BU Development Thread

bdurden said:
I don't think BU is in the business of a bailout. Their motivations need to be looked at in terms of what they gain from the merger. This seems like a pretty savvy land grab.
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Not to mention an endowment grab. Wheelock's endowment is $50 million plus. Not bad for a tiny college. I assume BU would get that too.
 
Looks like they are preparing to announce naming rights for the Center for Integrated Life Sciences & Engineering.
 
It is an Elkus/Manfredi designed building. I don't know who the principal architect was.
 
It's typical hyperactive Elkus but this time it's interesting, I like the mintiness of it. Also quite like the exoskeleton on the front end. This and the understated sophistication of ILS&E are two wins for BU.
 
Really dig both projects - Payette created a design that somehow manages to embody the spirit of Warren towers (in a complimentary fashion) as well as the brutalist nature of Sert's buildings across the street.

ILS&E, the Law Tower addition, and the theatre have all been wins for BU. Hope this trend continues.
 
The Law tower addition is great and the theater looks to be shaping up nicely, but the life science center is incredibly imposing on Comm Ave. Something of this scale would've looked far better set back on Cummington.
 
bdurden said:
Really dig both projects - Payette created a design that somehow manages to embody the spirit of Warren towers (in a complimentary fashion) as well as the brutalist nature of Sert's buildings across the street.

ILS&E, the Law Tower addition, and the theatre have all been wins for BU. Hope this trend continues.
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The 'spirit of Warren Towers"?????
 
^ and the blue/green-hued dome of Morse auditorium next door. this thing integrates better with its surroundings than many of the projects we've seen over the past several years.

What makes me said is hearing bratty kids on the green line diss this thing : /

*sigh*
 
bigpicture7 said:
^ and the blue/green-hued dome of Morse auditorium next door. this thing integrates better with its surroundings than many of the projects we've seen over the past several years.

What makes me said is hearing bratty kids on the green line diss this thing : /

*sigh*
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and bratty kids on archboston? ;)
 
Please explain then what the "spirit of Warren Towers" is (without resorting to architectural critique hyperbole).
 
TomOfBoston said:
Please explain then what the "spirit of Warren Towers" is (without resorting to architectural critique hyperbole).
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As the titular head of the NEU fanboy club, wasn't it you who just resorted to the "lipstick on a pig" critique?
 
TomOfBoston said:
Please explain then what the "spirit of Warren Towers" is (without resorting to architectural critique hyperbole).
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Not sure what anyone else meant, but I just took it to mean the '70's-uncool-retro-but-not-particularly-special aesthetic. Even though Warren towers are architecturally uncool, I still find it great that a new building next door plays off of them and stitches together that stretch of Comm.

To me, "spirit of Warren Towers" has the vibe of obsolete-looking '70s office furniture. You know, that mustard-colored steel desk that's still hanging around...or that vinyl upholstered 4-legged, broad-back, plastic-over-metal-armrests chair. Monochromatic linoleum tile. Tan plastic desk telephones. Singe-tube fluorescent light desk lamps that hum softly in the background. That sorta thing!
 
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