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Originally Posted by trueviking
You prefer the way it was before? I’m pretty happy with that renovation. The entire building is Corten steel and the new parkade screen and glass storefronts modernizes the look without being foreign.
The screen needs to be 50% open to let air through because it is a parkade. Closing it in is not a realistic option because it would cost a fortune to add the mechanical systems required to ventilate it.
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I personally hate the use of Corten for small-scale 'fussy' decorative elements with punched-out designs. I find it looks tacky, e.g.:
I really like it in certain applications, but only when it's at scale, and has a solid, monumental feeling that feels like it's part of the building rather than a decorative afterthought on, e.g.,
