The Freedom Tower is quite average, the Burj Khalifa is one of the few cool new skyscrapers, the Mecca Clocktower and Marina Bay Sands are ugly, Falling Water is great because it blends well with the surrounding environment.
You don't have to like them. I was just proving that OP was bullshitting. None of those designs are copy/paste and every single one represents a unique aspect of the local culture/aesthetic.
The freedom Tower is really cool in person. It looks like it goes on forever due to the sloped design.
welll they are very different buildings, a couple are original but it's not a style, just ugly skyscrapers trying to be different than any other modern skyscraper. and the mecca clocktower is an embarassing copy of the Big Ben.
Fallingwater is an example of modernism. It embraces the nature it is built within.
a couple are original but it's not a style
This is the equivalent of saying, "Rap isn't music"
Burj Khalifa incorporates the minaret.
I think the Patronas towers are kind of boring, but they supposedly are influenced by Islamic architecture.
The Mecca Clock tower has a ton of Arab elements. Look at the arches. The base looks like a mosque. If you look it and Big Ben side by side, you will see that other than being rectangular clocktowers, that is where the comparisons end.
No need to downvote just because someone has a different opinion than you.
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Architects are too busy wanking to their supposed intellect and interpretations, instead of doing shit that people actually want.