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despite the breathtaking views, Schmied says the multi-million-dollar condos were dishearteningly dull. “They’re all pretty much all the same. They stick out because they’re so big, not because they’re interesting,” she says. “The engineering—these towers being so tall and thin—means there’s little room for play or experimentation. They’re so boring; and the architects who accept the jobs are boring, too.”
Realtors would struggle to outdo each other when talking up a property: If one building had a private restaurant, another had a private restaurant with a Michelin star chef, and another had rotating chefs every month that were all Michelin star chefs.
The most special thing’ was always the same,” Schmied says. “You’ve never seen Chinchilla Mink marble like this,’ she explains, imitating an eager realtor. “‘It’s the greatest in the world, from the quarry where Michelangelo’s David was carved.’ And then the next apartment would have Calacatta Tucci marble counters, ‘the best in the world.’
“They all talked about having a golf simulator room—I’ve never heard of this thing before, but they all had it,”
Realtors would struggle to outdo each other when talking up a property: If one building had a private restaurant, another had a private restaurant with a Michelin star chef, and another had rotating chefs every month that were all Michelin star chefs.
The most special thing’ was always the same,” Schmied says. “You’ve never seen Chinchilla Mink marble like this,’ she explains, imitating an eager realtor. “‘It’s the greatest in the world, from the quarry where Michelangelo’s David was carved.’ And then the next apartment would have Calacatta Tucci marble counters, ‘the best in the world.’
“They all talked about having a golf simulator room—I’ve never heard of this thing before, but they all had it,”
