How come he looks like he's speaking from a Stalinist bunker?
Mayor of #ottcity disparages #architecture of #ottcity main branch as stalinist bunker, ignoring @RAIC_IRAC award winning design by George Bemi, #heritage of unique art pieces @BrutalHouse @sbg_arch @MarczakB @alexbozikovic https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_E._Bemi …pic.twitter.com/9y1R2yh666
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There's some legitimate criticisms of the the main branch design, but overall, it reflects a period when there was some ambition involved in civic architecture, and value engineering was no the name of the game. Maybe that's why he's confused.
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It's a matter of taste. I don't care about the mayor (left Ottawa in 2009) but I worked in that building for years and it IS kind of a bunker and poorly set up (due to later modifications). It's very out of step with the way libraries have been designed in last few decades.
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What a load of nonsense. Like any citizen I have every right to offer an opinion. I love how I see so many architectures spend so much time criticizing other architects yet when I offer an opinion you have a fit !
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Well, Mayor Watson, I'm a critic and not an architect. You are a public official who has a responsibility to the city present and future. If you're going to commission "good design," you need to understand what that means.
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Is there a term for politicians who build to appear effective and innovative - looking busy as civic duty.
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CDN design history is so vulnerable to this - think of the brilliant ON logo lost, or the replacement of TO City Hall furniture w cheap knock offs...it goes on and on. These leaders are distorting the public into thinking design has little cultural meaning or value.
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