BuildingScape: Favorites, part 2
Photo for thegazz.com by Walker DeVille. Click to enlarge
Humans impose rectangles, squares, boxes upon the world. One word: Super Wal-Mart. And when was the last time you saw a curve or meander (its noun usage; definition 3) in a website design? Yet nature always curves and meanders in her multifarious creations. Walker, you say, get to your point! Oh, yes. The facing curve from near ground level to rooftop on Boulevard Tower completely softens this corner downtown. The remarkable thing is it’s a curve achieved with rough, hard bricks. It’s soothing to the harried urban eye. Contrast this building with any of your glassbox skyscrapers, which look as if cut from obsidian with a bandsaw. I’ll take my buildings, like mon amoureux, with curves anytime.
