NEW YORK | NEW MUSEUM Rem Koolhaas 235 Bowery | 174 FT | 15 FLOORS

New York Completed
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glass facade going up

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Glazing

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Photos by Michael Young

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I’m surprised as how bad this looks in person - the silver trim looks tacky

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The existing portion of this place looks no better. This museum is extremely ugly.

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looks like a mess to me

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it looks even more fake

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including the so-called “art” inside the museum?

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Thanks for the update…this turned out pretty weird, dull, and lackluster compared to the renderings, but I’ll still hold out a little, teensy bit of hope for the end of construction.

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you are 100% right

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I also agree

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Zero dialogue between these structures.

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I don’t mind the overall form of the structures, I actually think they clash in an interesting way. I was looking forward to this based of the renderings. However, the execution of the cladding material quality just completely sucks on the new build. It should have been all mirror-like glass, and if not, at the very least, the glass should have been completely uniform in the front, whatever the quality chosen.

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