Talk:Unfinished building

A fact from Unfinished building appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 23 August 2006. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that there are many unfinished buildings throughout the world that may never be completed or demolished because of the costs involved?

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Construction[edit]

This article could be turned into (or work alongside) one that looks at unfinished construction in general, including boats and planes that were started but never completed. violet/riga (t) 14:53, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

FYI, there is a section in the unfinished work article for architecture, construction, and engineering that mentions an unfinished ship, among other projects. —smably 19:04, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, thanks - I wrote that bit earlier. violet/riga (t) 19:10, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, right. Sorry. —smably 19:12, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No no - it was worthy of mention, so thanks. violet/riga (t) 19:21, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mexico?[edit]

My understanding is that unfinished houses are quite common in Mexico, as the tax code provides for a lower tax rate for unfinished homes - when new concrete block homes are built, they leave rebar sticking out of the roof so as to plausibly claim that the building will support another floor, pending additional funds. Might be worthy of research. See: [1] for example.--Kharker 03:36, 23 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

So is the case in many European countries too, is that worth a section, or should this arcticle focus on single subjects, i.e. (more or less) famous buildings? Vivo (talk) 22:51, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Cathedral of Saint John[edit]

Referring to the Cathedral of Saint John, the introductory phrase to the second category clearly states that a building is in either one or the other of those to categories, but not both. For something to be in both categories, at least change that phrase.

Winchester Mystery House[edit]

this house was finishedSerialjoepsycho (talk) 07:21, 6 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

"Perennially"[edit]

The question is whether the word "perennially", in the following sentence, is necessary/useful:

"One of the best-known perennially incomplete buildings is Antoni Gaudí's Sagrada Família in Barcelona, a church that has been under construction since 1882, and that is now expected to be complete in 2026."

Here's the definition of perenially: "lasting or existing for a long or apparently infinite time; enduring or continually recurring"

There is nothing about the church construction that has lasts for a "infinite" time. Nor is the fact that it is unfinished make its situation "continually recurring" - it's not as if anyone says "Today is October 2nd; nope, it's still not done - put up another chalk mark."

My second objection to including the word "perennially" is that it adds zero information to the sentence. The sentence makes it clear that the building has been under construction for more than 130 years. Some readers may conclude that (despite the definition above) that this is a "perennial" project, and others (myself included) may conclude that the word doesn't fit, but regardless, the word itself conveys no information that isn't already in the sentence. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 16:32, 2 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Here's the definition of perenially: "lasting or existing for a long or apparently infinite time..." Please notice the conjunction "or".

The church has been incomplete for a really long time.

Now, the whole notability of this example is that it has been incomplete for REALLY long time, and the adjective conveys this idea. What is more, this adjective is used in quite a few reliable sources. Staszek Lem (talk) 20:23, 2 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]