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This skyscraper is inspired by Beyonce's curves

No word on whether it leans to the left, to the left.

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ARCHITECTS ARE KNOWN to take inspiration from everywhere.

Plants, animals, the built environment, it’s all fair game. Add to that list Beyonce.

The team behind a proposed skyscraper in Melbourne’s docklands area say that their design incorporates an homage to the singer’s video for her 2013 single Ghost.

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Elenberg Fraser say the Premier Tower “sets a new bar for mixed-use development”.

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The company says that they are blending art, science and Queen Bey.

“The complex form – a vertical cantilever – is actually the most effective way to redistribute the building’s mass, giving the best results in terms of structural dispersion, frequency oscillation and wind requirements.

“Art and science? You betcha. For those more on the art than science side, we will reveal that the form does pay homage to something more aesthetic – we’re going to trust you’ve seen the music video for Beyoncé’s Ghost.”

The building will reach 68-storeys and have a 160-room hotel, 660 apartments as well as commercial space.

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    Oct 13th 2020, 7:42 AM

    Well at least this time around the 21billion and projected 14billion for next year is being used to maintain the citizens of Ireland unlike 2008 when it was used to pay back 41.7billion for that Anglo fiasco. Those days of 2008, where revenue sheriffs squeezed blood out of small struggling businesses to the point where many SME’s committed suicide and presided by a FF government of whom MM was a member. Back then the underhand dealings and lack of transparency is somewhat reminiscent of what is happening in the Dáil today lead by MM.

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    Oct 13th 2020, 1:06 PM

    @Premier Fitters: you went on a journey there. MM at least giving the cash to the people this time.

    MM bad bad man.

    Pick an effing side.

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    Oct 13th 2020, 9:50 PM

    @Nardol: t_wat. PUP and EWSS payment schemes set up well before MM took over. Do tools like yourself working in financial services have any idea what it’s like outside of North Wall area?

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