tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post3412418149105848417..comments2024-03-28T08:30:15.957+01:00Comments on Invisible Paris: The Folly of an ArchitectAdamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453626318828119830noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-196376317199046222009-04-20T16:51:00.000+02:002009-04-20T16:51:00.000+02:00Hey Adam your architectural sense is appreciative....Hey Adam your architectural sense is appreciative. People like me who have less understanding about architecture would not be able to find any flaw in the building, but after viewing it from your perspective I could point out a couple of flaws in it.Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7725154806633928919&postID=3412418149105848417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-20581740832711055082009-04-10T23:44:00.000+02:002009-04-10T23:44:00.000+02:00Adam, not sure who architect is for new Lincoln Ce...Adam, not sure who architect is for new Lincoln Center building. But it is pretty amazing, which surprised me. Very inviting..Ken Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09100185198750536244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-63659939767867818402009-04-10T12:46:00.000+02:002009-04-10T12:46:00.000+02:00Taste differs from one individual to another, but ...Taste differs from one individual to another, but also your own taste changes with the years (at least mine). For example I used to like Bofill (to whom Cergie is referring); a lot less today when I feel the "coldness" of his buildings behind Montparnasse and at Cergy. I agree with you that the building you show is clearly today not what I consider as an attractive one, but it makes me PeterParishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09694538476960957295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-81330597310200166312009-04-10T06:10:00.000+02:002009-04-10T06:10:00.000+02:00The wedge shape seems somewhat aggressive, as if i...The wedge shape seems somewhat aggressive, as if it were a building in a Monty Python skit, about to go trundling down the street crushing those in its path.ArtSparkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04875996639432864367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-78943320852208420612009-04-09T22:30:00.000+02:002009-04-09T22:30:00.000+02:00Gina and Starman: Looking at the picture from the ...Gina and Starman: Looking at the picture from the angle it was taken from, you would think that those are entrances, but they are closed up today. Perhaps this is one of the differences between the first 1930s building and the renovated building in the 1990s. The only entrance I have noticed is an anoymous side entrance.Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06453626318828119830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-86592130519647334522009-04-09T22:04:00.000+02:002009-04-09T22:04:00.000+02:00Yes, I didn't understand the reference to no entra...Yes, I didn't understand the reference to no entrance either because there clearly are at least three entrances visible in the first picture.Starmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12386841450183061541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-72127625886611139172009-04-09T18:00:00.000+02:002009-04-09T18:00:00.000+02:00I see a pared down more muscular art deco influenc...I see a pared down more muscular art deco influence, obviously to reflect the solidity and "trustworthiness" of an insurance company. The stepped back top levels helps in lightening its profile, but not enough to impart some proportionate grace. It would be interesting to tour the interior though!<BR/>[From your first photo, I do see an obvious entrance on the corner and two on the side, but not Gina Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03646101640191804629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-79067301656402733972009-04-09T17:15:00.000+02:002009-04-09T17:15:00.000+02:00Really interesting - I'm not sure how I feel about...Really interesting - I'm not sure how I feel about that building, but I find the Tour Espace 2000 case amazing. Poor residents!CarolineLDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00197813252586559665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-58986440828979091532009-04-09T12:46:00.000+02:002009-04-09T12:46:00.000+02:00Cergie: Si je peux te repondre en Anglais...I thin...Cergie: Si je peux te repondre en Anglais...<BR/>I think anybody's feeling towards a building will be a personal one and something visceral. Let me say immediately that I don't find this building ugly. In fact, it is impressively designed and executed, but I simply find it to be offensive. It's a hulking elephant skeleton plonked down onto a corner, taunting us with its fortress like solidity. Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06453626318828119830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-48207872785071107162009-04-09T09:37:00.000+02:002009-04-09T09:37:00.000+02:00En réalité je ne vois pas très bien ce que tu repr...En réalité je ne vois pas très bien ce que tu reproches à cet immeuble et pourquoi. Tu as sûrement une raison.<BR/>Je ne trouve guère de différence / celui de Madrid qui a une partie centrale en rotonde plus élevée c'est tout. Il y a des modes en architecture et cet immeuble correspond à l'époque mussolinienne sans doute.<BR/>Le pire est lorsqu'on en créé un type mussolinien hors de son époque, Cergiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14623905868861239570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-17762278837095242952009-04-09T02:15:00.000+02:002009-04-09T02:15:00.000+02:00surprsingly brutal for a building of that period.....surprsingly brutal for a building of that period..Ken Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09100185198750536244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-41200613140315258892009-04-08T23:14:00.000+02:002009-04-08T23:14:00.000+02:00How interesting that you attribute human character...How interesting that you attribute human characteristics to buildings. I guess I'm of a simpler mind-set. When I see a building (like 21 Rue de Châteaudun), I find it either pleasing or non-pleasing (and it is rare when a building even affects me as non-pleasing).<BR/><BR/>I also find it fascinating that a French court would find in favor of the "creators" as opposed to the "owners", unless of Starmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12386841450183061541noreply@blogger.com