The mid in fake midcentury modern

Re:The mid in fake midcentury modern by nine_k on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @11:39AM (#33896516)

I can't speak about Austin, TX, but here in NYC a number of aesthetically pleasing buildings have been built in last, say, 30 years. Even asymmetric ones, like <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8_Spruce_Street>, look great; I'm saying so as someone who used to see downtown Manhattan every day during commute. (One thing I miss after switching to WFH.)

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Re:The mid in fake midcentury modern by throwaway4aday on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @01:25PM (#33898048)

That might be a very subjective opinion. Personally, I find the weird creases on that building disconcerting and unpleasant to look at.

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Re:The mid in fake midcentury modern by bombcar on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @05:30PM (#33901276)

Yeah, that's ... weird. But then again (in my opinion) all skyscrapers look like crap and only become "iconic" by being there for a long time and people get used to them.

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Re:The mid in fake midcentury modern by throwaway4aday on Thursday December 08, 2022 @01:24PM (#33911240)

I don't think that the Art Deco style skyscrapers look like crap. I quite enjoy them. I think most modern sky scrapers look like crap because they're all done in a modern style with no decoration. Other styles never really got a chance to express themselves since everything was taken over by the modernist look.

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Re:The mid in fake midcentury modern by bombcar on Friday December 09, 2022 @01:31PM (#33924791)

Art Deco are the best, but I wonder how much of that is "the skyscraper looks good" and how much that is "it looks good on the ground".

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