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In high school I hung out with a youth group at Unity Temple in Oak Park, which is beautiful but beset by problems. Repairing the cracking exterior surfaces was
by Zigurd 4y ago
In high school I hung out with a youth group at Unity Temple in Oak Park, which is beautiful but beset by problems. Repairing the cracking exterior surfaces was a major project.
Distinctive architecture is risky. At elite levels it amounts to signing up to live, or work, in a major artist's work of sculpture, made with novel methods and materials. Repair becomes equivalent to art conservation. Budget accordingly.
The MIT campus is full of similar stories, not just Building 32 (Stata Center).
- tptacek 4y agoI just remember a Wright exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry when I was a kid, and them explaining that all the furniture was built in to the house.