Whats your favorite building along your commute to work? I like the circular opening to the balcony on this building. It’s kinda funky.
Archlandia
Mar 31, 20 3:04 am
probably this one. Hotel project by ZGF. The metal cladding looks sort of like folded paper or some fibrous fabric in person and the details are nicely done. Just a clean building
White_Snowman
Mar 31, 20 4:14 am
Real cool. I like that short vertical break in the middle. Not related to the building but I love those street lamps too.
tduds
Mar 31, 20 1:07 pm
It appears we have the same favorite building (and similar commute!). The new Gladys McCoy building (also by ZGF, they're killin' it lately) is a contender for 2nd in that neighborhood.
tduds
Mar 31, 20 1:10 pm
Not many good images of the finished product (yet)...
Archlandia
Mar 31, 20 5:28 pm
I haven't seen this in person yet actually... always interested from the renderings though! I always head down the park blocks from Glisan before I get to it (coming from NW) might have to sneak out of quarantine for a glimpse.
Non Sequitur
Mar 31, 20 6:09 am
This one might be more familiar to some...
but my favorite is this:
1890 Queen Anne Revival
White_Snowman
Mar 31, 20 6:36 am
Those windows on the Queen Anne are something else. What do you call a window like that? Kind of like a mini bay window.
White_Snowman
Mar 31, 20 6:36 am
Those windows on the Queen Anne are something else. What do you call a window like that? Kind of like a mini bay window.
White_Snowman
Mar 31, 20 6:36 am
Also the history of Centre Block is pretty interesting. Especially with the fire and all that.
Non Sequitur
Mar 31, 20 6:48 am
The arched windows at grade are more impressive in person and you can see the road slope up (towards the parliament east block). TIL, this one is the most ornate building in this style in Canada. (https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/pages/32_queen_anne.aspx)
leonizer
Mar 31, 20 10:22 am
Pass by this each drive to work.
SneakyPete
Mar 31, 20 11:43 am
love this one
liberty bell
Apr 1, 20 6:56 am
That’s wonderful!
archanonymous
Mar 31, 20 11:52 am
One of my three commute routes:
SneakyPete
Mar 31, 20 12:04 pm
Love, love, love the inside of this building on the ground floor.
Non Sequitur
Mar 31, 20 12:15 pm
Love this one.
Back in like 2005, me and my budies were on a cross NA road trip and stop by Chicago for a few days. No-one understood why I made everyone stop as I marvelled at this grey block. My wife was equally confused when I took her there many years later.
White_Snowman
Mar 31, 20 6:36 pm
What about this building makes it so special? I do like the bay windows. Makes kind of an undulating surface when you look at it in a certain way.
Haha I never went to school for architecture and I’m just now getting into it. Interesting stuff!
midlander
Apr 1, 20 10:37 am
a relatively large number of small architects offices in that building. kind of a magnet for them due to the combination of central location, interesting provenance, and low rent due to the old elevators and quirky spaces.
Orhan Ayyüce
Apr 6, 20 7:16 pm
As a traveling studio in 1980 from sciarc about dozen of us stayed in partially empty Monadnock building for two weeks in our sleeping bags on the whole 14th floor. I had views of the Mies and Picasso and the fucking jail. One of the classmates had a connection to the owner's friends or something.
OneLostArchitect
Mar 31, 20 1:28 pm
Since I was laid off due to COVID-19... this is part of my commute I guess...
White_Snowman
Mar 31, 20 6:37 pm
Big oof, sorry that happened to you. Never a bad time to study some industrial design though.
midlander
Apr 1, 20 10:35 am
i pass by a lot of fantastic buildings walking from the subway, but in keeping with the OP this one stands out for its peculiar mishmash of features and styles. incompetent yet lovely.
archanonymous
Apr 6, 20 3:33 pm
lovely
joseffischer
Apr 1, 20 10:53 am
Yeah... not going to post a picture of my hallway to living room/kitchenette/converted office, sorry. I do like the building tho.
edlcm09
Apr 5, 20 4:30 pm
About 10 years ago I did an internship in Ahmedabad, India. I would see this everyday on my tuk tuk ride.
sameolddoctor
Apr 6, 20 6:40 pm
The Mill Owners' Building is truly epic. Lots of good times spent there...
atelier nobody
Apr 6, 20 1:47 pm
I love buildings that are transitional between different styles, or that have elements of different styles juxtaposed. This one is a mishmosh, but the overall composition comes together beautifully, IMNSHO.
zonker
Apr 6, 20 2:03 pm
Ed Roberts Campus - Ashby Berkeley BART station - Leddy Maytum Stacy
JLC-1
Apr 6, 20 2:11 pm
when I used to commute, this is what I looked at most of the time
tduds
Apr 6, 20 2:21 pm
Just remembered a real gem I used to bus past when I lived in Boston.
That’s a lovely building. Do you think the wood slats and slate shingles are supposed to effect the look of books? The slats sort of look like the pages of a book and the facade look sort of like books on a shelf. Pretty to look at.
tduds
Apr 7, 20 10:58 am
That may have been an inspiration... but even if it is, I think they did a nice job of not forcing the metaphor. The materials work honestly, with a little wink of reference.
OddArchitect
Apr 6, 20 2:30 pm
One of my views on my bike ride into the office.
JLC-1
Apr 6, 20 2:41 pm
you live/work in palisades? snowmass village here.
tduds
Apr 6, 20 5:18 pm
What a butte.
