The wraps are starting to come off 2 Columbus Circle, which will be reborn this fall as the Museum of Art and Design. Although it remains within the dimensions and footprint of the original, the structure, formerly home to the Huntington Hartford Museum, has been fundamentally changed inside and out — and the city is much the poorer for that. NYSun | Curbed | Allied Works Architecture
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I actually liked the "Lollipop buildings" old facade.
While i am the first to not focus exclusively on facade. I did think Allied Works renovation would leave an exterior if not better than the original, at least better than what they have made..
As Curbed put it. The renderings (as is so often the case) do not match the reality.
i don't know if i'll agree with this author or not, in the end. i DID like the e.d.stone building too, but i also enjoy cloepfil's work very much.
all i know right now is that the author and i come from very different places, after reading this comment: While every completed building looks better than it looked under construction...
every architect knows it's the opposite, right?!
Right on, Steven.
i love the simplicity and strength of the proportions of the original building, and wish so much that the new design would've drawn inspiration from that...
from the photographs, the new building lacks visual depth and strength...
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