tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33399132.post4646595305214001144..comments2024-03-04T08:09:21.453-08:00Comments on Richard's Real Estate and Urban Economics Blog: Five buildings that should not have been builtRichard Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02161226214739034402noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33399132.post-48791612265394957692010-09-21T13:59:50.533-07:002010-09-21T13:59:50.533-07:00I have never thought about some of the buildings y...I have never thought about some of the buildings you mentioned here should not have been built and I think that you are right to some extend. It is like men who buy <a href="http://www.xlpharmacy.com/" rel="nofollow">Viagra Online</a> and the men who buy the same pill in a drugstore, the second ones spend more money than the first ones, but we are like that!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.xlpharmacy.com/generic-viagra/" rel="nofollow">Generic Viagra</a> <a href="http://www.xlpharmacy.com/blog/" rel="nofollow">Viagra</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33399132.post-72539561990006262852009-09-22T08:59:54.070-07:002009-09-22T08:59:54.070-07:00UW-Madison's humanities building is one of my ...UW-Madison's humanities building is one of my favorites in the world. if you've spent a lot of time there, you'd realize how amazing it is. haterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33399132.post-26511411037893824772009-04-23T08:51:00.000-07:002009-04-23T08:51:00.000-07:00Harvard's Graduate School of Design Building is (i...Harvard's Graduate School of Design Building is (ironically) quite awful. Another example of brutalist architecture.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33399132.post-70343370908854411922009-04-22T21:34:00.000-07:002009-04-22T21:34:00.000-07:00In the case of Dubai, they built it because they c...In the case of Dubai, they built it because they could. Just shows what happens when you have too much money, too little imagination and a large case of Western (penis) envy...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33399132.post-61567234256713860052009-04-22T16:09:00.000-07:002009-04-22T16:09:00.000-07:00if you are going to criticize brutalism, then i th...if you are going to criticize brutalism, then i think you gotta go for the poster child--boston city hall. easily as ugly as any building ever constructed, it has the additional feature of having replaced several square blocks of thriving neighborhood (what used to be called boston's west end) with acres of flat, empty brickscape. url below for pic (and an attempt at justification)...<br /><br />http://tiny.cc/lPgrqJRinMAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33399132.post-16265367080744875742009-04-22T14:23:00.000-07:002009-04-22T14:23:00.000-07:00Not a building, but a public space, and fully wort...Not a building, but a public space, and fully worthy of <br />Ada Louise Huxtable's comment that is is a fine example of "totalitarian chic"--the American Legion mall in Indianapolis.<br /><br />And Humana's corporate headquarters in Louisville strikes me as a spendid example of Mussolini-emulation/Don Coffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07198988872512792834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33399132.post-85207830682550696292009-04-22T13:46:00.000-07:002009-04-22T13:46:00.000-07:00None of them can hold a candle to this one...
htt...None of them can hold a candle to this one...<br /><br />http://www.kunstler.com/eyesore_200707.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33399132.post-32888351479853276162009-04-22T10:50:00.000-07:002009-04-22T10:50:00.000-07:00Have you been to the principle building? Step into...Have you been to the principle building? Step into the lunch room and experience the 30-50/1 ratio of women to men. Or stand outside at lunchtime and watch the women poor out to buy lunch. If you are single guy you have found Nirvana. Walk through the hallways and notice the ladies stand up and follow you to see where you are going and to check your ring finger... lol. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33399132.post-44363750048638535662009-04-22T09:35:00.000-07:002009-04-22T09:35:00.000-07:00Attended and graduated from the University of Sout...Attended and graduated from the University of South Florida, inexplicably located in Tampa; pretty bad stuff, comparable to UW, all over the place.Jmdnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33399132.post-29718849510387258022009-04-22T09:17:00.000-07:002009-04-22T09:17:00.000-07:00Come on now. Throw your hands up for North Korea'...Come on now. Throw your hands up for North Korea's Ryugyong Hotel<br /> http://vanibahl.wordpress.com/2008/02/03/worst-building-is-on-the-wall-of-shame/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33399132.post-15455827751714744402009-04-22T08:45:00.000-07:002009-04-22T08:45:00.000-07:00For brutalist monstrosities you have to look at Un...For brutalist monstrosities you have to look at University of Toronto's main library - Robarts. Sure Umberto Eco wrote some of this finest work there, but its 14 stories tall and looks like a turkey. <br /><br />Here are some links:<br /><br />http://bp3.blogger.com/_KEwPVyl3b7E/RnP_k2gfdhI/AAAAAAAAAFY/39OrwRB8aGo/s1600-h/robarts.jpg<br /><br />http://urbanneighbourhood.wordpress.com/2008/12/08/fort-book-gets-a-makeover/?referer=sphere_search<br /><br /><br /> Seriously, that Madison building is tame.R. Pointernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33399132.post-62554626038808071362009-04-22T08:35:00.000-07:002009-04-22T08:35:00.000-07:00Look at the bright side. The logistics of staging ...Look at the bright side. The logistics of staging and construction in Iowa and Dubai were much easier AND less expensive than Hong Kong or NYC.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33399132.post-9138155379303528632009-04-22T08:19:00.000-07:002009-04-22T08:19:00.000-07:00Bunche Hall, UCLA
It's like a robotic insect from...Bunche Hall, UCLA<br /><br />It's like a robotic insect from the outside, and a maximum security prison from the inside.<br /><br />http://www.flickr.com/photos/56832361@N00/484321618/in/set-72157594303956187/Uncle Billy, Mental Widgetnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33399132.post-89665288260657677642009-04-22T08:17:00.001-07:002009-04-22T08:17:00.001-07:00Boston's city hall is a spectacularly oppressive e...Boston's city hall is a spectacularly oppressive example of Brutalist architecture.<br /><br />Albany's capitol is pretty bad. Whether it's one of the worst, I don't know. Also, an entire neighborhood was razed to build it.<br /><br />Also, I'm sure you're aware that building tall buildings is about more than using the space economically. It's about making a statement. In Dubai's case, the statement is "we have nothing here but sand and ego."Moopheusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33399132.post-79388149123877688862009-04-22T08:17:00.000-07:002009-04-22T08:17:00.000-07:00I worked at the NY Capital for five years. The Ca...I worked at the NY Capital for five years. The Capitol building itself is quite nice, and I imagine that there are few as nice in the US. I had an office on the fifth floor. Parts of the building are simply amazing: The War Room, the libraries, The Assembly Floor, and the Senate Floor among them. Also noteworthy are the flag museum and the mammoth stairway with historical figures scultpted into the masonry. Nelson's stuff doesn't fit in as well, but the architecture is certainly unique. I was always impressed with the way the agency buildings seemed to float above the ground. I can understand how people might not appreciate the Empire Plaza, but the Capitol Building itself is amazing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33399132.post-88918836658033332042009-04-22T07:41:00.000-07:002009-04-22T07:41:00.000-07:00I've always referred to the NY capital complex...I've always referred to the NY capital complex as Brasilia. Truly the ugliest state capital in the country.<br /><br />OTOH, Texas & California both have beautiful capital buildings and surrounding support structures.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33399132.post-29472775097906173992009-04-22T06:43:00.000-07:002009-04-22T06:43:00.000-07:00You left out all of Brasilia.
As for Washington, ...You left out all of Brasilia.<br /><br />As for Washington, DC: George Washington University's campus has some buildings ugly enough to rival the FBI's headquarters.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00520333562198335025noreply@blogger.com