OddArchitect
Apr 7, 20 9:46 am
I live / work in Grand Junction. I can see the Monument, Bookcliffs, Grand Mesa, and Mt. Garfield on my way to a from work.
archanonymous
Apr 7, 20 10:29 am
Beautiful country but the architecture can't measure up to the landscape which is why I moved.
tduds
Apr 7, 20 10:57 am
I spent a night in Grand Junction once. Beautiful area. Kind of a seedy motel, though. I should've camped but forgot to research - this was pre smartphones so I didn't want to take my chances & run into a Walter White RV out in the hinterlands.
OddArchitect
Apr 7, 20 10:58 am
I don't think the architecture should measure up to the landscape. For that to happen the built environment would have to overtake the landscape. I agree that the quality of the architecture here has plenty of room for improvement. We're doing our best to make that improvement. Regardless I moved here for the outdoors, not for the architecture.
Whats your favorite building along your commute to work? I like the circular opening to the balcony on this building. It’s kinda funky.
probably this one. Hotel project by ZGF. The metal cladding looks sort of like folded paper or some fibrous fabric in person and the details are nicely done. Just a clean building
Real cool. I like that short vertical break in the middle. Not related to the building but I love those street lamps too.
It appears we have the same favorite building (and similar commute!). The new Gladys McCoy building (also by ZGF, they're killin' it lately) is a contender for 2nd in that neighborhood.
Not many good images of the finished product (yet)...
I haven't seen this in person yet actually... always interested from the renderings though! I always head down the park blocks from Glisan before I get to it (coming from NW) might have to sneak out of quarantine for a glimpse.
This one might be more familiar to some...
but my favorite is this:
1890 Queen Anne Revival
Those windows on the Queen Anne are something else. What do you call a window like that? Kind of like a mini bay window.
Those windows on the Queen Anne are something else. What do you call a window like that? Kind of like a mini bay window.
Also the history of Centre Block is pretty interesting. Especially with the fire and all that.
The arched windows at grade are more impressive in person and you can see the road slope up (towards the parliament east block). TIL, this one is the most ornate building in this style in Canada. (https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/pages/32_queen_anne.aspx)
Pass by this each drive to work.
love this one
That’s wonderful!
One of my three commute routes:
Love, love, love the inside of this building on the ground floor.
Love this one.
Back in like 2005, me and my budies were on a cross NA road trip and stop by Chicago for a few days. No-one understood why I made everyone stop as I marvelled at this grey block. My wife was equally confused when I took her there many years later.
What about this building makes it so special? I do like the bay windows. Makes kind of an undulating surface when you look at it in a certain way.
You should have learned about this building in your architecture history course. "The tallest load-bearing brick building ever constructed..." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monadnock_Building
Haha I never went to school for architecture and I’m just now getting into it. Interesting stuff!
a relatively large number of small architects offices in that building. kind of a magnet for them due to the combination of central location, interesting provenance, and low rent due to the old elevators and quirky spaces.
As a traveling studio in 1980 from sciarc about dozen of us stayed in partially empty Monadnock building for two weeks in our sleeping bags on the whole 14th floor. I had views of the Mies and Picasso and the fucking jail. One of the classmates had a connection to the owner's friends or something.
Since I was laid off due to COVID-19... this is part of my commute I guess...
Big oof, sorry that happened to you. Never a bad time to study some industrial design though.
i pass by a lot of fantastic buildings walking from the subway, but in keeping with the OP this one stands out for its peculiar mishmash of features and styles. incompetent yet lovely.
lovely
Yeah... not going to post a picture of my hallway to living room/kitchenette/converted office, sorry. I do like the building tho.
About 10 years ago I did an internship in Ahmedabad, India. I would see this everyday on my tuk tuk ride.
The Mill Owners' Building is truly epic. Lots of good times spent there...
I love buildings that are transitional between different styles, or that have elements of different styles juxtaposed. This one is a mishmosh, but the overall composition comes together beautifully, IMNSHO.
Ed Roberts Campus - Ashby Berkeley BART station - Leddy Maytum Stacy
when I used to commute, this is what I looked at most of the time
Just remembered a real gem I used to bus past when I lived in Boston.
http://www.machado-silvetti.com/PORTFOLIO/allston/index.php
That’s a lovely building. Do you think the wood slats and slate shingles are supposed to effect the look of books? The slats sort of look like the pages of a book and the facade look sort of like books on a shelf. Pretty to look at.
That may have been an inspiration... but even if it is, I think they did a nice job of not forcing the metaphor. The materials work honestly, with a little wink of reference.
One of my views on my bike ride into the office.
you live/work in palisades? snowmass village here.
What a butte.
I live / work in Grand Junction. I can see the Monument, Bookcliffs, Grand Mesa, and Mt. Garfield on my way to a from work.
Beautiful country but the architecture can't measure up to the landscape which is why I moved.
I spent a night in Grand Junction once. Beautiful area. Kind of a seedy motel, though. I should've camped but forgot to research - this was pre smartphones so I didn't want to take my chances & run into a Walter White RV out in the hinterlands.
I don't think the architecture should measure up to the landscape. For that to happen the built environment would have to overtake the landscape. I agree that the quality of the architecture here has plenty of room for improvement. We're doing our best to make that improvement. Regardless I moved here for the outdoors, not for the architecture.
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