tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646971795138346223.post1408533736187474186..comments2024-03-24T11:22:42.220-07:00Comments on SW Oregon Architect: Monarchy and ArchitectureRandy Nishimura, AIA, CSI, CCShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16158917130374113534noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646971795138346223.post-54617780925546060652011-05-02T17:54:51.478-07:002011-05-02T17:54:51.478-07:00I certainly am not opposed to modern architecture ...I certainly am not opposed to modern architecture either. However, contemporary designs do not necessarily accommodate more people/area/volume than historicizing ones. In the instance of the Chelsea Barracks project, I don't think it mattered who designed it to meet the initial program brief. To turn a profit, it needed to be big, so much so that it would be out-of-scale regardless if it was high-tech or neo-Georgian. I'm curious to see the final outcome.Randy Nishimura, AIA, CSI, CCShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16158917130374113534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646971795138346223.post-77120539814167493042011-05-02T15:38:07.153-07:002011-05-02T15:38:07.153-07:00Interesting post.
As an UP student, I'm not o...Interesting post.<br /><br />As an UP student, I'm not opposed to modern architecture, there are definately ways to build that don't make the new buildings look alien next to the old. Also the contemporary designs seem to accomodate more people which he (the prince) needs to take into account.:)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10086491911733495367noreply@blogger.com