it's a crime to upstage carnaval posts

But there are other shots of the Torre Agbar here. Bart, these are for you. Thank you, faithful blog reader!


Here's what's interesting about the Torre, not unfamiliar to big projects built in the "Third World" (aren't we in the EU?): large international commisions ("big fancy projects") in/near slums ("pre-redeveloped sites"). Note the foreground.



'nother view:

Dissapointingly, the much-heralded 40-color glazing doesn't limn from within at night in a multihued way. Other than visible elevator action, no other activity or services: it looks quite static at night. From the South, the blue fluorescents of the Hotel Arts make abigger impression:

The Torre Agbar: from this layperson's view, an effort with higher, perhaps more *manly (bad phallic riff) aspirations than are fulfilled.

-ALAN