Not if I do it first.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjNA15w-hOI

One ring, to rule them all!

A bit of a history lesson in all things Wright:

https://vimeo.com/398144350

That's a great finished product, isn't it? I've never been to NY, but I get the feeling that any green, waterfront breathing space must be very welcome in that bustling city.
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A million miles away in time and context is this building:-

https://media.istockphoto.com/id/128...GoWzGz5J_yEpU=.....https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...3hz-U&usqp=CAU

Very simple but slightly unusual too. I like how the steps come down, but the walls flanking them don't: they stay level and present us with two spheres, which constitute the only ornamentation in sight. It looks attractive enough in the snow and winter sunlight, but in the the second photo, the building has a mildly sinister feel - and that's appropriate, because it is in fact the studio of the famous artist Edvard Munch. Suddenly, the building looks exactly like one of the washed-out backgrounds in his paintings.

I feel like those tiny windows make it look like some kind of old utility building or something.

My favourite building around here is prolly
https://dynamic-media-cdn.tripadviso...=1200&h=-1&s=1
town hall

I also love Nymphenburger Castle
https://www.voucherwonderland.com/re...ymphenburg.jpg

Well we have much older buildings than American architects can ever dream to work with. For American architects, buildings from 200 years ago are often historic, that's nothing for Europeans. We have buildings the freakin Romans built. Everywhere.
These modern influences often are installed when a building, or part of a building is damaged, but many if not most cities try to restore buildings to their former appearance. Especially here in the south of Germany we would not like something like that. Our cities are more like


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9TFKw99BPo

We really love the ancient vibe and try to keep our cities looking old.

edit: even in much larger cities in the south the city core is usually entirely preserved
take Munich as an example which has many modern buildings in its Speckgürtel,
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/8b/9f...c15d794e73.jpg
but the city core looks like this
https://live.staticflickr.com/5717/2...058d46ae_b.jpg

Yep, that's what it made me think of too, Janzsoon!
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Thanks for all the building photos, Danza :thumb:

I liked the gothic-style town hall (more than Nymphenburger Castle tbh), and if you like that style too, you can see some other similar buildings right near the start of this thread.

Schwäbisch Hall looks wonderful, and it's true, all the newer houses follow very carefully the style of the older ones. The giant coins stuck in the road were a nice surprise too.

As for the BMW factory, those towers reminded me of part of a toy rocket my son once had, but something tells me that, as a building, it looks more attractive in your photo than it might in real life.
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I was once lucky enough to stay in Lübeck, which is also a well-preserved German town. On the Baltic coast, it has had to accomodate modern roads more than Schwäbisch, I think:-

https://www.ln-online.de/resizer/eNn...O4KYPWUQ2U.jpg

I love that gate in the lower left!