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Originally Posted by Jibba
This  , however, is decidedly unappealing. Until I see the floor plans of these apartments, I am going to contend that these buildings are aiming for avant garde in the most superficial of ways (they are composed of a bunch of random shapes and colors, but they still retain the basic high-rise archetype [at least from what I can see, more detailed plans could very well change my mind]), but they are falling very short. I know you didn't make any claims about them being avant garde or not; I'm just going off the name. |
yeah, i feel the same way. i posted this because the firm does
really great work. and i assumed that if i were to walk into these tower they'd be great. but i do agree the shapes and color seem, on the surface, rather trite.
although in they're actually not.
"...refers to a different Russian artist of the Avant-Garde movement of the early 20th century; Kandinsky, Rodchenko, Popova, Exter and Malevich."
this is not a firm that you'd see a 'let's be random' approach to anything.
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