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umalt posted:For all of this poo poo-talking nobody has even posted a picture of the drat thing. I found a picture when it was first mentioned, but I was too much in shock to want to think about posting it. Both from the building, and its horrible, horrible website. I'm really glad my normal routes take me nowhere near that thing. My condolences to those who have to see it in person.
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This picture is a bit more flattering Still not great but at least they painted both halves. And it has some unusual lines as well. So at least they didn't just build two blocky buildings, put the windows in weird places, slap a whacky mural on one, and call it modern architecture.
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AKA Pseudonym posted:This picture is a bit more flattering
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I'm joking about it being a building designed for a 90’s sitcom; but it really feels futuristic, contemporary, and dated at the same time. As if the designer pulled out an old college project for their proposal. "This was designed for the future, it's the future, QED no need to update the design."
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Jun 30, 2018 23:21
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It looks like a pattern you'd see on deliberately ugly tights
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Jun 30, 2018 23:34
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 It might be an improvement. 
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Jun 30, 2018 23:35
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I just wanna know why they think I'm gonna wanna gently caress that building.
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Jun 30, 2018 23:37
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In a similar vein:
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See, that's at least fun and appealing; if extremely incongruous with it's neighborhood. It has a clear idea that the designer/artist wanted to get across. So that building is a delightful outsider art/children's illustration aesthetic instead of a bizarre design that doesn't get anything across. Adeline Weishaupt has a new favorite as of 23:42 on Jun 30, 2018 |
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Jun 30, 2018 23:40
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That right there is a Rocko's Modern Life building.
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Jun 30, 2018 23:43
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Kind of reminds me of Bolivia's native-influenced architecture:  That has an earnest kitschy charm to it, though.
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Phlegmish posted:Kind of reminds me of Bolivia's native-influenced architecture: Yeah, both of those own.
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Jun 30, 2018 23:46
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I don't even get why it's called the Fair Haired Dumbbell, though? Like, yeah, it's vaguely dumbbell shaped if you squint hard enough, but it's not even blonde? I was expecting it to be yellow, not something culled from Deep Dream.
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Phlegmish posted:Kind of reminds me of Bolivia's native-influenced architecture: Shut your mouth, these are loving awesome.
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JacquelineDempsey posted:I don't even get why it's called the Fair Haired Dumbbell, though? Like, yeah, it's vaguely dumbbell shaped if you squint hard enough, but it's not even blonde? I was expecting it to be yellow, not something culled from Deep Dream. I think the architect needs to get laid.
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i'm surprised there isnt more demand for space in that building, 'cause if you're inside it its the one place around where you won't have to look at the loving thing
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umalt posted:For all of this poo poo-talking nobody has even posted a picture of the drat thing. I like the unpainted side.
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Jul 1, 2018 10:51
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Perestroika posted:In a similar vein: Randaconda posted:Yeah, both of those own.
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umalt posted:For all of this poo poo-talking nobody has even posted a picture of the drat thing. I feel like if you walked by, you'd find Mark-Paul Gosselaar trying to climb in a window, shouting about how this hole was made for him.
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Jul 1, 2018 10:56
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The irregularly sized windows are what loving ruin it for me, they’re terrible.
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Jul 1, 2018 11:41
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Beachcomber posted:I like the unpainted side.
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Pirate Radar posted:The irregularly sized windows are what loving ruin it for me, they’re terrible. Imagine what it must look like from the inside.
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Beachcomber posted:I like the unpainted side. Lotus_pod.bldg
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Its actually not as bad as I was imagining. From its name, I was picturing some really badly proportioned H-shaped building in that bland, generic all-glass cladding in like yellow or straw or something.
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I was picturing Peachtree Center in Atlanta which has two brutalistic looking towers with a walkway between them. It’s the ugliest most uncomfortable building I’ve ever had the displeasure to work in and I would literally tattoo that poo poo on my back before I had to work in that blond dumbbell abomination. That’s not the ugliest building I’ve ever seen, but it’s probably the ugliest building I’ve ever seen built by people who should have known better. 
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Krispy Wafer posted:I was picturing Peachtree Center in Atlanta It reminds me of the Peach Trees building in Dredd - welp, time to rewarch!
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Jul 2, 2018 02:21
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That walkway is literally giving me anxiety
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Waffleman_ posted:That walkway is literally giving me anxiety I like to think it doesn't connect to anything and it's just there for convenience.
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Jul 3, 2018 07:04
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Jesus, I thought the TVA towers in Knoxville were ugly. Peachtree has them beat, easily.
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ChickenOfTomorrow posted:i'm surprised there isnt more demand for space in that building, 'cause if you're inside it its the one place around where you won't have to look at the loving thing Marketing targeted at Guy de Maupassant.
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Krispy Wafer posted:I was picturing Peachtree Center in Atlanta which has two brutalistic looking towers with a walkway between them. It’s the ugliest most uncomfortable building I’ve ever had the displeasure to work in and I would literally tattoo that poo poo on my back before I had to work in that blond dumbbell abomination.
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GWBBQ posted:Sorry, but I love it. It's Modern Brutalism and loving it is the correct response.
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Memento posted:It's Modern Brutalism and loving it is the correct response. No. It looks decent on the outside but there's probably a bunch of unpleasant, architecturally garbage poo poo on the inside.
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Memento posted:It's Modern Brutalism and loving it is the only response citizen. FTFY
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Every time someone starts talking about how great Brutalism/Frank Geary/Daniel Libeskind poo poo is they never bring up how many of these buildings are utter hell for the people who actually live or work in them. It's like they think aesthetics are more important that being fit for use.
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:Every time someone starts talking about how great Brutalism/Frank Geary/Daniel Libeskind poo poo is they never bring up how many of these buildings are utter hell for the people who actually live or work in them. It's like they think aesthetics are more important that being fit for use. That's an absolutely fair criticism. Most of them are not just design nightmares on the inside but have issues with heating and cooling and general ventilation.
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"Oh, sure, it melts the nearby sidewalks, but it looks fantastic when you can look at it without blinding yourself!"
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The outside is alright if you like brutalism (and I do). I don't like the fact the architect is considered some kind of demigod in the city because the buildings just aren't that good and the interiors are hideous. They even named a nearby street after him. I worked in a first floor bank and everything was just uncomfortable and sterile while simultaneously looking dirty. The basement is a depressing urban mall. "Oh, it's 2018 - all malls are depressing!". No, this was 1998 when I worked there. It was terrible. But the final straw was the fact a prestige building like this with tons of leased space on the 1st floor somehow didn't have a bathroom I could use. I hated that fucker John Portman every time I had to take an elevator to the 4th floor to piss. Here's another view of the complex of buildings.  I will say he could design a drat good atrium though. 
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Krispy Wafer posted:I will say he could design a drat good atrium though. Was there an array of exotic eggs in this room and the corpse of some alien?
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Waffleman_ posted:Was there an array of exotic eggs in this room and the corpse of some alien? My prom was held there. So...a bunch of sweaty teenagers in cummerbunds and some later regrets. Still better than Alien Covenant.
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