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  • Joe (SoCal)
    Banned
    • Feb 2002
    • 46431

    Architecture - former Brutalist eyesore is now a swank office space

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  • Figment
    Gluten Enthusiast
    • Dec 2001
    • 13633

    #2
    Re: Architecture - former Brutalist eyesore is now a swank office space

    I'm not entirely convinced that it's an aesthetic improvement to the neighborhood (they really could have done SOMETHING other than glass at the corners), but the curtainwall guys did an excellent job of selling it to the landlord!
    People today will buy a car with square wheels as long as the steering wheel is heated.

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    • Joe (SoCal)
      Banned
      • Feb 2002
      • 46431

      #3
      Re: Architecture - former Brutalist eyesore is now a swank office space

      I know that building and it was supremely ugly before. Way more functional and in keeping with the Hi-Line Renaissance in the hood.

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      • Keith Wilson
        Trying to be reasonable
        • Oct 1999
        • 64110

        #4
        Re: Architecture - former Brutalist eyesore is now a swank office space

        Well, it no longer looks like the world's largest bunker; that has to be an improvement .
        "For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations,
        for nature cannot be fooled."

        Richard Feynman

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        • SKIP KILPATRICK
          Senior Member
          • Jan 2013
          • 13573

          #5
          Re: Architecture - former Brutalist eyesore is now a swank office space

          I think it's much better. The old one looked like a WWII Berlin air-raid blockhouse.

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          • SKIP KILPATRICK
            Senior Member
            • Jan 2013
            • 13573

            #6
            Re: Architecture - former Brutalist eyesore is now a swank office space

            Originally posted by mmd
            I will reserve judgement until our Oz architecture expert comes along and tells me what my opinion should be...

            Too soon!
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            • Canoez
              Did I say that out loud?
              • Sep 2007
              • 20611

              #7
              Re: Architecture - former Brutalist eyesore is now a swank office space

              Originally posted by Joe (SoCal)






              Dang. They screwed up the set for the next installment of Blade Runner.
              "The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails."
              -William A. Ward

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              • Rum_Pirate
                Banned
                • Apr 2007
                • 22881

                #8
                Re: Architecture - former Brutalist eyesore is now a swank office space

                This treatment would look better

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                • Nicholas Scheuer
                  Senior Member
                  • Aug 2006
                  • 13579

                  #9
                  Re: Architecture - former Brutalist eyesore is now a swank office space

                  First association upon seeing #9 was Jack and the beanstalk. A home for 10,000 birds, fer'sure.

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                  • AlanMc
                    Senior Member
                    • Jul 2017
                    • 7631

                    #10
                    Re: Architecture - former Brutalist eyesore is now a swank office space

                    Originally posted by mmd
                    I will reserve judgement until our Oz architecture expert comes along and tells me what my opinion should be...


                    HAHAHA... me too.

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                    • Phil Y
                      Banned
                      • Apr 2010
                      • 21066

                      #11
                      Re: Architecture - former Brutalist eyesore is now a swank office space

                      I think it looks better. But I don't for a moment believe that birds aren't going to crap all over the upward facing glass.

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                      • TomF
                        Recalcitrant Heretic
                        • Jun 2003
                        • 50976

                        #12
                        Re: Architecture - former Brutalist eyesore is now a swank office space

                        Originally posted by Phil Y
                        I think it looks better. But I don't for a moment believe that birds aren't going to crap all over the upward facing glass.
                        My thoughts too.
                        If I use the word "God," I sure don't mean an old man in the sky who just loves the occasional goat sacrifice. - Anne Lamott

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                        • SKIP KILPATRICK
                          Senior Member
                          • Jan 2013
                          • 13573

                          #13
                          Re: Architecture - former Brutalist eyesore is now a swank office space

                          Originally posted by Phil Y
                          I think it looks better. But I don't for a moment believe that birds aren't going to crap all over the upward facing glass.
                          But they can't perch and crap! They just are going to have to do bombing runs.

                          The building I work in has ledges that birds can stand on. It is the only tall building for miles around. The turkey buzzards use the building as a perch and then ride the termal currents coming off the parking lot.

                          It really wakes you up when one of those big S.O.B.s miss judges his soaring circle and slams into the glass next to your desk.
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                          • Nanoose
                            Senior Member
                            • Mar 2006
                            • 10598

                            #14
                            Re: Architecture - former Brutalist eyesore is now a swank office space

                            Originally posted by Keith Wilson
                            Well, it no longer looks like the world's largest bunker; that has to be an improvement .
                            "And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music." Nietzsche

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                            • David G
                              Senior Member
                              • Dec 2003
                              • 89676

                              #15
                              Re: Architecture - former Brutalist eyesore is now a swank office space

                              Barring radical surgery/teardown... I think they made a nice adjustment.
                              David G
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