ACKS | Alexander Center Kendall Sq. | 50 Binney | E Cambridge

I like the color, but the dimensions of the "brick" panels are so clearly not masonry (too slim, too tall) that it screams fakery. Like the vinyl wood grain stickers put on the sides of 80's era station wagons.
 
chumbolly said:
I like the color, but the dimensions of the "brick" panels are so clearly not masonry (too slim, too tall) that it screams fakery. Like the vinyl wood grain stickers put on the sides of 80's era station wagons.
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See post 59. Precast panel with integrated thin brick. Cheap and fast (and sometimes handsome which this might end up being).

cca

Ps. All exterior materials of commercial/institutional quality buildings are "fake". The wall that is doing all the work is behind that "stuff" that you see. Brick=Veneer. Stone=Veneer. Terra-Cotta=Veneer Metal Panel=Veneer. Exterior cladding should always be thought of as "thick paint". This is not true for smaller scale construction however. Clapboards are still clapboards. :)
 
This is going to look very sleek when all the glazing is finished. Awesome pictures BeeLine - you da real MVP
 
I like the scale of the building and the glazing and everything, but I think that the transition from the curved corner to the splayed angles looks very sloppy. It could be just me, but I don't dig it.
 
mdd said:
I like the scale of the building and the glazing and everything, but I think that the transition from the curved corner to the splayed angles looks very sloppy. It could be just me, but I don't dig it.
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Yeah. I'm really trying to like the building. I think if the point of tangency of the curve was aligned with the angle of the splay (if that makes any sense), this would be much more appealing to me, IMHO. I will wait until glazing is complete to render final judgement.
 
Money said:
Yeah. I'm really trying to like the building. I think if the point of tangency of the curve was aligned with the angle of the splay (if that makes any sense), this would be much more appealing to me, IMHO. I will wait until glazing is complete to render final judgement.
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Yeah, that's exactly what I was thinking.
 
Money said:
Yeah. I'm really trying to like the building. I think if the point of tangency of the curve was aligned with the angle of the splay (if that makes any sense), this would be much more appealing to me, IMHO. I will wait until glazing is complete to render final judgement.
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I had the same impression looking at the pics. I will wait for completion, but that glazing junction just looks sloppy.
 
Ouch! ... man there are some awkward transitions here. I will hope this gets better with detail.

cca
 
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