02-26-2020, 12:16 PM
(02-26-2020, 11:17 AM)jamincan Wrote: 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.So it checked off one of item of your list the brick will definitely last longer than 10 years. Doesn't look good now so I can't see it looking good in 10 years, but it will not look decrepit like the stucco along the side. Street presence is non existent. It is has a large set back, 6m wide drive way garage entrance along queen, no commercial use. I guess there will be some people that don't use cars living in this building(any building in this location would have that) but they have built more than enough parking spaces for every residents. It doesn't have to be an innovative ground breaking design to look good. This building looks dated before it even finished. If i have to take a positive away from this project, more people downtown is a good thing.