http://dcmetrocentric.com/2009/06/11/archicritic-arena-stage/ New Buildings, Construction, Destruction, Planning, Real Estate, and Gossip as it happens in the Nation's Capital Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:42:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 http://dcmetrocentric.com/2009/06/11/archicritic-arena-stage/#comment-5974 JNO Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:57:17 +0000 http://dcmetrocentric.com/2009/06/11/archicritic-arena-stage/#comment-5974 I don't agree with Spencer. I think the glass buildings will retain an elegance (and more importantly a lightness) through the years. I agree we are overdoing it but I seriously get depressed walking by all the pre-cast concrete monoliths that used to dominate this city. I don’t agree with Spencer. I think the glass buildings will retain an elegance (and more importantly a lightness) through the years. I agree we are overdoing it but I seriously get depressed walking by all the pre-cast concrete monoliths that used to dominate this city.

]]> http://dcmetrocentric.com/2009/06/11/archicritic-arena-stage/#comment-5957 Alexa W. Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:45:32 +0000 http://dcmetrocentric.com/2009/06/11/archicritic-arena-stage/#comment-5957 I like the flowing look of the glass in the renderings, we don't need more extreme brutalism in SW with the exposed concrete! I like the flowing look of the glass in the renderings, we don’t need more extreme brutalism in SW with the exposed concrete!

]]> http://dcmetrocentric.com/2009/06/11/archicritic-arena-stage/#comment-5956 tom veil Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:25:57 +0000 http://dcmetrocentric.com/2009/06/11/archicritic-arena-stage/#comment-5956 I've gone by it a few times, and until I saw this article's link to the architectural drawings, I assumed that the whole thing was going to be raw and unclad. In most parts of DC, that would look out of place, but in Southwest, where everything looks like Disney World Tomorrowland, it would actually be one of the most graceful examples of modernism in the whole neighborhood. I’ve gone by it a few times, and until I saw this article’s link to the architectural drawings, I assumed that the whole thing was going to be raw and unclad. In most parts of DC, that would look out of place, but in Southwest, where everything looks like Disney World Tomorrowland, it would actually be one of the most graceful examples of modernism in the whole neighborhood.

]]> http://dcmetrocentric.com/2009/06/11/archicritic-arena-stage/#comment-5955 Buff&Blue Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:49:45 +0000 http://dcmetrocentric.com/2009/06/11/archicritic-arena-stage/#comment-5955 The existing Arena Stage building looks like a Pizza Hut. The existing Arena Stage building looks like a Pizza Hut.

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