2024-12-22T04:31:35-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/132873614/art-college-professor-suggests-makeover-for-brutalist-boston-city-hall Alexander Walter 2015-07-27T13:26:00-04:00 >2022-02-15T11:35:48-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/8p/8pu7qhvkqo00i6qe.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Some architects consider the design a stunning example of the modern Brutalist style, but for many Bostonians it&rsquo;s the building they have long loved to hate. [...] why can&rsquo;t we make changes that are easily reversible, while simultaneously acting to protect and preserve the structure? Here&rsquo;s one simple, obvious and cost-effective solution: Sheath the building with a tinted glass curtain wall &mdash; but not to create another modernist glass box.</p></em><br /><br /><p>Related:</p><ul><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/37622653/how-boston-city-hall-was-born" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How Boston City Hall was born</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/52493340/gerhard-kallmann-brutalist-architect-dies-at-97" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gerhard Kallmann, Brutalist Architect, Dies at 97</a></li></ul>