town.  Tokyo is the world's largest city, so it should have the world's best skyline, respectfully

[hamsterTK 93]

Kinda cool how it just emerges from the rest of the town.  Tokyo is the world's largest city, so it should have the world's best skyline, respectfully quote>

yeah, it is the biggest according to metro population.

But i dont like the buildings. Hong Kong is #1 and NYC is #2, or really they should be tied.

err.. not really. But as the banner atop the article says, this list is 100 percent  screwed up. Some cities have metro areas listed,and some are the city proper.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_City

As for East vs. West. I dunno. Both have their pros and cons. Modern buildings built in the East are often built by western architects, and vice versa, and modern styles are mostly international, so i wouldnt compare anything built since 1950, unless it was built in a classical style.

[Mantis747 1]

I personally prefer western style buildings.

mainly because there are some fantastic western buildungs such as chrysler building, empire state building etc.

[azk1013 1]

I like Eastern, It Veries in styles...

[manman99 2]

i agree with hamstertk

manman99

[bakercity 270]

I don't know which style I like. I live in the American Midwest (Wisconsin) and I like the style here. Sorry folks.

[grudy 0]

If you're talking about skyscrapers, they all look similar.  In both cases they are tall boxes of concrete, steel, and glass.  Sure, they all vary somewhat in basic shape, but skyscrapers are skyscrapers, an expression of industrial might, and (as of now!) offer little difference from building to building.  I would have to say that for smaller, more historic structures, I find a wonderful beauty in the eastern concept of connection with the "natural" world, and the blurring of distinctions between inside and out.  Western architecture seems very rooted in a need to keep nature outside and people inside.  This probably has to do a lot with climate, but I think that religion also plays a major role.

[UltraGIR XL 3]

Art Deco, definately.

My ideal city would be a clash of art deco and Frank Lloyd Wright: a wonderful city representing the pinnacle of the 1920s.

That's why I'm in a bit of a love-affair with New York.

[Amerikaner 42]

i like european cities that dont have a downtown full of super tall buildings, i like the downtowns that are more historical with a few skyscrapers...something along the lines of Zurich or Budapest that have a more european feel to them...which i think reflects on my Cjs which is why i dont have huge modern downtowns

[jmjselect 0]

Day time I like west, we look cleaner more glass less porches(not porches but you know the apartment buildings).

Night time I like the east, just jaw dropping.

[Duke87 1,070]

Well, the thing of it is, nothing really ever gets built in art-deco style anymore. Newer stuff is more just shiny glass and steel. Still, new shiny western stuff isn't quite the same as new shiny eastern stuff.

...I'll also admit that in SC3K I often played with the Asian tileset as opposed to the North American one. Simply because new and shiny has it's appeal, and while art-deco can get very intricate and detailed, since nobody does it anymore, it starts to get associated with looking old or historic.

And there's a reason nobody builds art-deco anymore. It's not because it fell out of fashion or anything, but because new shiny stuff is cheaper to build. America has gotten very function first, form second in its architecture. The idea is that it doesn't have to look nice, it just has to serve its purpose. Besides, making it look nice costs more money, and all too often people would rather not spend the extra money to design finer details to things.

Both are nice in their own ways, though. I can't really personally say I prefer one over the other, but rather that it depends on where and what's being built which is more appropriate.

A lot of stuff getting built in the US today is somewhat ugly, though. Just look at all those "Fedders Specials" with concrete lawns...

[Cockatoo 2,257]

Originally posted by: Duke87...I'll also admit that in SC3K I often played with the Asian tileset as opposed to the North American one. Simply because new and shiny has it's appeal, and while art-deco can get very intricate and detailed, since nobody does it anymore, it starts to get associated with looking old or historic. quote>

A never played SC 3000 with anything but the Asian tileset. Although I like (some) art-deco buildings...like the Empire State and the Crystler Building I just perfer some of the newer Eastern style buildings like the Bank of China for example. As for the new Western style of building (Glass and Steal) Most of is sucks.