How to Fight Those "Boxy Buildings" - Strong Towns
WEBApr 26, 2021 · These blocks in the East Village are occupied by dozens of buildings. Fine-grained urbanism is found around the world. From left-to-right, compare New Orleans, Amsterdam, and Osaka: Let's recap some of the reasons why a fine-grained pattern of many smaller buildings is preferable over fewer, larger buildings.
America, the Bland - The New York Times
WEBJan 20, 2023 · The new developments look startlingly alike, often in the form of boxy, mid-rise buildings with a ground-floor retail space, sans-serif fonts and vivid slabs of bright paneling.
Why do all new apartment buildings look the same? - Curbed
WEBDec 4, 2018 · U.S. cities are filled with apartment buildings sporting boxy designs and somewhat bland facades, often made with colored panels and flat windows. Due to an Amazon-fueled apartment construction...
Thinking Outside the Box: 7 Blocky Buildings That Riff on Cubist ...
WEBArchitects like Le Corbusier utilized Cubist values to defy conventional typologies of what buildings should look like. From angular shapes, sharp lines and multi-faceted forms to grid-like façades and ambiguous intersections of space, the stylized approach gave rise to some of the most iconic buildings across our global skylines today.
In Praise of Dumb Boxes - The Urbanist
WEBAug 22, 2018 · The International District, Pioneer Square, historic Ballard–the buildings there are largely “dumb boxes” as are many of the commercial cores of Seattle’s neighborhoods. We used to build dumb boxes and place them side by side with no setbacks –these are called rowhouses (well, not here in Seattle, but elsewhere).
Widening the Discussion about Boxy Buildings - Strong Towns
WEBMar 30, 2021 · But the five-story buildings stretched to the full lengths of blocks and, despite varying architectural details to mimic the narrow-lot shopfronts of old, they have a broad, horizontal, boxy appearance.
7 Blocky Buildings That Think Outside of the Box - Architizer
WEBArchitects often overlook the cuboids as unremarkable; yet, the simplicity of a boxy shape makes it an easy building block for more ambitious projects.
In praise of ‘boxy buildings’ - CNU
WEBNov 15, 2021 · In praise of ‘boxy buildings’. Five- to seven-story podium buildings are dense, mixed-use, affordable, and easily replicable. It's time to recognize a good thing and learn from the better examples. ROB GOODILL NOV. 15, 2021.
An Architectural Defense of D.C.'s Boxy Buildings - Bloomberg
WEBMay 7, 2018 · Some Washingtonians complain that the city’s height limit has resulted in lookalike, boxy buildings. But creativity can emerge from constraint, a West Coast critic argues.
Santa Monica’s plan to stop boring, boxy buildings - Curbed LA
WEBOct 27, 2017 · On the breezy, busy streets of downtown Santa Monica, many buildings look the same: They’re big, boxy, and banal. That’s because, for 20 years, stringent city codes put architects in a corner.
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