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interchange42
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Hmm. I have to say Tdot, I'm not in your camp on this one.
Gehry has talent. It took him a lot of hard work and courage to push for his designs. Now he has an enviable reputation that helps him get his avant garde designs built. While he still has to overcome obstacles to do that (for example, building codes are pushed past their limits by his designs), he may not need quite as much courage as he did before he 'had a name'.
These guys, on the other hand... courage? Maybe they have it, but more than that I think this design shows that they are just plain out-of-touch with the world around them, mainstream or avant-garde. I'm not saying you always have to follow the pack, and that there HAS to be some recognition of your art/design-work by an approved segment of society for it to actually be good, but damn, I declare this design to be clueless, and of no use whatsoever in propelling any kind of design aesthetic forward in Calgary.
This is a sore thumb that will always be a sore thumb until it's re-clad. Good luck keeping tenants if it actually looks like this when built, despite Calgary's tight market. For anyone who lives near this thing, and whose views it will soon dominate, well, there goes your neighbourhood.
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Gehry has talent. It took him a lot of hard work and courage to push for his designs. Now he has an enviable reputation that helps him get his avant garde designs built. While he still has to overcome obstacles to do that (for example, building codes are pushed past their limits by his designs), he may not need quite as much courage as he did before he 'had a name'.
These guys, on the other hand... courage? Maybe they have it, but more than that I think this design shows that they are just plain out-of-touch with the world around them, mainstream or avant-garde. I'm not saying you always have to follow the pack, and that there HAS to be some recognition of your art/design-work by an approved segment of society for it to actually be good, but damn, I declare this design to be clueless, and of no use whatsoever in propelling any kind of design aesthetic forward in Calgary.
This is a sore thumb that will always be a sore thumb until it's re-clad. Good luck keeping tenants if it actually looks like this when built, despite Calgary's tight market. For anyone who lives near this thing, and whose views it will soon dominate, well, there goes your neighbourhood.
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