Latest Addition to BAM Complete
A few days ago the Brooklyn Academy of Music unveiled the new glass canopy outside its landmark Peter Jay Sharp building. The multi-million-dollar restoration of most of the building was completed a few years ago, and BAM’s website says the canopy was supposed to be finished in 2005. The organization declined to comment on the…
A few days ago the Brooklyn Academy of Music unveiled the new glass canopy outside its landmark Peter Jay Sharp building. The multi-million-dollar restoration of most of the building was completed a few years ago, and BAM’s website says the canopy was supposed to be finished in 2005. The organization declined to comment on the addition since it’s issuing a press release about it in a couple of days, but our understanding is that the structure marks the end of Peter Jay Sharp’s restoration. How do you think it looks? GMAP
It’s a little ostententatious. And those diagonal support bars coming from the wall look rather awkward to me. Could you hit your head on them? But it could have been worse.
Of course nothing would have been as nice as a classically-designed marquee, but we are too sophisticated in Brooklyn to go for such an obvious solution.
I have a feeling it will leak like a sieve.
Terrible, just terrible. All new architecture sucks. Landmark everything. I love vacant lots. All buildings erected after 1930 are ugly. Buck Fush. Free Mumia.
total fucking cock rock bullshit. ugly ugly ugly. what a fucking waste of money. i used to think BAM was one of the coolest old building and now it is screwed. why do people have such bad taste?
I think it looks great. Love the mixture of old and new. Reminds me of a Barcelona facade.
The BAM building is one of the most beautiful in the city. This awning looks like a suburban bus shelter. At least it’s only bolted on.
hate it.i thought this building was landmarked.The landmarks commission tells owners of landmarked buildings what color to paint their window frames yet this completly out of context and cheap looking addition is allowed ? the rest of the restoration so far has been fantastic.
Wonder how it’ll fare in a heavy rainstorm?
why was the awning necessary at all???
it’s gross, and i usually like modern additions