Architecture
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Trellick Tower, A Brutalist Wonder Caught from a Passing Train
We were on a train from Slough this afternoon and I spotted this: A Brutalist bookend-er of a building. I did a Street View search and found the name of it, and then the Wikipedia page for Trellick Tower. Stuff: There is an entry once every two floors is because each flat is a duplex It…
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Custom Iron Work and Lucite Handle, 1714 W. Division, Chicago
S-L and I were walking last week and we noticed– for the first time– the great custom facade on this building. The iron grate work over the front doors have a staggered pattern of cylinders: They look to me like slugs of metal from some other process, as if the person who made it just…
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The Hidden Wonders of Brutalist London
I like Brutalist architecture, mainly because it is an expression of human capacity for newness. Having attended the University of Illinois at Chicago, the Walter Netsch-designed “Instant Campus“, I also have a pretty good window into the deficiencies of the raw concrete mode of creating human space. Everywhere I go, I try to see and…
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Architectural Landmark Permit Details for Flagship Walgreens Store at North, Milwaukee, and Damen in Bucktown
The new Walgreens opened at 1601 N. Milwaukee in Bucktown/ Wicker Park, located in a building that I’ve written extensively about this building here is opening today. Here’s the press release: Walgreens Restores Chicago’s Historic Noel State Bank Building into Flagship Store. And some relevant snips on architectural detail: Throughout the last two years, Walgreens has worked closely…
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Next Door: Living Social and Hooters, Chinatown DC
The density of cities is a wonderful thing.