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Sydney's new 'paper bag' building. What do you think?

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I like it,
a lot,
sure beats;

Cube top, squared off
Eight corners, 90-degree angles
Flat top, stares straight ahead
Stock parts, blockhead.
Devo.
 
timofred said:
I like it,
a lot,
sure beats;

Cube top, squared off
Eight corners, 90-degree angles
Flat top, stares straight ahead
Stock parts, blockhead.
Devo.
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or

Little boxes on the hillside,
Little boxes made of ticky tacky
Little boxes on the hillside,
Little boxes all the same,
There's a pink one and a green one
And a blue one and a yellow one
And they're all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same

Malvina Reynolds
 
bhundu said:
or

Little boxes on the hillside,
Little boxes made of ticky tacky
Little boxes on the hillside,
Little boxes all the same,
There's a pink one and a green one
And a blue one and a yellow one
And they're all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same

Malvina Reynolds
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A showcase for the hypocrisy of Pete Seeger, a so called progressive looking down his nose at the housing of the common man. Phony bastard.
 
timofred said:
I like it,
a lot,
sure beats;

Cube top, squared off
Eight corners, 90-degree angles
Flat top, stares straight ahead
Stock parts, blockhead.
Devo.
Click to expand...

Perfect description.. couldn't get any more de-evolutionized than a building like these...

No a cheap building to build though.. the more curves you got, the faster the price inflates...
 
I think it's ugly. I really dislike his work. The Peter B. Lewis Building in Cleveland is an eyesore. It looks like someone crumpled up a wad of tin foil and threw it at the campus. Or an airplane wreck. Inside it looks like something out of "The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari."
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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari:
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It's interesting and refreshing as a first look, afterwards rather an assault on the eyes. The maintainability and livability of those buildings is something an owner will be very much aware of.
 
Reminds me a bit of "The Dancing Building" in Prague, by Vlado Milunić and Frank Gehry. As interesting as it is to see, there are dozens of more beautiful traditional buildings in Prague.

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I think it's a wonderful creation. I wouldn't build it, but I'm glad there's still enough whimsy in the world to do these kind of buildings. It'll get torn down just like every other building one day- it's all transient in any case, just like we are.

It's a talking point and thinking point- something most building are not.
 
Hyperion said:
It's interesting and refreshing as a first look, afterwards rather an assault on the eyes. The maintainability and livability of those buildings is something an owner will be very much aware of.
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I agree. I can appreciate the desire to do something different, and it is different. However, it is only cool for a short bit before it begins to clash too much with it's surroundings. Visual appeal has to go beyond the individual public building and fit into the whole.
 
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