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Originally Posted by hauntedheadnc
That's the flaw that keeps Chicago's courthouse from really making an impact -- it's big and imposing, but a bit too dull. This courthouse in Milwaukee is what theirs should have been.
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i will have to respectfully disagree with you. the daley center isn't just my favorite work of architecture in chicago, it's probably my favorite building in the entire world. it's just so unrelentingly strong. the raw structure of those expressed 87' long cor-ten spandrel beams is nothing short of jaw-dropping. Jacques Brownson had some serious cojones to design a tower of such thorough and unashamed muscularity.
milwaukee's courthouse is certainly cool if you dig that neoclassical look, but i'll take one of planet earth's supreme examples of mid-century modernism over a run of the mill neoclassical beast any day.
milwaukee's courthouse is neat. the daley center is magical.