Popular Post Purdueenginerd Posted January 3, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted January 3, 2017 Not to be obtuse, but perhaps this was less obvious than I thought, but on the Houston Architecture website, it is okay to have a critical and negative opinion on the Architecture of the building. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 44 minutes ago, Purdueenginerd said: Not to be obtuse, but perhaps this was less obvious than I thought, but on the Houston Architecture website, it is okay to have a critical and negative opinion on the Architecture of the building. Nope. Not unless you own it cuz America, moran. #freedom. #boilersarecommies 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 If I'm recalling my upbringing properly, Holy Mother The Church as a body doesn't do a whole lot of listening. (he said, quickly hiding his knuckles from the certain swack of a ruler administered by a nun coming out of nowhere) 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 If you didn't know what was there before, you probably don't think much of this new addition. It certainly blends well with the bookend buildings on either side. It's a shame the school didn't keep up with the old building enough to prevent it from falling into disrepair, but that time has come and gone.. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 ^^^ although, it resembles a storage facility IMO... it's ok... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterlyUrban Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 "IWA" Intentionally Wrecked Architecture"? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkultra25 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 9 hours ago, UtterlyUrban said: "IWA" Intentionally Wrecked Architecture"? Corollary: the new building shall henceforth be known as "Incarnate Turd". 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post UtterlyUrban Posted February 12, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted February 12, 2017 15 hours ago, hindesky said: This is about the only time that a driver could be confused as to here the orange and white construction barriers start and where they end. They should keep the construction barriers as they tie the building nicely to the road. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post UtterlyUrban Posted February 12, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted February 12, 2017 There, this now has better balance. Looks good. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2017/02/17/photos-take-a-tour-of-this-downtown-private.html?ana=twt ^^^ not so bad at all. i am really proud of this most wonderful downtown college preparatory institution..... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonMidtown Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterlyUrban Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 (edited) 9 hours ago, HoustonMidtown said: That car in front is likely stopping by to see if he could rent a storage unit. this building is ugly in Pictures and in person. Edited August 14, 2017 by UtterlyUrban 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
102IAHexpress Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 A lot of sacrilege shown against this sacred building. Very sad. You can say the building is ugly. Fair enough. However, turd and WT? demonstrate a lack of respect and reverence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 It's just a building; reverence is neither necessary or appropriate. This isn't a chapel, or a church, or a cathedral, or a temple, or any other sort of house of worship. It's a school building. An ugly, turd-esque school building. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
102IAHexpress Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 2 hours ago, Texasota said: It's just a building; reverence is neither necessary or appropriate. Cardinal Dinardo Blesses Campus Addition: https://incarnateword.org/website/index.php/about/news/145-cardinal-dinardo-blesses-campus-addition The Incarnate Word, is literally the word of God made flesh, Jesus Christ. Accordingly, If you Photoshop something inappropriate next to the image of the Incarnate Word, that is sacrilege. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmac Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Pretty cool looking school. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
102IAHexpress Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 54 minutes ago, gmac said: Pretty cool looking school. I love it. The academy is in the business of saving souls and this new addition will help further that mission. Also from an urban city perspective, more space means more students can enroll. More enrolled students means a larger urban downtown population. It's funny to read the loonies on here demand more urban this and more urban that (although not putting up any of their own money). Then when a school tries to expand its footprint and become a larger urban neighbor in order to accommodate the needs of the community (on its own dime), those same posters complain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 As has been noted before, this is an architecture forum. The entire point of this website is to examine, criticize, and celebrate architecture. And this thing is not infill. It it not making this site "more urban." This is one building replacing another. It is entirely appropriate to compare the two buildings, and, just because this thing is newer and (somewhat) bigger does not mean it is better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
102IAHexpress Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 7 hours ago, Texasota said: As has been noted before, this is an architecture forum. The entire point of this website is to examine, criticize, and celebrate architecture. Then I would suggest you stick to that. If you were attending an architectural conference in New York or Chicago and someone asked you to critique and examine this building and your educated response was to call it a turd, they would think you are a crazy person and not worthy of serious architectural discussion. Same goes to the guy who committed sacrilege by Photoshoping that obscenity on the side of the building. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Ha! You have apparently never spoken to an architect. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
102IAHexpress Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 I congratulate the sisters on their decision to expand. It would have been a lot easier to sell their land and develop somewhere else. They decided to continue their historical presence at that site. Thank you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naviguessor Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 1 hour ago, Naviguessor said: wow, what a beautiful and irreplaceable building. brings up the rage... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinsanity02 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 (edited) No offense meant, but why rage? Where was the money for the preservation? I did not like it when the Shamrock and the old Prudential buildings were torn down, but in truth what can be done? Is there a mechanism to make preservation of these buildings economically feasible? Why would MD Anderson spend money to prop up a building their analysts found unfeasible? How could this school with an even smaller budget accomplish this? You are correct. It is a beautiful and irreplacable building sandwiched between two architecturally unimpressive buildings. I think the folks at IWA mourned the loss of this building, but life is full of unpleasant but necessary decisions. And yes, give the people at IWA credit. They did not cut and run like many Houston businesses when the area went derelict ( not that I blame them I would have done the same thing) Edited August 16, 2017 by Twinsanity02 grammar 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinsanity02 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 14 minutes ago, Twinsanity02 said: No offense meant, but why rage? Where was the money for the preservation? I did not like it when the Shamrock and the old Prudential buildings were torn down, but in truth what can be done? Is there a mechanism to make preservation of these buildings economically feasible? Why would MD Anderson spend money to prop up a building their analysts found unfeasible? How could this school with an even smaller budget accomplish this? You are correct. It is a beautiful and irreplacable building sandwiched between two architecturally unimpressive buildings. I think the folks at IWA mourned the loss of this building, but life is full of unpleasant but necessary decisions. And yes, give the people at IWA credit. They did not cut and run like many Houston businesses when the area went derelict ( not that I blame them I would have done the same thing) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 The Houston-Galveston archdiocese isn't exactly insolvent. And according to the IWA website, "it strives to offer a solid foundation in the basics of a liberal arts education." My own liberal arts education included studies of art and history (among other things), and most assuredly did not include a course on how a strict dollars and cents analysis should govern all decisions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 From that picture, it looked like the school had two other, older, buildings for expansion at one point. So when they built the new building, they had to have made the conscious decision to preserve that middle building the first time. This makes me more able to believe them saying that the middle building was beyond repair, though I don't understand why the new building had to look so much like a self storage center 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darb64 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 7 hours ago, 102IAHexpress said: Then I would suggest you stick to that. If you were attending an architectural conference in New York or Chicago and someone asked you to critique and examine this building and your educated response was to call it a turd, they would think you are a crazy person and not worthy of serious architectural discussion. Same goes to the guy who committed sacrilege by Photoshoping that obscenity on the side of the building. Lighten up Francis. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinsanity02 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 I never said or implied the Diocese is insolvent. I am not privy to their finacial health. Nevertheless seeing what Texas A&M did to the Shamrock and MD Anderson did to the Prudential building ( both of which were marvelous building in my opinion) one can assume insolvency is a non-issue in these situations.. I my not like it but I suspect it has to do with straight forward non-sentimental financial decisions. I would not be surprised if the Diocese used the same reasoning. Just glad a few buildings such as the old Texaco and Texas State hotel building survived. Hoping the Great Southwestern building makes a comeback. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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