This week we revealed Philippe Starck's Ecuadorian skyscraper

[Judi Lynn]

Philippe Starck unveils design for Ecuadorian skyscraper

Tom Ravenscroft | 12 minutes ago

This week on Dezeen, we unveiled the design for the YOO GYE skyscraper in Guayaquil, Ecuador, by Philippe Starck's architecture and interiors studio YOO Inspired by Starck.

The 176-metre-high skyscraper will be located alongside the Rio Guayas river in the centre of Ecuador's largest city and contain a total of 633 apartments.

It is the latest project from developer Uribe Schwarzkopf, which has also commissioned leading architects including BIG, MAD and MVRDV to design residential high-rises in the country.

In other Starck news, we also revealed the French designer's concept for Qatar Preparatory School – set to be the country's first vocational school focused on education for the creative industries.

More:
https://www.dezeen.com/2023/06/03/philippe-starck-ecuadorian-skyscraper-this-week/#

If you would like to see more of Starck's buildings, here's a link for more images:

https://tinyurl.com/2u24s3fr

(Multiple verticle gardens)

[littlemissmartypants]

1. I like it! ❤️

[Judi Lynn]

2. Totally unique, isn't it? You wouldn't forget seeing it right away!

[littlemissmartypants]

4. Very unique. I'd love to stay in a room there. Imagine the view! ❤️

[brer cat]

3. I love how the gardens break up the building.

[Judi Lynn]

6. I agree with you. Very skillful.

[bucolic_frolic]

5. How did he know when to stop

Absolutely hideous. I'd call it Flatiron Obsession.

[Judi Lynn]

7. After seeing your post, I went to look for flatiron images, and nearly swallowed my tongue!

Found this New York building, which is shocking to me, and I've never seen it before now....



Run away!



It does look as if it can be done to death. Wow.

[bucolic_frolic]

8. Yes, Flatiron Building New York is very famous

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatiron_Building

"The Flatiron Building, originally the Fuller Building,[4] is a triangular 22-story,[5] 285-foot-tall (86.9 m) steel-framed landmarked building at 175 Fifth Avenue in the eponymous Flatiron District neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan in New York City. Designed by Daniel Burnham and Frederick P. Dinkelberg, and known its early days as "Burnham's Folly", it was completed in 1902 and originally included 20 floors.[6] The building sits on a triangular block formed by Fifth Avenue, Broadway, and East 22nd Street—where the building's 87-foot (27 m) back end is located—with East 23rd Street grazing the triangle's northern (uptown) peak. The name "Flatiron" derives from its triangular shape, which recalls that of a cast-iron clothes iron.[7][8]

The Flatiron Building was developed as the headquarters of construction firm Fuller Company, which acquired the site from the Newhouse family in May 1901. Construction proceeded at a very rapid pace, and the building opened on October 1, 1902. A "cowcatcher" retail space and a one-story penthouse were added shortly after the building's opening. The Fuller Company sold the building in 1925 to an investment syndicate. The Equitable Life Assurance Society took over the building after a foreclosure auction in 1933 and sold it to another syndicate in 1945. Helmsley-Spear managed the building for much of the late 20th century, renovating it several times. The Newmark Group started managing the building in 1997. Ownership was divided among several companies, which started renovating the building again in 2019. Jacob Garlick agreed to acquire the Flatiron Building at an auction in early 2023, but failed to pay the required deposit, and three of the four existing ownership groups took over the building. "