10-08-2015, 02:47 PM
(10-08-2015, 09:11 AM)MidTowner Wrote: I can't say that I like it. It seems a long way off from simple and sophisticated; at first glance, there just seems to be too much going on. It's hard to tell, though.
I love the idea of the house being preserved in the lobby. It's hard to understand why this effort would be taken with a structure with no designation, and I wouldn't be chocked if someone is surprised by the cost and it is cut. If it were to be done, though, that would set a great precedent for preservation of honest-to-goodness heritage buildings in this way in the future, which would be great.
Simple and sophisticated..... Why is it so hard to put a nice simple building design together? Why does it need to have so much going on?
I think of 1 Victoria which imo nails that - simple and won't look dated in 5 years due to a bad material choice (I hope).