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Originally Posted by Avanine-Commuter
so what's so great about the Knights of Columbus building? IMO it's hideous... no aesthetic quality at all, and it doesn't fit in the environment it's in. Basically it towers over everything and just looks horrible while at it! 
Seriously, what is there to LIKE? |
First of all its massing is excellent. Its design is completely unique. Its completely dripping in details. Its made of a beautiful material. I could just keep listing things...
I don't see what's wrong with a building standing out on its own. Just look at the Sears Tower and Hancock Buildings when they were first built, there were 5 or more times taller than anything around them. There is nothing wrong with that especially in Modernism. The building itself is supposed to be a piece of sculpture, not some background infill building. Why does everything have to be muted and subdued? What is wrong with just raw power in a huge tower that dominates the suburbia around it.