Althouse: Architecture or nature?

October 27, 2006

Take your pick.

It's just a matter of taste.

Anonymous said...: Except that it's very cultivated and there's nothing 'natural' to chose from.

vw--mugcopy; 10/27/06, 8:41 PM
charlotte said...: Oh, sure, the leaves are pretty, but the slide option next to the stairway looks like a blast.; 10/27/06, 8:48 PM
Theo Boehm said...: Did M.C. Escher design that building?; 10/27/06, 8:50 PM
john(lesser) said...: Rust stains don't help either. The steel and concrete construction all over America is aging, and I imagine a lot of lessons are being learned.; 10/27/06, 9:10 PM
Seven Machos said...: Good architecture blends with nature. Think of a nice, old quad. Bad architecture plops into nature in an inorganic and ugly way.; 10/27/06, 9:20 PM
Nasty, Brutish & Short said...: Oh but one embraces the other, Ann! We shouldn't have to choose.; 10/27/06, 9:34 PM
downtownlad said...: Who cares about the nature? The architecture is amazing. Solid over void is an architectural form that goes back several millenia, and it never loses its inspirational power.; 10/28/06, 1:34 AM
Anonymous said...: Man, these look good on high def monitors! Line Bono said, even better than the real thing?; 10/28/06, 3:31 AM
NSC said...: I was gonna say the building was butt-ugly so there is no contest.; 10/28/06, 8:37 AM
Ann Althouse said...: NSC: That's an insult to butts.; 10/28/06, 9:41 AM
Truly said...: Is that mildew under the eaves? Best tear the whole thing down before it spreads.; 10/28/06, 11:37 AM

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