Slog - Comments on The Unity http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/07/the_unity This picture taken by Kevin Buauman shows Portland's Belmont Street Lofts at dusk. Designed by Holst Architecture, the Belmont Street Lofts is a four-story mixed-use building that was completed last winter and now possesses a beauty that is almost preternatural. Its articulation is at once soft and hard: soft because of the material (wood) and the material's warm color; and hard in shape--it squareness, its strict lines, its admirable indifference to curves and bulging. The material is natural and its shape is unnatural. This is a great example of what the dialectically minded call "differentiated unity." The local architect Jerry... Copyright 2007 Thu, 06 Jul 2006 13:08:05 -0800 Tue, 18 Jul 2006 08:04:52 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by hijacked Amazing what a few trees and assorted greenery can do for a building.

]]> hijacked http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/07/the_unity#c394789 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/07/the_unity#c394789 City Thu, 06 Jul 2006 13:18:33 -0800 Comment by Fnarf I dunno, I'm suspicious of those BULGES.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/07/the_unity#c394809 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/07/the_unity#c394809 City Thu, 06 Jul 2006 13:34:56 -0800 Comment by woody those are both god-awful ugly like they came out of a 1970's prefab nightmare

]]> woody http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/07/the_unity#c394838 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/07/the_unity#c394838 City Thu, 06 Jul 2006 13:48:09 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle man, those are really dark pictures.

take pics during the sunlight, will you?

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/07/the_unity#c394852 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/07/the_unity#c394852 City Thu, 06 Jul 2006 13:55:35 -0800 Comment by el ganador ye gods, Charles. It's as if you took pictures of the ugliest apartment buildings around and proclaimed them good. This is a breed of architecture that I hope never comes back into fashion. It's like bad LQA Worlds Fair apartment a-go-go.

]]> el ganador http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/07/the_unity#c394856 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/07/the_unity#c394856 City Thu, 06 Jul 2006 13:57:45 -0800 Comment by [ Having spent a good portion of time in Portland, on the east side I have to say that that building is awesome. The picture doesn't do it justice. Move 200ft to the right and it looks much better.

The lower picture is not so great. The building in the picture is even worse.

]]> [ http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/07/the_unity#c394865 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/07/the_unity#c394865 City Thu, 06 Jul 2006 14:04:21 -0800 Comment by Dougsf I like that stuff.

]]> Dougsf http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/07/the_unity#c394968 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/07/the_unity#c394968 City Thu, 06 Jul 2006 15:13:59 -0800 Comment by CameronRex I like the Portland building. Very sleek. The other one...not so much.

]]> CameronRex http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/07/the_unity#c395004 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/07/the_unity#c395004 City Thu, 06 Jul 2006 15:37:25 -0800 Comment by Longball What strikes me most about the Portland picture is how well the building matches the old Clark Griswald station wagon in the foreground. This lends creadence to Woody's comment about the "70's prefab nightmare".

]]> Longball http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/07/the_unity#c395025 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/07/the_unity#c395025 City Thu, 06 Jul 2006 15:53:21 -0800 Comment by Jensen Interceptor Charles, pay attention to the size and construction of the windows in the Japanese Congregation Church. There appears to have been real intent to incorporate Japanese design into the exterior structure. It makes an interesting melange.

--- Jensen

]]> Jensen Interceptor http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/07/the_unity#c395325 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/07/the_unity#c395325 City Thu, 06 Jul 2006 18:41:36 -0800 Comment by Jean Energy Charles, I've been past the Portland building and I liked it. It has a mild case of REI-Northwest syndrome that isn't too busy like all the other buildings that fit that category. I think the "pre-fab 1970's nightmare" can make a small comeback in this clean and mildly interesting way. Just imagine all the spec housing built in the 1970's that could undergo such a transformation. I've seen it done around Seattle, hopefully there will be more.

]]> Jean Energy http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/07/the_unity#c395433 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/07/the_unity#c395433 City Thu, 06 Jul 2006 21:00:30 -0800 Comment by him Were these built in the 60's/70's, or are they new? They look old (and ugly imo). But that Griswald station wagon that Longball pointed out is pimpin'!!

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