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Re: Skanska Fenway Project (Burger King) | 1350 Boylston Street | Fenway
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This thing definitely has a good side, and then it has a...weird side. I'm glad they didn't use that same material for the whole thing but that weird red and yellow are trying too hard.
wow, thats a lot! they must have BIG plans.Scratch that I guess it was $17M, closed yesterday.
I'm liking it.
Tan part looks like a roughed-up cardboard box.
Yup, annoyingly "cute" move. The bend is not big enough to read as intentional. That is a cardinal sin of design.
The thing that bothers me the most with this building is the single floor under the bent part that is just glass. It just screams "nothing above this is structural! It is all just for show!" I know that it is the truth, but buildings sit on the ground and rise from there. we feel like they should be solidly connected to the ground and this break, to me, is what throws the building out of balance. It feels like this glass floor could be crushed at any moment by the large, heave section above it. I understand we are currently experimenting with how to bring detail and interest to facades by proving they do not matter structurally (see: staggered windows) but I think this attempt just looks clunky.
Can we call this the ketchup and mustard building? Fitting since it used to be a BK.
Is that a slice of pickle or a skimpy burger patty in between?