Posted by Paul Malo on August 28, 2002 at 17:07:57:In Reply to: Re: ArchWeek - Kimmel Center Civics posted by Will Hayes on August 28, 2002 at 16:48:14:
Good critique, Will--and while I don't find the building especially lovely, I do agree with the designe intent to create non-elitist architecture for such a facility. Most of our cities don't have a cultural elite sufficient to endow or patronize the traditional temple of high culture. A facility like this should be used seven nights a week, for all sort of popular events.
My firm did a major cultural center thirty years ago, similarly guided by this principle (likewise a brick building, in fact) so I'm naturally attuned to the guiding spirit of the project.
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