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Originally Posted by Matt
Calgary shares the same natural color palette of Denver, yet they've managed to stay away from relying on earth tones to carry their skyline.
The argument that "This is Colorado, henceforth we shall drown ourselves in earth tones" is so provincial and short-sighted it doesn't deserve acknowledgement. Denver doesn't own the earth tone pallet, nor should we let it completely define us and limit architectural diversity.  |
A few things...
During the period a few years either side of 1980 earth tones weren't unique just to Denver. That was a period when earth tones were popular in general in the whole country. This period is when Denver had its high rise boom.
Calgary is built on oil & gas money. When oil money flows they spend money on nice things. Think of Houston or Devon Energy Center in OKC. Because of the development of "tar sands" Calgary grew substantially over the last 20 years. Tower development has been AWOL in Denver until just recently. The new towers and Denver Union Station neighborhood are not Colotecture for the most part.
Colorado/Denver has not had (and still doesn't) the home grown Fortune 500 companies that drive signature type buildings. Additionally, those that do exist became primarily residents of the SE Corridor at a time when that was the place to be. You can't demand architecture that nobody is willing to build and pay for.
Denver has precious little historical buildings and with LoDo, not giving it the middle finger with "modern" buildings was absolutely the right thing to do. With lower rise development (red) brick never goes out of style.
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Originally Posted by bunt_q
I like the colors. Colotecture is, incidentally, the color of Colorado. Not every modern city on the planet needs to look identical.
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I agree. Plus as more towers are built over time the overall appearance will change. Aside from cityscape photos, Colotecture at a human scale provides much more warmth. It's the appeal that older cities have as opposed to all that glass and steel.
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Originally Posted by Scottk
If you look at all the big towers currently under construction in Denver (1114, 1401, skyhouse, the confluence) they are all mostly glass towers, and none really scream colotecture. I don't think 999 17th looks bad at all, even if it is colotecture. 1 out of 5 isn't so bad
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Exactly.
Plus, as you also pointed out, the value of the street view and feel are more important.
enjo13... YEESS, that's what I'm talking about.
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