Notre Dame ...

09 May 2019, 10:39 PM

Axtremus

Dooooo eeeeet!

I never liked the Paris Notre Dame's old roof anyway. This is more beautiful. On whether it will be more likely to leak or have other problems, I will defer to Steve.

10 May 2019, 12:12 AM

Steve Miller

I’m not a fan.

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10 May 2019, 12:21 AM

jodi

Me either. Somebody on the thread said it looked like an airport terminal. It needs to be restored pretty close to what it was.

10 May 2019, 02:08 AM

Steve Miller

That design is going to look like tail fins in about 20 years.

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10 May 2019, 02:10 AM

Steve Miller

quote:
Originally posted by Axtremus:
Dooooo eeeeet!

I never liked the Paris Notre Dame's old roof anyway. This is more beautiful. On whether it will be more likely to leak or have other problems, I will defer to Steve.

Any design can be engineered such that it does not leak.

But it’s not cheap.

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10 May 2019, 10:29 AM

Nina

Hmmm. I like the spire as a concept, but not this execution. And what's with the gold tint? The actual cathedral doesn't/didn't have a gold exterior.

10 May 2019, 10:42 AM

Axtremus

quote:
Originally posted by Nina:
And what's with the gold tint?

Surreptitious Trumpian influence in Paris?
Who would have thunk it?

10 May 2019, 11:04 AM

Doug

Hey, you have to change with the times. I’m expecting they will put a Starbucks in the lobby also…

10 May 2019, 12:28 PM

Piano*Dad

Mais non, ce serait trop Américain.

10 May 2019, 12:41 PM

wtg

I love the ideas about energy savings, growing food, etc.

But aesthetically? For me it's a big non-starter.

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10 May 2019, 01:06 PM

Nope.

It is an antique structure. Keep it that way.

10 May 2019, 05:01 PM

AdagioM

Non.

It looks like panniers on the side of a bike, or Cinderella’s ball gown in a Disney cartoon.

Non.

10 May 2019, 05:42 PM

Daniel

No.

10 May 2019, 05:52 PM

Bernard

Oui. With the stipulation they get rid of the garden. The point of a cathedral is to draw one's gaze upwards towards "the heavens". Although I think gardens are heavenly, I personally think cathedrals should be open to the space above. What's the experience going to be like sitting in the pews, contemplating? I wouldn't want to be reminded, "Oh, there's a garden with people walking around up there." It's kind of in the way. I don't think a cathedral roof is a good place for a garden.

But I like the design otherwise.