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Originally Posted by Justin7
How you view this probably just depends on your priorities. Personally think it needs a new architect.
Pros:
Good density for location
Ground floor retail
No parking
Cons:
Poor design
Breaks streetwall for ill-conceived plaza
Budget materials and lots of them
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Well put. A project can definitely be great in form/function, like this one, but still poorly designed aesthetically in terms of materials/articulation/visual interest, also like this one. Details like this are critical.
I know people tire of NYC comparisons, myself included, but there are so many great examples there as to how infill projects like this can be very well-designed in form and aesthetically. Here's are a couple random example:
I, for one, would love to see a moratorium on metal cladding. It's incredibly overused and is responsible for so much lazy architecture with no soul.