Surprising Look for Apartment Building Rising on Grand Avenue in Clinton Hill
Substantial progress has been made at 474 Grand Avenue, a building that has been in the works, in one way or another, since at least 2005. A new building permit, originally submitted in 2006 and approved in January of this year, calls for five stories and 10 units. The exterior looks pretty different from a…
Substantial progress has been made at 474 Grand Avenue, a building that has been in the works, in one way or another, since at least 2005. A new building permit, originally submitted in 2006 and approved in January of this year, calls for five stories and 10 units.
The exterior looks pretty different from a rendering we published back in 2001, although the overall shape is still there. The architect of record is Panagiotis Vikatos of Vikatos Architect PC. The first design was created by owner Jorge Concepcion, a Pratt Institute graduate, who purchased the lot in 2005 for $1,100,000, according to public records.
What do you think of the look?
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Pixelvomit.
This fails at everything. It’s not an appealing example of modern or quirky. It’s not traditional or contextual. It stands out for being so poorly done, unattractive, and favoring (horrible) form over function. There is nothing positive to say about those ridiculous windows. Also, the color palette and building materials look like crap.
I guess this is what they teach at architecture school: “Make a Statement! It’s all about YOU, the MASTER BUILDER! Make sure everyone realizes it’s MODERN!” Unfortunately, that only works well when the architect has some talent, which no school can teach.
Talk about aggressively ugly.
I thought this was a joke. It’s like a winner in a contest to intentionally design the worst looking building. How much fugly can you cram into just a few stories?! My eyes have a hard time even focusing on that optical illusion.
look at me! look at me! LOOK AT MEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
WTF is up with the new construction bldg on Grand/Lexington? It looks like they messed it up. all the windows are on the lot-line or Lex frontage. – zero on the grand ave. so weird.
“This is neither. It’s another level”.
– Panagiotis Vikatos the Greek