Hmmm, coincidence? Idea for G1C exterior?

[Warhawk]

I’m on a family vacation and we just got into Paris today. We saw the following building on the Uber ride to where we are staying. Coincidence?

Not knowing the age of the building means it could have come after, I guess?

 

[Capt. Factorial]

The building is actually a theater, it's called Gaumont-Pathé Alésia Cinemas. Oddly enough it was completed in the same year as G1C - 2016 - but by a completely different architect. So I guess we'll never know who stole whose design.

 

[hrdboild]

I always felt like the outer skin of the Golden 1 Center could be traced back to Thom Mayne's Cal Trans building in Los Angeles which was finished in 2004 and was one of the early projects that attracted attention to the new LEED certification here in California. The same ideas were adapted a few years later to make the Federal Building in San Francisco. I've seen a lot of similar design work in other contemporary LEED projects though. Since the technology drives the design in sustainable architecture, I think there's a lot of cross-pollination going on.

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

Whosoever idea it was, they both look awful

 

[QWERTYLICIOUS]

Whosoever idea it was, they both look awful

When the initial renderings of the G1C came out, I thought that I wouldn't like the design myself, but after seeing the arena in person a few times, it actually does not look bad at all.

 

[macadocious]

Whosoever idea it was, they both look awful

well that’s quite a take.

 

[Warhawk]

The building is actually a theater, it's called Gaumont-Pathé Alésia Cinemas. Oddly enough it was completed in the same year as G1C - 2016 - but by a completely different architect. So I guess we'll never know who stole whose design.

Thanks for hunting that info down! Interesting.

 

[Section 101]

Thanks for hunting that info down! Interesting.

That was off the top of his head.

 

[Warhawk]

That was off the top of his head.

Ha! I know it wasn’t because we had swapped text messages about the photo first. Otherwise I might believe you. The Captain is an amazing person.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Ha! I know it wasn’t because we had swapped text messages about the photo first. Otherwise I might believe you. The Captain is an amazing person.

Well, I thank you for saying that...but I will admit to knowing nearly nothing about architecture so I did have to look it up. (To be fair, the photo you sent by text was crucial, because I could zoom it to identify the name of the next-door cafe to jump start the Google search!)

 

[pdxKingsFan]

I always felt like the outer skin of the Golden 1 Center could be traced back to Thom Mayne's Cal Trans building in Los Angeles which was finished in 2004 and was one of the early projects that attracted attention to the new LEED certification here in California. The same ideas were adapted a few years later to make the Federal Building in San Francisco. I've seen a lot of similar design work in other contemporary LEED projects though. Since the technology drives the design in sustainable architecture, I think there's a lot of cross-pollination going on.

My LEED certified building in Portland has similar elements. I’ve seen in some other buildings and they all seem to have different designers. I imagine I’ll be long gone before it’s determined how much staying power these designs have/had.

 

[Warhawk]

Ok, my son said this building is the G1C’s more flamboyant cousin. Outside Salzburg, Austria.