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Originally Posted by bunt_q
Are you sure that's Calgary? It looks just like Vancouver. Or any of 30 mid-sized Asian cities. Or frankly, Houston or Atlanta, who also have Skyhouses that look just like Glasshouses. I don't think earthtones make Denver provincial any more than a city not surrounding itself with Levittowns 70 years ago would've been backwards and old fashioned. Just because you like every architectural fad of the day doesn't mean riding that bandwagon is the only road to greatness. Sooner or later all glass starts to look the same too.
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It's not so much a fad, and for as long as I've been following, Denver has never been widely celebrated for its architecture. Most will acknowledge - even Jennifer Moulton when I met her in person - that Denver's skyline blows chunks and is pretty dismal and depressing. A great city otherwise, but the skyline does not reflect the vibrance of our downtown or the passion of the people who live here.
Pose the question on this forum to people living in Calgary, Toronto, Minneapolis, Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Seattle - all cities with great skylines. Tell them that their skylines "look just like the others". I'd really love to see the feedback you receive. Nothing wrong with architectural diversity, and Denver is missing out on so many new and emerging schools of high-rise design. Denver doesn't deserve anything less than an amazing skyline. We've come this far from being that settlement on the Platte. It's time to look the part.
Also, what when - if "Colotechture" (which is the fad you're really referring to) becomes dated and goes out of style, relegated to the architectural garbage heap by successive generations? Imagine a downtown full of "Brady Bunch" houses. We'd be the laughing stock of the world.
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