BU Development Thread

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bdurden said:
The College of Fine Arts at 855 Comm Ave has been undergoing major interior renovations for over a year now, and will soon begin it's exterior renovation. The renovation also includes a restoration of the original interior grand staircase, shown below. Eventually, the adjacent triangular lot (currently parking) will be developed as part of a major expansion.

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Sorry to bump an old (2010) post, but what ever happened with this?
 
Raegan National-esque.

Probably a million other spaces have the same scheme, but that popped to mind right away.
 
davem said:
Sorry to bump an old (2010) post, but what ever happened with this?
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This and a few other projects e. g. a new library/classroom building on the Medical Campus were scratched in favor of science and engineering buildings that will be paid for largely through indirect cost recovery on federal research grants.
 
TomOfBoston said:
This and a few other projects e. g. a new library/classroom building on the Medical Campus were scratched in favor of science and engineering buildings that will be paid for largely through indirect cost recovery on federal research grants.
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Damn... reopening up that first floor would really do a lot for making that section less depressing.
 
Honestly BU is doing a great job paying homage to the original architecture while also making the space usable again - the Redstone Building is very creative and I can't wait to see how the tower looks once it has been restored completely.

It's too bad that City Hall is still sitting there without the same attention - they were built within a few years of each other. I think the blueprint is there though - lots of glass, new windows, and resurfacing the concrete/fixing cracks. Lighting is also very important for brutalism - you need to have lots of creative lighting design to keep the massing from becoming menacing at night.

Kudos to BU though - they did a great job with the early 50s era Hillel House down the street, and now are doing good things with the Law Tower.
 
Galactic said:
Honestly BU is doing a great job paying homage to the original architecture while also making the space usable again - the Redstone Building is very creative and I can't wait to see how the tower looks once it has been restored completely.

It's too bad that City Hall is still sitting there without the same attention - they were built within a few years of each other. I think the blueprint is there though - lots of glass, new windows, and resurfacing the concrete/fixing cracks. Lighting is also very important for brutalism - you need to have lots of creative lighting design to keep the massing from becoming menacing at night.

Kudos to BU though - they did a great job with the early 50s era Hillel House down the street, and now are doing good things with the Law Tower.
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I was once told that Menino had half the interior lights in City Hall turned off to drive home the message to city employees that the city had no money and couldn't afford more expensive labor contracts. Granted, I was told this by a city employee, so take it for what it's worth. At any rate, City Hall definitely needs a lighting overhaul. Forget being menacing at night, that place is utterly de-humanizing inside during the day.
 
BU built this in the parking lot that will become the Life Sciences center eventually. Not sure why:

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Smallest lab ever?
 
jass said:
Why does it have to be so ugly?
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Precisely my reaction. Oddly enough, it reminds me of the old nursing school building that used to be diagonally across the street (replaced by the school of management).
 
It looks like some random piece of new construction from China. And not in a good way. This is precisely what gets built in zero-street-life "hi-tech parks". Why does it have to look so bland and "international"?
 
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