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Buildings in Glasgow

Posted: 11 Apr 2018 18:24
by PaulC
I was up in Glasgow last weekend for the first time in about 20 years and couldn't resist geeking out a bit by visiting some of the real life Transport Tycoon buildings! :P It should be fairly obvious which buildings in the game were inspired by these locations...

Re: Buildings in Glasgow

Posted: 11 Apr 2018 18:26
by PaulC
More buildings...

Re: Buildings in Glasgow

Posted: 11 Apr 2018 19:52
by acs121
Spectacular ! If you find the tube office building IRL...

Re: Buildings in Glasgow

Posted: 14 Apr 2018 13:10
by Roman
Nice pictures!

The tube office building acs121 is referring to might have roots in the design of the Shizuoka Press and Broadcasting Center in Tokyo, the Sony Tower in Osaka, or Lloyd’s Building in London.

Re: Buildings in Glasgow

Posted: 14 Apr 2018 19:05
by Kevo00
I was at a conference at Strathclyde university last year...the campus is on a steep hill, which gives it a certain OTTD feel in conjunction with that building...

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Re: Buildings in Glasgow

Posted: 14 Apr 2018 19:38
by acs121
Roman wrote:Nice pictures!

The tube office building acs121 is referring to might have roots in the design of the Shizuoka Press and Broadcasting Center in Tokyo, the Sony Tower in Osaka, or Lloyd’s Building in London.
I'm talking about the horizontal tube office building. I don't think it even exists IRL.

Re: Buildings in Glasgow

Posted: 14 Apr 2018 20:39
by Roman
acs121 wrote: I'm talking about the horizontal tube office building. I don't think it even exists IRL.
Can you post an image? I can't think of a horizontal tubular office building in TT right now.

Re: Buildings in Glasgow

Posted: 14 Apr 2018 21:47
by PaulC
Roman wrote:Can you post an image? I can't think of a horizontal tubular office building in TT right now.
Vertical, not horizontal. I don't know if it exists in real life, I'm sure I read somewhere that a few of the TT buildings were based on concepts rather than actual buildings.

Of course, if I ever go to Tokyo I'll be sure to visit the Nakagin Capsuple Tower: https://www.archdaily.com/110745/ad-cla ... o-kurokawa

Re: Buildings in Glasgow

Posted: 14 Apr 2018 22:06
by acs121
PaulC wrote:
Roman wrote:Can you post an image? I can't think of a horizontal tubular office building in TT right now.
Vertical, not horizontal. I don't know if it exists in real life, I'm sure I read somewhere that a few of the TT buildings were based on concepts rather than actual buildings.

Of course, if I ever go to Tokyo I'll be sure to visit the Nakagin Capsuple Tower: https://www.archdaily.com/110745/ad-cla ... o-kurokawa
Yes, i was talking about this capsule tower or somewhat.
Roman, you wanted a picture, here it is, in OpenGFX of course. It's from my very first game ever :wink:
They are the buildings with yellow/green/blue top.

Re: Buildings in Glasgow

Posted: 14 Apr 2018 23:33
by kamnet
I never really liked most of the TTD buildings, so now I don't know if this makes me less inclined to go to Glasgow! :shock: :lol:

Re: Buildings in Glasgow

Posted: 15 Apr 2018 00:25
by acs121
kamnet wrote:I never really liked most of the TTD buildings, so now I don't know if this makes me less inclined to go to Glasgow! :shock: :lol:
Oh, i don't like them either in the TTD graphics, though OpenGFX made the buildings look way better than before.

Re: Buildings in Glasgow

Posted: 15 Apr 2018 01:28
by Redirect Left
Very interesting to see, thanks for sharing! I wasn't aware the influence for some of the TT buildings were still standing.

Re: Buildings in Glasgow

Posted: 15 Apr 2018 10:24
by PaulC
acs121 wrote:Oh, i don't like them either in the TTD graphics, though OpenGFX made the buildings look way better than before.
On the other hand, I'm rather fond of the TTD graphics but I don't care at all for much of OpenGFX. It's all subjective though.

Re: Buildings in Glasgow

Posted: 15 Apr 2018 10:32
by acs121
PaulC wrote:
acs121 wrote:Oh, i don't like them either in the TTD graphics, though OpenGFX made the buildings look way better than before.
On the other hand, I'm rather fond of the TTD graphics but I don't care at all for much of OpenGFX. It's all subjective though.
Oh, i'm fond of OpenGFX, but TTD graphics look really old, and it's graphics don't fit with post-2008 (release of OpenGFX) NewGRFs, like NARS, etc.

Re: Buildings in Glasgow

Posted: 15 Apr 2018 18:06
by kamnet
TTD graphics are fine. OpenGFX graphics are fine. The buildings themselves just look awful! Like, who would live or work in these places? Now I know!

Re: Buildings in Glasgow

Posted: 15 Apr 2018 19:44
by acs121
kamnet wrote:TTD graphics are fine. OpenGFX graphics are fine. The buildings themselves just look awful! Like, who would live or work in these places? Now I know!
Oh, i don't know who would live or work here. I don't really like the buildings either. It would be great to have more buildings right now, like haussmannian buildings which are internationally known and built.

Re: Buildings in Glasgow

Posted: 16 Apr 2018 14:40
by PaulC
Blimey folks, they're just regular buildings, same as anywhere else...

Re: Buildings in Glasgow

Posted: 16 Apr 2018 17:25
by Roman
Redirect Left wrote:Very interesting to see, thanks for sharing! I wasn't aware the influence for some of the TT buildings were still standing.
http://www.tt-ms.de/backgrounds/ <-- here's a list, if you're interested. It's been out there since ages.

Also, here's a photograph of the Nakagin Capsule Tower I took 3 weeks ago. It's not in a great shape...
Nakagin Capsule Tower
Nakagin Capsule Tower
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Re: Buildings in Glasgow

Posted: 17 Apr 2018 08:52
by wallyweb
Redirect Left wrote:I wasn't aware the influence for some of the TT buildings were still standing.
What is truly amazing is that some of the longtime TTD players (such as myself) are still standing. :mrgreen:
Roman wrote:...It's not in a great shape...
Those cables remind me of some of the older apartment buildings here in Saint John. When they were originally built, they accommodated the communications providers with "inside the walls" channels for running the cables. Then, later on, whenever a cable failed, rather than pulling a replacement through the channels, they would simply drill a hole in the wall and drape a new cable down the outside. :P Greedy greedy ISP. :lol:

Re: Buildings in Glasgow

Posted: 15 Apr 2022 18:59
by Roman
Demolition of iconic Nakagin Capsule Tower begins in Tokyo
https://www.dezeen.com/2022/04/12/nakag ... ins-tokyo/