Buildings And Architecture

                                  HIGH RISE OR LOW SETTING?

                         

Let Me Break It Down :

Buildings reflect development . In the early days, buildings were influenced by historical, political and religious factors. This gave way to an amazing architectural design that can identify a city with just looking at the buildings. Example Paris ! ( Fun fact : did you know that high rise buildings cannot be built in the city of Paris because it will spoil the skyline view )
Developing countries are striving to become more modernized and many are ditching the one storey to build high rise buildings because of inadequate land space. To attract foreign businesses and investments and also move forward, cities are adopting the urban trend of tall glass buildings.
Due to this,  culture and our architecture are being covered up and replaced .

 This can be seen in the city of Port -of-Spain however, there are few architectural homes still existing within the city and some are even up for sale by Tucker Real Estate. Some are even turned into business places, where people are choosing to keep our architectural history such as clubs eg. Coco lounge.
New Buildings are also being built with  the architectural design .. Glad to see were not lost in the wind !

Modern high rise buildings offer governmental services such as the Office of the Prime Minister and  Investment firms  etc. The modern high rise building that is considered to be the main attraction of the city is of course THE HYATT! Although it is modern and occupied a lot of land area, they chose to build a waterfront park where the public can visit and relax. Way to go!

In the light of that information although, changes are inevitable and one cannot stand in the way of technological advancement in the modern world . However, i think that cities should keep some individuality and cultural heritage when moving forward to show a semblance of where we once came from and how we have developed.

                      HIGH RISE BUILDINGS 

                                Architectural Design

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