DavidCapizzano
Senior Member
Didn't see anything on here about this. Small project on Elm Street, what used to be Oro Restaurant is getting a renovation. Currently under scaffolding but a small brick sample is visible.
For what it’s worth those bricks are from Denmark and they are $$$$$
The Elm-facing side is excellent. The EIFS at the back is unfortunate at best.
Anyone know who the architect is?
If you don't like it, there's not much I can say, but there's plenty of work by Chipperfield, Holl, SANAA, Ando, Hariri, etc. that could be described as 'large' and 'plain' (not saying this is at that level, but it's well balanced and the bricks are gorgeous). I really like it and I'm cautiously excited to see what happens at grade.
Sticking out like a sore thumb isn't necessarily a bad thing, especially on Elm St which has been so neglected and bastardized over the years. Some key elements are still unfinished here, which could make or break this. I'm holding out for the final result.Good design is often ruined by a cheap material palate.
But excellent materials are wasted when deployed in service of a poor design, or one that is inappropriate to its its context.
This is going to stick out like a sore thumb on Elm.
How unfortunate.