12-15-2014, 01:19 PM
(12-12-2014, 06:59 PM)BuildingScout Wrote: Here's another one selected for being so out of context: A faux medieval timber and frame structure in the middle of the parking lot, next to a shopping mall, and half a block from award winning original architecture.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Remember that when the Atrium was built, there was no other award winning architecture nearby. Some parts of King Street in Waterloo looked like this: low-rise, people-focused, with independent shops and with nods to the other 19th-Century buildings in the area. Compared the newer sections of the Shops, this building has more charm.
As an aside, the Record recently wrote a piece of sponsored content about the building: "a boutique experience and sanctuary from the frenzy of malls and big-box stores."