http://michael-e.com/2009/03/order-repetition-stability-in-architecture/ Krazy Science, Technology and Paranormal Crap Sun, 17 Jul 2011 22:53:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://michael-e.com/2009/03/order-repetition-stability-in-architecture/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Keith Traywick Sun, 03 May 2009 06:04:00 +0000 http://michael-e.com/?p=6#comment-7 I used to think I liked modernist architecture but the soothing order repetition and stability quickly bored me to tears. Please give me all the mish mash of angles and let my mind delight in the structural ingenuity it took to make it stand up. Nothing puts me in a bad mood faster than knowing an Architect ripped the client up one side and down the other by giving them an agrandized shoebox that is supposed to be "modern" style. I used to work for one of the largest firms in the country who I won't mention here, and their mantra was "we don't get sued for ugly" You would think when the fees are 11 million bucks on a project you could do something more interesting than a shoebox with curtain wall christmas wrap. I used to think I liked modernist architecture but the soothing order repetition and stability quickly bored me to tears. Please give me all the mish mash of angles and let my mind delight in the structural ingenuity it took to make it stand up. Nothing puts me in a bad mood faster than knowing an Architect ripped the client up one side and down the other by giving them an agrandized shoebox that is supposed to be “modern” style. I used to work for one of the largest firms in the country who I won’t mention here, and their mantra was “we don’t get sued for ugly” You would think when the fees are 11 million bucks on a project you could do something more interesting than a shoebox with curtain wall christmas wrap.

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