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Originally Posted by Illithid Dude
This is why I don't like stucco. I am a hipster (  ) and stucco is used as an excuse and a cheat nowadays. I have seen nice stucco buildings. Pure Spanish Revival in stucco generally looks nice. Historic stucco buildings generally look nice. Sometimes, modern buildings using clean, smooth, stucco sparingly even look nice. However, 99% of buildings going up in L.A. use stucco in a poor manner. The worst place for stucco is downtown. Historically, downtown is built with stone and terrecotta. When stucco is placed next to these much more expensive materials, it looks cheap and out of place, even when done in a way that would look nice in another place. Yes, stucco has the capability to look nice, but when it comes to downtown, keep it out. |
I pretty much agree with everything you say. I definitely think stucco plays better on low and mid rise bldgs designed for residential. And I agree its most likely out of place downtown. When I was in LA, they weren't, to my knowledge, putting stucco on DTLA bldgs. To me, stucco in LA is like the overuse of reflective glass in cities like Dallas. Too much and it becomes trivialized and unattractive.
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