I actual think that looks cool lol
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What a boondoggle. Heavily suggests that the stone tiles are falling off the facade and that is being put up for pedestrian protection
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Rbrome called it. These tiles suck.
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Lol another great prediction
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There were early indications of this happening; which was posted here in this very thread.
Scroll up the thread to see several good photos -
What can I say⌠
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This forum should maintain a âtop tenâ list of ugliest new buildings each year. This one could easily end up number 1. Itâs awful.
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It is beautiful.
Funny how differently people can have completely different views regarding the aesthetics/attractiveness of a given work of Architecture.
That tile facade issue will be a relatively simple matter to fix given the overall success of this project.
Take a look at the video on this website, and view some of the amazing work done on the interiors: you may come away with a different opinion. FX always does good work IMHOâŚcheers
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It is alright. With better materials, the base would have been very nice
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The architectural concept might be beautiful, but a building which will likely never spend more than a few months of its lifespan at a time without a sidewalk shed is, ipse facto, hideous and a detriment to the neighborhood. The facade engineer absolutely s*** the bed on this project and basic aluminum rain screen would have been superior to whatever this value engineered, millimeters-thick stone cladding is. It is 2024 and these panels were first falling apart in 2019â so they have been working on these defective units for five years without successâŚ
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Yes you are correct, and there are two different issues to be addressed.
I am thinking of a way to express the merits of the design âconceptâ - to use your term.
There is the âformâ and then the âfunctionâ - the architects (in interior designers in this case) had to address both issues.
Here on this forum, we mostly address âform/aestheticsâ of the building âdesign conceptâ.
I do not find the aesthetics of this building to be âawfulâ by any stretch of the imagination. For example; I think of the aesthetic aspect of any architectural design as being a work of art such as a painting or sculpture. So, I have this personal method of âevaluatingâ the aesthetics/form.
Here is how I go about my CRITIQUE. Some paintings/sculptures would only merit being shown at a craft fare; others are worthy of being featured in a museum of modern art. That is basically my criteria between Architecture with a capital A, and simply good (or generic) architecture.
My point was - this is a fine design âconceptâ - Architecture with a capital A. 
Digging into the archive for more info on this project: these are just a couple of fantastic posts by RW. We miss him. 
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