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Re: Novartis Expansion I wonder is Maya Lin designing the entire building? Or are her efforst just focused on the wrapping facade? That seems more her bailiwick. Also that courtyard is rubber stamp MVVA. No doubt it will be a great space to be in--the planting is masterful and the...

So they'll help a social media guru to network? And also to gain access to public meetings? All in exchange for actual work? Where do I sign up?!?!

I remember seeing this at City Hall quite awhile ago, maybe late 2010? It was underwhelming-- I think my snarky criticism at that time was that you could get the same thing by just visiting the Utile website and not have to go through a metal detector.

do their levels of pretension, condescension, and empty criticism rival that of your post? At least they have formal design education, degrees and research backing their "bullshit"

Their list is missing alot actually.... heights from their own website for other cambridge buildings: William James Hall - 341' Holyoke Center - 244' Peabody Terrace - 227' Emporis is like the IMDB of architecture

Re: 691 Mass Ave FP3 My 2 cents: 691 Mass Ave is far from the greatest building in the city in the last 5 years, let alone 20. I thinks it's good, and I'm not very familiar with it yet, but without the press I wouldn't be putting this up there with Macallen or Community Rowing or ICA

Re: South Boston Seaport the google images are nice, but i could see how the fact that it is cut off from the real public space of the city could render it instantly into feeling like a mall. Compare this with, say, the way the Ljubljanica River moves through the fabric of Ljubljana. Most if...

Re: Novartis Expansion Makes me appreciate kengo kuma so much more. "Randomness" is getting weaker and weaker visually for me

Re: South Boston Seaport Haha, I've never been but we had some friends over this weekend, San Antonio natives (four of them) and the subject of the riverwalk came up. It sounds like its their Faneuil Hall/Union Street, and they had nothing for disdain for it. They talked about the nastiness...

Re: New residential mid-tower set for Pier 4 Where did they put the other 12 stories?

I'm not arguing with that, and I'm thrilled that they were able to raise so much money for this project, but I'm just still scratching my head at that figure against what was built.... according to the website there are 8 nodes. That is nearly $3 million per sign, and I just don't see it. I...

By far the single most egregious and offensive blue law in this state is the ban on selling alcohol on Memorial Day. On MEMORIAL DAY. You know, the day that we kick back, have friends over for a barbecue, and bask in the freedoms that our military has worked to protect. Most of those freedoms...

what a moronic waste of ink.... the journalistic equivalent of those smarmy VH1 shows where the D-Listers make tired jokes about A, B, and C-listers.

I think there is one in Quincy Market, which is about 4 blocks away, maybe he confused the two....

There's also Commonwealth Books in the basement of the Old South Meetinghouse--it and Brattle have teamed to rob me of many a saturday!

Among the Boston Branch libraries there are some great examples of quirky midcentury architecture by local/regional architects, but I'm curious what rates this particular one for registration. And I'm a bit dubious at the mention of its form as novel: circular, googie libraries aren't that...

Berkeley Street

Any chance you could've been changing the station, turning up or down the heat, looking in your mirror, checking your speed, trying to find your phone, looking at your gas guage, checking the time, and missed his signal?

huh? Really? How does the High Line fit in that equation? And even if it were that sample, could you possibly object to "towers in a park" that was previously a derelict waterfront brownfield, a landfill, or a superfund site? LU embraces density and growth and progressive design and many...

Can we start enforcing red light laws for cars too? It's ridiculous how lax it is in Boston, I see cars zooming through red lights on a daily basis on my commute.