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Alvino, as a taxpayer I am very much paying for our public buildings. But you are right that I have no control whether they get built or not. Our politicians and politically appointed bureaucrats as usual grab the ball and run, like it or not. It's all part of our great democratic deficit. P.S...

Just take a stroll in any city you like and look around.

Please, give me a reconstructed masterpiece anytime in place of nightmarish fantasies (don't tell us that we don't have the money to do so: the marble and stone, fully hancarved Mandir Temple cost a total of 40 million CAN$).

Sorry Alvino, but I don't subscribe to the modern architecture narrative of our cultural glitterati. Look at the crap it has produced in the past eighty years.

Just go and see the ROM addition and then go to see the Mandir Hindu Temple at 427 and Finch (Please go inside!). Tradition versus constant innovation. No certified architects involved. See how long it takes to produce meaningful architecture? No sketches on envelopes, but centuries of honing...

I guess you'd rather listen to the certified professionals who give you the flavor of the month solution to urban design.

Three of Kunstler's Eyesores I don't think he's fond of Libeskind's work :rolleyes: http://www.kunstler.com/eyesore_200611.html http://www.kunstler.com/eyesore_200705.html http://www.kunstler.com/eyesore_200612.html

Big Daddy, you seem to be guilty of using your head! Thanks for using logic in lieu of emotion.

I saw them flapping horribly in the wind last fall. The whole facade was vibrating as if caught in an epileptic seizure. Not very elegant or reassuring. Above all totally unnecessary. Would you hang exterior shades on the outside of your windows?

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The installation is new. I wouldn't expect them to fail in such a short time either. Give it time and you'll see what a percentage of them will still function in five years. The fact that exterior-mounted shades are more effective in reducing heat gains than interior-mounted shades (how much...

Oh, and one more point, I have seen the motorized exterior sun screens in hotels in Switzerland and in a few other places in Europe. Although Switzerland is not Canada - far from it - the weather there can be less than tropical. The screens seem to work fine there. I have faith in the Canadian...

Terrible is too kind a word for this claustrophobic space..... Slanted columns cutting the view of the skeletons, awkwardly narrow display areas, low ceilings, etc....Bring Teperman Demolition in as soon as possible, please!

Eyesore of the month Many of you guys have been fooled by this barbaric addition, but James Howard Kunstler recognized it for what it really is as far back as December 2006. Eyesore of the Month December 2006 Royal Ontario Art Museum addition by Libeskind The new addition to the...

Christofer Hume has missed a major problem with the University Avenue facade: The glass front is completely covered with exterior motorized and computerized shades! I saw them fluttering in the wind and couldn't believe my eyes! How long will they last in our weather? Since when are drapes...