Do any of these big developers try to build projects that benefit from being built at once, but look like they were built in many parts and styles over many years?
It's not really possible. Any project that tries to do this would inevitably build a romanticized portrayal of a style, not the actual style. Some people call it the Mad Men effect, or something similar to that, where a portrayal of the past - or the present, for that matter - tries so hard to be real that it's obviously fake.
It's not really possible. Any project that tries to do this would inevitably build a romanticized portrayal of a style, not the actual style. Some people call it the Mad Men effect, or something similar to that, where a portrayal of the past - or the present, for that matter - tries so hard to be real that it's obviously fake.
The Honest Ed's redevelopment probably comes the closest to that ideal. The lot is large and the architecture is consistently modern, but the form emulates narrow lots with fine-grained retail.it looks good for a master planned landscape, but never possible to emulate the amiable miscellany that people love about older neighbourhoods. Do any of these big developers try to build projects that benefit from being built at once, but look like they were built in many parts and styles over many years?
Now compare to Aqualina, where the whole concept of frames and water is ultimately muddled by the cheap exterior execution.
Meanwhile if you ask a purchaser of Aqualina he couldn't care less of whats behind there
Buildings affect more than just the people who live in them!Meanwhile if you ask a purchaser of Aqualina he couldn't care less of whats behind there