HHC
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Oh lord what the **** are they doing now.
yeah, not clear what the vertical window in the tower adds
Was slicing that vertical window into that section necessary? Blech.
Oh lord what the **** are they doing now.
From the moment I heard about the proposed electronic ticker at the top of the tower I felt that something wasn't right about their approach to reusing this attractive stone heritage building.
The circular tower that once housed the telescope of the original Meteorological building is reimagined with meeting spaces and a new glass clerestory to create a viewing platform.
It seems like it would have been more appropriate to create a set of windows similar to the old ones with a similar stone design enveloping the windows. This looks like the work of a bunch of hacks taking the easy way out. It's hardly impossible to match that stonework.
Not sure what you're on about here.
If they decided against mounting one of those rounded tickers on the tower, then it's good that they came to their senses.Its illuminated ticker tower, with content provided by a major media outlet, will make the school an attraction on its own and be a symbol, said Prof. Stein, of Canada looking outward to the world. Moreover, she said, the school is restoring the building, metaphorically, to its original purpose: as an observatory.
Why attempt to recreate the efforts of generations past? Because so long as we preserve their buildings, so long as we enjoy their aesthetic and respect their design, we have no reason not to when it comes a building they designed. In fact, how can we not speak their language if we're dealing with their architecture, not just as an addition, but the very facades they put up?Sure, but why attempt to replicate the efforts of generations past? The 'easy way out' you speak of smacks of the sort of sophomoric, dumbfoundingly-intransigent pedantry that Charles attempted to make the calling card of his Foundation, but which ironically delegitimized the operation as a whole. As you note, it would be 'hardly impossible' to recreate the stonework, but the broader capitulations that that would imply are hardly worth the effort.
I'm sorry I just don't like it. Why couldn't they just have left it alone?