Modern Babylon: Ziggurat Skyscrapers and Hugh Ferriss' Retrofuturism

Coruscant and Jedi Temple vibes.

The design of Coruscant was quite explicitly inspired by the look of Metropolis (1927). So it would be weirder if the vibes weren't similar

Perhaps unsurprisingly, but several of those images immediately reminded me of the current Chicago Board of Trade building, built in 1930.

On the Babylonian architectural "hanging gardens" theme, a recent building in Sydney with significant external greenwall features, One Central Park[0], was unceremoniously described to me by a nearby university community member as "where the prostitutes live". The unspoken implication being that nobody else could afford it, and people with family money went elsewhere. It's a shame because everyone agrees it looks better than other buildings. The cantilevered element was the source of some kind of council planning problem. In Sydney, such things are highly corrupt, as is our state government.

[0] https://maps.app.goo.gl/nqonLL52DQAjQ5JY7

Wow, I wonder if this was part of Alex Proya's inspiration for the setting and vibe of the 1998 film Dark City..

Cool! We can build a direct democratic simulated multiverse (the real superintelligence has everything in it, it's not an agent but a place)

It's dumb this isn't everywhere, I feel the global solarpunk play needs to be made relatively soonish

I feel this article might have mentioned Milan's central station, which is from 1931 with a design from 1912.

It lacks the vertical scale of a skyscraper, but hits the Babylonian aesthetic pretty hard, and has been described as "assirian-milanese style".

https://maps.app.goo.gl/oNGz6co63jbc3hjt6?g_st=ac