Boston Life Science Center - Blackfan Circle

[kz1000ps]

2/08

 

[kz1000ps]

Taken between Friday and Sunday

from Corey Hill

from Coolidge Corner

**

I've never been too impressed with this building, but I really warmed up to the glass this time out. It has a near-perfect blend of reflectivity and transparency (like Philly's Comcast Center), and looked great under the heavy overcast conditions. Plus, the subtle cantilevering of the form works in a just-under-the-conscious fashion that draws me in.

 

[blade_bltz]

Where'd you take the last one? The spire looks to be the church on Harvard St.

 

[kz1000ps]

1443 Beacon

 

[singbat]

this is the one part of boston where in some ways the worse the street wall the better. can't wait till they start building big hulking bio-industrial complex right on top of the streets and we can zoom through glowing hamster tunnels in our flying cars....

 

[kz1000ps]

loading dock area

And one from 7/3, from some parking garage in Cambridge

 

[kz1000ps]

Blue and green:

 

[Boston02124]

this morning from Dot

 

[Patriots_1228]

looks great. Good glass, wonderful design.

 

[Boston02124]

looks good up close(thanks kz1000ps) and from a distance,today from camb.

 

[tmac9wr]

Sweet shot! You're the master of taking pictures from miles away haha. Do you need a tripod in order to get shots of that clarity from such a distance? Or are you a professional sniper?

 

[Justin7]

Am I the only one who really dislikes this look?

 

[Boston02124]

Sweet shot! You're the master of taking pictures from miles away haha. Do you need a tripod in order to get shots of that clarity from such a distance? Or are you a professional sniper?

^Thanks lol!
No professional here just like to take pixs and no I don't have a tripod!

 

[Boston02124]

today from camb.

closer

closer

 

[Boston02124]

from 19th floor at 111 huntington today

 

[Patriots_1228]

Great shots looks like Europe :|

 

[eaalkaline]

any picture with a church in it is going to look like europe

anyway, i think this is a great addition to the longwood area. that whole area, longwood/fenway, is really starting to shape up nicely as the biomedical/residential cousin of back bay's office/residential feel.

and wow, that picture really emphasizes just how horrible that mass ave building is (not like that is hard to do)

 

[cca]

Am I the only one who really dislikes this look?

I am with you. The only interesting design going on on the exterior is the big massing move. The reflective glass really hurts and muddies that particular reading. I still think it is going to be a nice building, but it is falling short of its original vision.

cca

 

[Lrfox]

This is an INCREDIBLY hulking structure.

 

[Boston02124]

^agree! hard to believe this is only 18 stories, this morning