It really does look ugly. But I didn't want to say anything.
I will say, however, that I love those little townhouse unit things at the street level. Are they townhouses? Anyway they look really pedestrian-friendly. And it's still great density for a growing city.
I don't think the Coleman's facade is trying to look like bricks, it's completely horizontal stripes with no vertical "mortar". It just happens to be brick colored and I think it looks pretty good. Go look at the pics vashon posted today in the Coleman's thread. It kind of looks like nice house siding without the overlap.
Yeah I know. It was more a reference to us all thinking it was brick in the renderings then to all of our surprises it wasn't. The same kind of thing happened here.
I never expect real hand-laid brickwork unless I'm told otherwise. These days, almost all of the brick you see comes from pre-formed panels. They don't make 'em like they used to.
I think the lower levels where the actual masonry work is being done has good variation and blends well with the neighboring building. I've seen worse, but just don't look up at this one!!
Cornices or similar curvy embellishments should be banned on new buildings when they're just an attempt at copying nearby historic buildings. It would be OK to have bands to differentiate base, middle and top but adding curves to them just looks silly to me when made of precast concrete, GFRG (like fiberglas) or similar modern materials. (I could be talking about Escala here - the worst offender!)
This is a building that would look so much better if only the color were changed. A darker or redder brown (perhaps like at its base) would be my preference.
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