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Originally Posted by Steely Dan
chicago has always embraced the box, and i would guess that it always will.
boxes are economical and efficient, that's why so many of them get built.
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I don't have contempt for boxes but most are not interesting to me.
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Originally Posted by rlw777
To be clear my comment was not about boxy buildings in Chicago. Nor was I deriding the quality of BKL designs as is pretty clear from my assertion that the building will be well designed. Their designs are very solid and are also mostly forgettable. I'm not advocating for Miami, Dubai, or China here. But it would be nice to see bkl taking some more design risks.
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This is my view of this as well.