Bay Village Apartment Tower | 212 Stuart St. | Bay Village

[DZH22]

9/21

IMG_4067 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_4070 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_4071 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_4072 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_4073 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_4079 by David Z, on Flickr

 

[taketern]

 

[kz1000ps]

Ham-fisted is what she said I keep thinking when I see this thing.

 

[#bancars]

I feel like this building would look better if it was twice as tall.

 

[gac108]

I feel like this building would look better if it was twice as tall.

Not sure I would want such ugliness to be so largely visible throughout the city. I would like it twice as tall with a different cladding. Trying to figure out a pattern and any semblance of cohesion to the ribbing makes my brain hurt.

 

[guitarguynboston]

The cladding is horrible. And the window design makes the building look so much shorter than it is.

 

[cjbski]

The renders on this were spectacular. The end product...woof. Better than that parking lot though. They must be assuming someone will develop the Revere/parking garage spot at some point.

 

[Brad Plaid]

Not bad at all, a quiet dignity rather than look-at-me shouty. And the scalloped panels will make interesting shadow effects throughout the day when it's sunny.

 

[curcuas]

Looks better in person

 

[Downburst]

Walked by this a couple of weeks ago at the right time--I have to believe this wonderful pattern of light and shadow was the architects' vision when designing the façade. It's great to look at, but not sure if it's worthwhile when it seems this quality of light only occurs briefly each day, if at all.

 

[goody]

I think its a winner, something tells me the details will bring this together at the end of the day. An interesting background building that I suspect will age much more gracefully than a lot similar projects around town.

 

[BostonObserver]

This picture by taketern may explain the design. Looks like it references the old Boston Gas Building.

 

[Arborway]

Align the windows, drop the colossal order framing of the windows and this building becomes a winner.

 

[taketern]

 

[king_vibe]

NO MORE OFFSET WINDOWS

 

[gac108]

Align the windows, drop the colossal order framing of the windows and this building becomes a winner.

...or at least less of a loser

 

[gac108]

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^^ This photo sums up everything that is wrong with this building. Aesthetically I don't think the designers can look at this and feel proud. The color is so light it adds to the cheapend and aged appearance.

 

[areiss]

I wouldn't even mind if the windows were just offset, but the weirdly differing sizes make it seem like someone closed their eyes and randomly punched out holes in the facade.

 

[FK4]

I feel like this building would look better if it was twice as tall.

Yup. Just like the one next to Jacob Wirth — would’ve been more attractive by being longer, taller and thus sleeker

 

[shmessy]

The windows placement, shape, etc. make this a clusterfuck. Just an abysmal clusterfuck. Even residents of Beirut would hate it.