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Old Posted Sep 19, 2019, 5:47 PM
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Originally Posted by OldDartmouthMark View Post
Hmph! I think it's kind of cool - way more interesting than some block of brick and glass pretending to be 'modern', even though it's just the same technology that's been used for the past 50+ years.

Just don't take it as an exact replica of anything, but rather a variance of architecture with a nod to previous styles.

Of course, nobody will take it that way. I already know this.
To me anyways thats kind of where the problem starts. They've taken traditional architectural elements like quoins, pilasters, and capitals, and catroonized them down into their most ugly basic components, molded them out of styrofoam, and glued them onto a box with no rhyme or reason. Now I'd love to see more "nod[s] to previous styles" but I think it's got to be handled really carefully or else you end up Disneyfied versions of architecture, like this.
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