RandomWalk
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On its side it looks like the old Middlesex County Courthouse and jail.
It's in the Back Bay Architectural District (barely) so it has to go before the Back Bay Architectural Commission, I don't think they'll let it pass through looking like thisI hate it... the street level looks dead and totally unactivated.
I expect this will sail through approval because affordable housing and lab space checks a lot of boxes for everyone involved from Mayor to developer. Ugh.
It won't sail through looking like this, because this is not a finished design.I hate it... the street level looks dead and totally unactivated.
I expect this will sail through approval because affordable housing and lab space checks a lot of boxes for everyone involved from Mayor to developer. Ugh.
Exactly, Peebles is a complete joke.PEEBLES: I want to keep this development parcel but I don’t actually want to develop it. How I keep this hackey sack in the air?
ARCHITECT: What if I come up with the most fucking stupid looking shit anyone has ever seen... without spending any actual time or money on it
What's with that Miami Beach Cambridge skyline in the background?
Ding ding, it's North Vancouver.I was going to be generous and say Vancouver or Mississauga, Canada.
My impression is that they don't really have a design, and this was rushed. We'll get a different version later.This comes from the same design firm that has designed this:
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And this:
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What's the end goal for Peebles? They were already really stretching it with their plea for infrastructure bill funding for the affordable housing units, and now they've presented a pretty unlovable design. They get to hold onto a failed (public) proposal that will only get more expensive to build on with every day that passes?
That elevation posted upthread is really, really disorienting - high school intern level rendering - what the hell is going on with the ground plane?
Everything about it suggests this was rushed from beginning to end.
I think the best single word is "cancelled". That project is dead, and this is a fresh PNF from the same owner.What happened to the Utile design?
What was the Utile design? Wasn't the previously-approved by Handel? Did Utile have something before or more recently?What happened to the Utile design?
It was both. From Nov. 2015:What was the Utile design? Wasn't the previously-approved by Handel? Did Utile have something before or more recently?
The Peebles team is committed to providing maximum air rights coverage to link the Back Bay and Fenway neighborhoods with its planned lifestyle hotel, 170 residences, retail and parking with two public plazas. Peebles is working with Handel Architects of New York and Boston-based urban design think-tank, Utile Inc., to design the building.