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I didn't expect this to be dismissed out of hand. Is it really not making any sense to you? I think Koolhaas' ideas are important [he certainly has influenced ALL of the Amsterdam work shown as examples in the thread] and this passage is [IMO <--(I just figured out what that means)]...

Some of Rem Koolhaas' words [from Final Push in SMLXL] regarding contextualism and rationalism. "Contextualism The central moment of the contextualist epiphany is the collision of a projected ideal with an empirical necessity. Insofar as the latter transforms the former and dampens its utopian...

the prison or the BAC? I'm just learning the ^ lingo..

Small request...can they center the main entrance on Gloucester Street?

Won't the affected property owners challenge this as a class action? [my legal musings are now run dry] I think it would be interesting to first determine the 'damage' in terms of lost FAR on the sun-ward parcels. Then if these lost FAR rights could be transferred [sold] upstream there would...

prison?

no more plaza. The Kallman building, dejected and unloved, goes into hiding.... But the 1000 foot tower reasserts itself...

I do but they are minimal help on unlit bike paths. I also have an LED worklite mounted to the rear axle. I'm trying to get a kind of 'poncho-of-lite' effect.

I think continuing the bowfronts up simply would have been more expensive. They would have had to hire masons, built curved walls, etc. This looks like a Butler building [a prefab building system] plopped on top of the four townhouses as the cheapest possible way to get more saleable SF out...

I know it was the flash, but it would be cool if the rims were lit with an LED ring powered by the battery. it appears lit up in the photo...the sun set at 5 pm today which makes the trip home dodgy.

Actually the law requires a licensed architect OR a licensed engineer. [from 780CMR] 116.2 Registered architectural and engineering services: 116.2.1 Design: All plans, computations and specifications involving new construction, alterations, repairs, expansions or additions or change in use...

very cool project.

did an architect kill your dad or what?

Au contraire, there is no prohibition, this is America, you are free to construct a back-story that never occurred whenever you wish. carry on.

Couldn?t you just sum up by saying: past architect good, present architect bad? ?..and that we need to have strict design regulations because architects can no longer be trusted? Nonsense. I made a point already why don?t we talk about that instead of shooting down the ?prohibitions? that you...

FP3 is complete and occupied. FYI the lobby woodwork is re-milled old growth Doug Fir reclaimed from the original buildings. The lobby is also a gallery.

Audubon Circle west of Kenmore on Beacon St. [img] I say, paint it in a Holstein cow pattern and move on.

[please forgive my modern architect 2 cents] It is inauthentic because it replicates a historic growth that never occurred. I agree that the image is beautiful and the environment is rich and people would respond favourably to that [if in fact it was executed that well, the use mix worked and...

How about a category for additions? The problem of additions is particularly complex and challenging in Boston. or not... [img] http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3524/3240583244_17e3a724bd_b.jpg [img]

Just for scale.... Menino's new 2,600 foot tower? [edit: fixed image link]