Architects' Inspiration

Go inside the minds of Evo's architects as they design the exterior of this L.A. high-rise.

L.A. Hard Hats: House of Glass :
MON AUGUST 18 10P et/pt : http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/la-hard-hats/2991/Overview/?sour...

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[megadethqc]

It's by building this "shit" that they are going to give jobs to ppl and get your economy back on track.

Think before you write idiot.

[pratyush7]

It just seemed like a standard glazed tower just a bit better designed. So what was the "inspiration" in the title? Please enlighten.

[jubjub987654321]

The commentator is retarted

[ThyArtIsDeathcore]

This fucking commentator make me want to shoot myself in the head. He sounds like a monotone robot talking to a 4-year-old.

[yerk3]

Another giant glass cereal box.

[jerzkid87]

@megadethqc

If you really want to find out you need more than my word on the topic. You need to research it. Im getting my masters in architecture soon and from that have read a bunch and had classes on building materials and sustainability. I've also read and learned a lot of about architectural theory. For intro level stuff don't read construction technology books. Read 'Infrastructure by Brian Hayes' i mean everyone should have read Cradle to Cradle by Mcdonough & Braungart.

[megadethqc]

How are those materials in the video "unsustainable"? Or how is this kind of architecture degrades people's quality of life? Explain to me please.

[jerzkid87]

@megadethqc people could also be employed working on skilled architecture like living arborsculptural pieces or any other intensive kind of structure. People don't need shit in their lives to keep them fed. This kind of architecture degrades the quality of life of so many people. It uses materials that are unsustainable making it so that we rely on rare metals and expensive glasses and polluting process to liveand then also sustain the economy..... think about there are different ways.

[megadethqc]

They're building stuff, they need people to build that stuff, so they're creating jobs. And with employed people, the economy rolls on. 

[jerzkid87]

@megadethqc fuck you you obviously know nothing about economies or architecture

[jakemonrean]

These types of things don't seem to interest me much. I gave it 2 stars.