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- somebody needs do a retrospective exhibit of all taiwanese news animations...
- The Verizon building is definitely a winner on the ugly scale. I just didn't include it 'cuz it wasn't listed in the AIA guide.
- @michael: there's always the season finale!
- @susan: have to agree... the thing with the smoke in union square is awful all around...
As for the Chupi defenders: perhaps my recoil over this building is induced by the fact that i just spent several weeks driving across the country, and if there's one architectural style that's been beaten to death by architects and developers it's Mediterranean (particularly in the Southwest). But, while I'm willing to give El Schnabel points for originality, Chupi is just too look-at-me pink and out of scale for me to find it attractive. Sorry.
As for the Whitney: Needless to say, it is a provocation to put it on this list. But if you really look at it, it does look like a cyclops that gobbles up museum-goers as they enter. It is ugly, in an elegant and interesting way. And while I generally like the building, I sometimes wonder if it wouldn't be better-suited as headquarters for some secret police.
;-)
- @sanford: i don't think it's possible to attach fotos, but if you upload it elsewhere and link to it, i'll be able to see it. (or send an image to c[@]c-monster[dot]net.
@adam: i'm afraid we're gonna have to disagree... i just think the Westin went overboard with the fun.
as for the palazzo lovers: et tu, chupiteros?
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- As Andrea Lange mentioned on Twitter... I shoulda had some reference to some Fedders monstrosity... And I think I need a separate list for ugly architectural detailing (what's with all the brick townhouses with Italianate balustrades and railings that looks like brass bed posts?)...
@eric: and i like the whitney building. it's likeable ugly -- in a dour-but-elegant old man kind of way. and i do dig Cooper Union...would love to go inside...
- Zach: Your ability to include references to your libido in seemingly random comments about art is truly astonishing.
- hey folks: i'm cool with people disagreeing with me or being critical of an artist's work, but let's be civil...
thanks,
c.
