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Originally Posted by Innsertnamehere
I mean that’s more or less what they seem to be trying next door, the podium will be brick.. but the big problem is that they hired the craptacular architects that are G+C. So of course they are going to screw it up. G+C doesn’t have a “good” building in their portfolio.
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I just find it sad that nothing new seems to reflect a nice amount of detail oriented craftsmanship - I mean yeah they could have added some nice pillar elements to the entrance of the olympia club - I mean they did some fancy brickwork on the building next door.
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Originally Posted by Dr Awesomesauce
But what would make anyone think these two buildings were worth saving? That's the point. Underneath all that grime and neglect is a thing of beauty that we couldn't possibly replace. A restored Kresge's, with the deco embellishments rebuilt, would have been fabulous!
Who knows what the new facades on King will look like? They'll most certainly be outshone by these beauties. Trust me.  |
I am not particularly looking forward to the brick facade designs of the building going up next door - personally I am a huge fan of combining old with new - the courthouse imo is a brilliant example of that - stone artisan design elements (slight recessed designs) combined with glass and some modern elements - old with new.
I think for me I just hold the downtown core to a higher quality of aesthetic - not a huge fan of ellen faircloud style prison-like architecture.
Then again architectural designs change so much even as the project is being completed I am not even convinced what we have seen will even be the final result.
As for kresges.. like the olympia club it would have to have been entirely gutted and rebuilt - aside from the curved glass which is very rare to still see in hamilton, there wasn't anything that could really be salvaged from it facade wise.
If the entire thing had been recreated in say a yellow facade with the art deco elements being recreated in say, black and silver, and maybe gold, that could have looked real sharp.
It doesn't take much to make a building shine- a slight design element here and there, a cornice, a splash of colour - I just find new architecture rather uninspiring, but core urban is at least a light in that dark tunnel of mediocrity.
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