New LTU Building in Midtown

[DetroiterOnTheWestCoast]

yuck. another bland cookie-cutter building with absolutely zero visual interest. From a school that has an architecture department no less.

I think the apparent mix of some brick with other materials, both light and dark, does indeed provide some visual interest. However, I assumed that it would take just a few minutes after the original post to hear the design disparaged. To each his own. But I wonder how many designs anywhere would pass muster with the critics on this forum.

This is not a Detroit-only issue. There are condo buildings going up all over SF that are a bit "meh" in design. Would you like to spend $1,400 a square foot for a condo here in the Mission in this building? [[BTW, this gem of a building has 13 parking spaces to split up between 5 1-BR and 12 2-BR condos.)

http://sf.curbed.com/archives/2013/1...les_record.php

The LTU development, along with the Strathmore and the proposed Wayne State development at Cass/Canfield, means a lot of development in a compact area.

[rb336]

I think the apparent mix of some brick with other materials, both light and dark, does indeed provide some visual interest. However, I assumed that it would take just a few minutes after the original post to hear the design disparaged. To each his own. But I wonder how many designs anywhere would pass muster with the critics on this forum.

This is not a Detroit-only issue. There are condo buildings going up all over SF that are a bit "meh" in design. Would you like to spend $1,400 a square foot for a condo here in the Mission in this building? [[BTW, this gem of a building has 13 parking spaces to split up between 5 1-BR and 12 2-BR condos.)

http://sf.curbed.com/archives/2013/1...les_record.php

The LTU development, along with the Strathmore and the proposed Wayne State development at Cass/Canfield, means a lot of development in a compact area.

$1.4 million for 1000 sq. ft. Falls into the "more money than brains" category.

I will give them kudos for echoing the old thermal plant behind it, and it isn't the worst example of its type, but c'mon, its an ARCHITECTURE school