UK - Manchester - Beetham Tower South facade
I've taken a similar shot of the Beetham Tower in Manchester before but it focused on a smaller area of the facade, this one includes pretty much the whole facade so the shot becomes more about the repetition rather than the differences between the individual little boxes.
More skyscrapers here : www.flickr.com/photos/darrellg/sets/72157600345884548
From Wikipedia : "Architectural response to the skyscraper is polarised and interpretations vary. The cantilever bears the load of the north façade symbolically representing the historical strength and revival of post-industrial Manchester following economic decline in the 1980s and the 1996 Manchester bombing. Some questioned its dominant appearance over the city - particularly over listed buildings with one author going as far to say the skyscraper instantly "torpedoed" any possibility of Manchester becoming a UNESCO World Heritage city. Others feel its dramatic appearance and peculiarity is reflective of Manchester and that the Beetham Tower symbolises Manchester's reinvention as a post-industrial city.Nevertheless, it has received praise and was awarded the best tall building in the world in 2007 by the Council for Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat"
UK - Manchester - Beetham Tower South facade
I've taken a similar shot of the Beetham Tower in Manchester before but it focused on a smaller area of the facade, this one includes pretty much the whole facade so the shot becomes more about the repetition rather than the differences between the individual little boxes.
More skyscrapers here : www.flickr.com/photos/darrellg/sets/72157600345884548
From Wikipedia : "Architectural response to the skyscraper is polarised and interpretations vary. The cantilever bears the load of the north façade symbolically representing the historical strength and revival of post-industrial Manchester following economic decline in the 1980s and the 1996 Manchester bombing. Some questioned its dominant appearance over the city - particularly over listed buildings with one author going as far to say the skyscraper instantly "torpedoed" any possibility of Manchester becoming a UNESCO World Heritage city. Others feel its dramatic appearance and peculiarity is reflective of Manchester and that the Beetham Tower symbolises Manchester's reinvention as a post-industrial city.Nevertheless, it has received praise and was awarded the best tall building in the world in 2007 by the Council for Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat"