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I really enjoy the rich tones of the facade: http://www.rew-online.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Barclays-Center-SHoP-main.jpg http://www.rew-online.com/wp-con

by bluthru 12y ago

I really enjoy the rich tones of the facade: http://www.rew-online.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Barclays-Center-SHoP-main.jpg http://www.rew-online.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Barclay... Does rust automatically turn people off because of cultural connotations? It's self-finishing, already appears established, and doesn't require maintenance.

potatolicious 12y ago
Is it cultural? I feel like rust is a fairly universal signal for decay.
- Aeolun 12y ago
  Decay is not necessarily a bad thing. I like the aesthetics of rust.
schrodinger 12y ago
Rust doesn't require maintenance? It will keep going until the underlying steel is all gone - not really something you can just let go. As opposed to aluminum oxide which is self limiting - it only forms a thin layer, then stops.
- woodchuck64 12y ago
  Barclay is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weathering_steel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weathering_steel
mtalantikite 12y ago
I like the material, particularly when it's juxtaposed with nature, but its use on the Barclays Center doesn't do it for me. There's nothing around the structure that relieves it.