The Apartments at 525 Huntington Ave @ Wentworth | 525 Huntington Ave | Fenway

atlantaden said:
the sexy angles!
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The angles may be sexy from the outside, but they create horribly awkward spaces inside that I've experienced first hand. Ultimately, this is a building designed for people to live in and the spatial environment inside leaves much to be desired. Housing should always be designed from the inside out, that is, the units and the grouping of the units should define the shape of the building, not the other way around which is designing the footprint then cramming the units inside like what happened here.
 
If the fake copper was only the bottom panels, or if all of the fake copper was fake oiled bronze, or something similar, it would look a lot better. This fails because you would never see real copper used this way.
 
datadyne007 said:
The angles may be sexy from the outside, but they create horribly awkward spaces inside that I've experienced first hand. Ultimately, this is a building designed for people to live in and the spatial environment inside leaves much to be desired. Housing should always be designed from the inside out, that is, the units and the grouping of the units should define the shape of the building, not the other way around which is designing the footprint then cramming the units inside like what happened here.
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Well we all want to know who's to blame, so who is it: the lunkhead architects, or the triangular site?

Also, I agree with you that the windows help this building out a lot -- they made it go from awful to not horrible IMO.
 
kz1000ps said:
Well we all want to know who's to blame, so who is it: the lunkhead architects, or the triangular site?

Also, I agree with you that the windows help this building out a lot -- they made it go from awful to not horrible IMO.
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A lot of factors: the program requirements, the site, the architects, the height restriction/nimby neighbors... This site is really challenging.
 
If the new-ish Mass College of Pharm building down the street could pull off a tough site with a great design why not this?
 
vanshnookenraggen said:
If the new-ish Mass College of Pharm building down the street could pull off a tough site with a great design why not this?
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Very different program - very open spaces and flexible office spaces/classrooms above that can afford loss of square footage because of an angle or two.
 
I don't mind the massing but the stripped down modern look is more stripped down cheap.
 
Modern = pick a bunch of random styles and materials and colors; if you're really feeling adventurous make sure the windows don't line up (thankfully they didn't choose that option here)
 
Hey, from this angle it's almost all glass! Then again from this angle the lack of a cornice really sticks out.

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Its boring but not ugly. The corners are kinda nice. When the new trees around it grow up a bit it will look much much better. If the rectangles in the cornice (if could call it that) were a different color (silver?) it would look way better.
 
The ribbon cutting was today with President Zorica Pantic & Mayor Walsh. For some reason they cut the ribbon in the Evans Way Auditorium... lol.

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