That building (the one opposite the Mint) is so generic, lol, that I didn’t realise, but in fact, I don’t think that was there, yet, when the kebab incident happened… Or indeed I didn’t notice it, if so…
But if you think that’s bad, look up the “Icon” Lego building on St Kilda road in Melbourne…
It’s like that, but much, much worse…
No doubt the architects thought they were being “cool” and “trendy”, mimicking stacked shipping containers…
It is amazingly ugly, in person. Like, “iconic”, sure, but very much in a bad way…
look up the “Icon” Lego building on St Kilda road in Melbourne…
Of course it's melbourne. Gross.
I don’t think it’s any coincidence that the building you deride lasted as long as it did, let’s put it that way… We just don’t build with that sort of longevity (as pointed out by the architect in the article) or “adaptability” anymore.
But this I do agree with, partially. The ones that were built to last were the ones that did, there is some survivorship bias here. But yeah the old stuff was built with real materials, and adaptable, you may just have shiftied my opinion of the old cube up a notch, just a smidge, because it also had those qualities. As far as ugly cubes go, it's got that going for it.
That building (the one opposite the Mint) is so generic, lol, that I didn’t realise, but in fact, I don’t think that was there, yet, when the kebab incident happened… Or indeed I didn’t notice it, if so…
But if you think that’s bad, look up the “Icon” Lego building on St Kilda road in Melbourne…
It’s like that, but much, much worse…
No doubt the architects thought they were being “cool” and “trendy”, mimicking stacked shipping containers…
It is amazingly ugly, in person. Like, “iconic”, sure, but very much in a bad way…
Of course it's melbourne. Gross.
But this I do agree with, partially. The ones that were built to last were the ones that did, there is some survivorship bias here. But yeah the old stuff was built with real materials, and adaptable, you may just have shiftied my opinion of the old cube up a notch, just a smidge, because it also had those qualities. As far as ugly cubes go, it's got that going for it.