Mark Foster Gage is tired of boring and boxy skyscrapers. He wants gargoyles.
Gage, principal and founder of Mark Foster Gage Architects, recently released his plans for a mammoth 102-story building at 41 W. 57th St., right below New York's Central Park.
Inspired by the hit HBO show "Game of Thrones," Gage and his colleagues have taken to calling the regal building "The Khaleesi," a nod to character Daenerys Targaryen's role as queen and mother of dragons.
It certainly does look fit for a Khaleesi.
Gage, an assistant dean at the Yale School of Architecture, recently led a two-year research project on stone-carving.
The same techniques that students used to sculpt Minions (seen here) could someday help create the limestone facade that drapes over the Khaleesi skyscraper.
The imagined result — a 1,492-foot tower that fits 91 residential units along with shops and a 4-star restaurant — is just stunning.
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