Traditional design takes into account the fallibility of builders, maintainers, and owners.
Any architect who uses a 'dramatic' cantilever is saying 'I don't care if this thing lasts more than few decades'.pic.twitter.com/iO3FRQlZCg
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I'm gonna go three way venn diagram with that exaggerated cantilever, the Egyptian pyramids, and the Hoover dam.
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yup -- the myopic zeitgeist
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owners of the building decide in advance the expected lifetime of it no?
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Sometimes it’s OK to be pretty and dramatic perhaps not practical.
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How does that not collapse?
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Frank Lloyd Wright?
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Cantilevers are fascinating! Like high heels on humans. The juxtaposition between stability and off balance
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Looks like they were terrible Tetris players as well
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Better this than some shapeless concrete tower
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