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Originally Posted by MarkDaMan
Actually I don't like the Alexan.
Maybe detailed renderings will improve my initial impression, but my initial impression having read the staff report recommendation and looked at the renderings, even if they are copied for elevation purposes, is that it doesn't strike me as anything more than a mediocre building.
Sorry if my initial opinion is off based but I'm allowed to have it without being ridiculed for my opposition.
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You also posted your opinion on a public forum, open for comment. You are certainly allowed to have whatever opinion you have, but don't say you are being "ridiculed" when others don't agree with your immediate opposition based on what is essentially minimal info.
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Originally Posted by MarkDaMan
Instead, tell me why I should have hope that this will be a solid, quality building.
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Because you are pre-judging it based on a COP Design Review staff report (whoop-de-doo) and some 8.5 by 11 copies. Rather than considering that it is an ongoing effort by an architecture firm that has a track record of doing "solid, quality buildings".
The variable in whether it will be an excellent bit of finished work, is really the
client, here. As it usually is.
Most architectural firms with a great budget and
some design freedom can come up with a nice design. The client dictates both of those things, often with the financier looking over thier shoulder counting pennies. In this case, it's Prometheus, which doesn't have the track record of doing this size work in Portland. They also have a VERY stringent "bean counter/ design involvement" approach.
I suspect I won't cause you to reconsider your thought process on judgement of this or any other proposal, but that's fine.
Cheers.