Tuesday, February 02, 2010

Piza = Fail?

Is the leaning tower of Piza an example of failure?

Sure its a little tilted. But construction was started in 1173. Thats a really long time for a building to standup straight. It has not fallen down yet. Nearly all of its close calls were due to attempts to "fix" it.

How many emblems of civilization will stand up to that kind of time? The Empire State building? CN Tower? Burj Khalifa? Taipei 101? Sure they are all straight now. What happens in 500 years, 700, 1000? Will there even be an Canada?

So I say Kudos to Bonanno Pisano or whoever they decide actually designed the damn thing. You built a building that passed the test of time.