02-26-2020, 11:17 AM
I'm strongly in the camp that architecturally interesting is nowhere close to the top of my list on criteria for judging a building. Materials are important in so much as it doesn't look decrepit in 10 years. Street-presence is important. Does it have facilities for people who don't use cars? Is there mixed-use, especially in urban areas? Fundamentally a building needs to be functional before it's beautiful. I think it can also look nice without being ground-breaking or innovative in design. There's a wide range between poor design and innovative design and I think it's reasonable to expect satisfactory, which this surely is. I'd even go so far as saying it's good.