Before and After

[Flannel Boy]

Before and after photos of a row of townhouses being replaced with a new auditorium for Virginia Commonwealth University.

 :'(

[Ichirou]

HUAHUAHUAHUAHUA

TOWNHOUSES GOT OWNED

[Fragamemnon]

Wow, that's terrible. That auditorium looks like some kind of tetris abortion, whereas the townhouses had some real charm to them.

[Flannel Boy]

  Tetris abortion.

[MrAngryFace]

It looks like one of those post apocalyptic future buildings where everyone pics up their meal cube

[Flannel Boy]

It looks like one of those post apocalyptic future buildings where everyone pics up their meal cube

I hope the meal cubes look better.

[Mandark]

I forget the term for this (or if there even is a term), but there's a phenomenon where certain public buildings are designed to look ugly/utilitarian, so the taxpayers don't feel like money is being wasted on frills.

[Cyanista]

There's a term for spartan architecture being a fad?

[TVC15]

I forget the term for this (or if there even is a term), but there's a phenomenon where certain public buildings are designed to look ugly/utilitarian, so the taxpayers don't feel like money is being wasted on frills.

And the opposite of whatever that term is would be "seattle public library."

[ToxicAdam]

  That library is awesome. Looks like an aircraft carrier ran aground.

[Fragamemnon]

That library rocks-it's like they took a section of 1970s large-scale space station concept construction and slapped a bunch of glass on it.

 

[Mr. Gundam]

That library rocks-it's like they took a section of 1970s large-scale space station concept construction and slapped a bunch of glass on it.

 

My wife works right across the street from the downtown Seattle public library on 4th Ave, it's a fun place to walk around in when I pick her up to go see a movie.

[TVC15]

It is a really fun building to walk around in.  The inside is as interesting as the outside, as far as layout goes.

[Mr. Gundam]

It is a really fun building to walk around in.  The inside is as interesting as the outside, as far as layout goes.

The use of extremely bright primary colors to illuminate rooms is interesting.