I'm familiar with both those buildings, and can attest to the fact that sometimes the boldest and inscrutable design decisions eventually become the most well-loved. High risk, high reward.
Re:Crimes in Concrete
by jonhendry18 on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @06:08PM
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The color on the parking garage helps.
Compare this monster in New Haven.
https://foursquare.com/v/the-habitrail-parking-garage/4eb994...
Same thing with the new Broad Art Museum by the late architect Zaha Hadid. Totally looks out of place in a Big 10 college town. Yet inside the light is the most fantastic of any art museum I've ever visited in the world.
https://www.archdaily.com/293358/eli-edythe-broad-art-museum...
Course sometimes something is built with zero redeeming value. I'd wager that something built from concrete can be beautiful.