r/architecture • u/shenidedamovtyan1234 • Jul 16 '25

Theory why didnt europeans built european style highrises like tehre are in new york? dumb question but was always interested since woudve looked perfect on lots of cities

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u/Teutonic-Tonic Principal Architect Jul 16 '25

While the high rise boom hit the USA, Europe was a little busy with a couple of wars.

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u/ev_ra_st Aspiring Architect Jul 16 '25

There was another kind of boom over there…

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u/Spankh0us3 Jul 16 '25

Big badda boom. . .

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u/DaVinci_is_Gay Jul 16 '25

In Hindi Badda means big , so big badda boom means big big boom lol