点评:A pair of voluptuous Mississauga condo towers share something with Hollywood’s most famous blonde, and they’re one of the world’s best skyscrapers. The two buildings, 50 and 56 storeys each, are part of a five-building development project.
The taller building had been nicknamed the "Marilyn Monroe" tower due to its curvaceous, hourglass figure likened to Marlyn. They’ve got her sky-high curves and many international admirers. They’re awarded the prize of Best Tall Buildings in the Americas in 2012.
Their undulating shape was the designed by Beijing-based architect, Ma Yansong. He entered an international design competition hosted by the tower’s developers and was awarded the project in 2006.
The building represented constant challenges. In most towers, all but two of the floors are exactly the same, but here none of them were.
The Towers added allure to the skyline of the suburb no doubt but the people living in them were not amused in the least. They felt that these are Pretty on the outside, but structurally, the other residents and infrastructure were atrocious.
“I remember when it started, I couldn’t sleep, because I was afraid we wouldn’t get it,”
“And then we got it, I couldn’t sleep, because I was wondering how we would solve these structural problems”, averred the developer.
Now the residents couldn’t sleep because of other problems there. So Monroe still keeps people sleepless…
翻译:密西沙加的两座性感公寓楼与好莱坞最著名的金发女郎有着共同之处,它们是世界上最好的摩天大楼之一。这两栋建筑分别为 50 层和 56 层,是五栋建筑开发项目的一部分。
这座较高的建筑因其优美的沙漏形身材与玛丽莲·梦露相似,被昵称为“玛丽莲·梦露”塔。他们拥有她高耸的曲线和许多国际崇拜者。他们荣获 2012 年美洲最佳高层建筑奖。
它们起伏的形状是由北京建筑师马岩松设计的。他参加了由塔楼开发商主办的国际设计竞赛,并于 2006 年赢得了该项目。
这座建筑代表着持续不断的挑战。在大多数塔楼中,除了两层外,所有楼层都是完全相同的,但这里没有一个楼层是完全相同的。
毫无疑问,双子塔给郊区的天际线增添了吸引力,但居住在其中的人们却一点也不觉得好笑。他们觉得这些从外面看很漂亮,但从结构上看,其他居民和基础设施很糟糕。
“我记得当它开始时,我无法入睡,因为我担心我们无法得到它,”
“然后我们得到了它,我无法入睡,因为我想知道我们将如何解决这些结构性问题”,开发商断言。
现在,居民们因为其他问题而无法入睡。所以梦露依然让人失眠……