NEW YORK | 501 + 515 West 18th St (Lantern House) | 250 FT | 21 FLOORS

F for fugly

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B for British and overdoing it.

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U is for U and Me!

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‘A’ for artistry. Any building that rises above the generic, value engineered, expediently constructed box gets a well deserved capital ‘A’ every time.

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Something very unique. Has character, and nothing like it in the city.


Credit: FC

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Agreed. Those replies made me laugh.

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It’s a great riff on the downtown industrial aesthetic mastered by Adjmi and Tamarkin.

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Love it.

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This will get better when the protective stuff on the windows comes off. It will perk up enormously.

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I hope so, i just walked by it last night and the film on it makes it look like its an old warehouse thats coming down instead of going up.

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you peoples are so serious :grinning:

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If the architecture profession has the fashion equivalent of ‘camp’ (as in the recent met gala fashion event) then I would describe this architectural aesthetic as CAMP. This is very interesting looking, bold, and totally out of the ordinary; delightful to behold. I is always great to see a building design that rises above the run-of-the-mill norm and does something special like this building.

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This reminds me of the top floor of this NYU building

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There is one thing that always bothered me about that facade design: each of those protruding bay windows look to me like elevator cabs - looking up I sort of expect one of them to start slowly decending down toward the lobby. The sort of elevators that are use in those massive hotel atriums; it is reminiscent of those type elevator cabs. However, that just me and a few others who may make the same wacky association. LOL

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that’s exactly what they look like (once you see it, can’t unsee it)

pity they are not elevators…would have been that building’s saving grace

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Not bad :man_shrugging:t2: I like the shape so far at least.

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seems topped out


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A couple weeks ago.

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Time for new Blinds…

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This building is stunning.

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