184 Adelphi Showing Its True Colors
When we last checked in on 184 Adelphi Street last Summer, it was clad only in exterior insulation. Now it’s got some kind of metal exterior. While we think the design is interesting in itself, we think it’s less successful contextually than the nearby 364 Myrtle condos and the art studio on Vanderbilt. Regardless, we’d…
When we last checked in on 184 Adelphi Street last Summer, it was clad only in exterior insulation. Now it’s got some kind of metal exterior. While we think the design is interesting in itself, we think it’s less successful contextually than the nearby 364 Myrtle condos and the art studio on Vanderbilt. Regardless, we’d rather see a strong statement like this than a Fedders special.
Angles, Setbacks and Windows on Adelphi Street [Brownstoner] GMAP P*Shark DOB
for all you nostalgics out there, this is not the 19th century, building techniques and materials have changed-not ot mention the way we live. fedders projects and similar developer driven crap are in many ways the reason why new york has such sub par architecture when compared to other world( and US) cities. this house is interesting, and who says it needs to be duplicable? It is site specific, and while it may clash and have bad windows(ye olde double hung) it certainly has no obligation-legal or otherwise- to try to be a pastiche of anachronistic styles so that you can bask in the glow of your nostalgia. this country used to admire innovation and progress, and our departure from those values to a system of values that attempts to harken back to a “better” time has diminished our standing as a world leader in almost every field. must we live in one huge manicured diorama?
It ruins the ambience of the whole block with its show-offy bullhshit. Architects seem to take pleasure in that.
this building is a mess. a very stupid piece of architecture designed by an immature talent acting out like a brooklyn hipster who dyes their hair red.. what a blight upon the neighborhood.
give me a fedder building any day. they may be horrible but on some level they are honest. this building is merely horrible by an architect who is merely vain.
I think it’s better than a lot of other buildings going up these days. However, I think they should have reconsidered those windows. Too conventional and generic for the look they are going for. If you’re gonna break the fabric of the neighborhood, at least do it right!
I like contemporary architecture, but I think we have to ask ourselves what we would think of this contemposeur building robbed of its context – the surrounding prewar buildings. Do architects think that this fashion of circumstance will inhibit people from examining the structure alone? Too many rely upon this self-defeating aesthetic of overt contrast. Design has to endure the notion of duplication, and duplicated, this building would just fking suck.
the strong statement i see oozing out of this architects’ drugtaking is “i don’t give a shit how atrocious this looks”….there’s a sucker born every minute.
The windows are poor (in choice of material and size), but the massing in general is interesting and crisp. At least in design it is not bad — will wait to see it with my own eyes with regard to execution.
–an architect in Brooklyn
yeah, but at least the pink house can be re-painted or you can strip the paint.
This building, for some reason, reminds me of the quasi-modern building on hanson place (i.e., the one across from Mocada).
I pass by the building all the time, and shudder when I do. While the building is interesting in its own right, and would sit well in Venice Beach or other architectually diverse places, it is distrurbingly out of place. It bothers me as much as the Pink brownstone in Park Slope!