Critics have argued that big arts-building investments are vanity projects, or that private donors should finance community arts organizations or scholarships instead. — NYT
James S. Russell digs into the building boom on college campuses, where museums and arts centers are opening and expanding. Mostly an elite phenomenon (Stanford University is constructing a $235 million arts district), few state/public schools are able to afford the costs.
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Nice image above.
But I'm pretty sure it doesn't take an expensive new building to "mak[e] it possible for the human spirit to soar."
One word comes to mind when I see architecture by Renzo Piano: Greeble
"Greeble...is a fine detailing added to the surface of a larger object that makes it appear more complex, and therefore more visually interesting. It usually gives the audience an impression of increased scale. The detail can be made from simple geometric primitives (such as cylinders, cubes, and rectangles), or more complex shapes, such as pieces of machinery (sprockets, cables, tanks). Greebles are often present on models or drawings of fictional spacecraft or architectural constructs in science fiction and are used in the movie industry"
I'll take Greeble over what normally passes for slick. At least there's some detail to look at.
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