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Old Posted Apr 30, 2012, 10:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Hayward View Post
Look at that odd transition between granite pilaster and that aluminum "lightbox" Kind of strange, as if not well thought out. Is there some sort of drip edge on that thing? Or does water just run down into that cavity? I don't see any sort of sealed joint between the two. I'm assuming the detail performs, but aesthetically it's a weird transition between materials.
I don't understand ANY of Lagrange's details. It's like he's taking the ethos of Postmodernism to a whole new level, using vaguely traditional massing and materials while rejecting any kind of visual order at the scale of an individual detail.

Most attempts at traditional design have a few things that are off, in terms of proportion, scale, or materials, but Lagrange's buildings are so consistently "off" that I'm starting to think it must be intentional.
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