Why do so many new buildings look as if nobody - not the owner, not the architect, not the builder - has poured any love or pride into them? They're aloof, they're oversized, and they're so under-designed they look like the carton the real building came in. Boston.com
I disagree. Robert Campbell's argument is flimsy, and his writing style is pretty terrible as well. He spoke at a symposium a few months ago here at MIT, and he seemed like a sharp guy, but I'm continually disappointed with his articles.
today that bank is a branch of some national superbank. Local pride does not come into play. The real bosses live in another part of the country. So if they build a bad building in Boston, they won't have to live with the embarrassment it might cause among their friends.
Think local! This gets right to the heart of the problem, in my mind. That along with a seriously uneducated public, of course.
A general fear of 'the new' in the built environment seems a likely culprit, as is the case in San Francisco (or a number of other cities with a fairly consistent historical fabric).
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I disagree. Robert Campbell's argument is flimsy, and his writing style is pretty terrible as well. He spoke at a symposium a few months ago here at MIT, and he seemed like a sharp guy, but I'm continually disappointed with his articles.
He wants standards to define what good modern architecture is. Wow, speechless.
Think local! This gets right to the heart of the problem, in my mind. That along with a seriously uneducated public, of course.
A general fear of 'the new' in the built environment seems a likely culprit, as is the case in San Francisco (or a number of other cities with a fairly consistent historical fabric).
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