"Who wants to look out through painted windows"" - architecture and design

"Who wants to look out through painted windows""



Was advertising agency BETC right to remove the extensive graffiti during its overhaul of a derelict flour and grain warehouse" Find out what readers thought in this week's comments update.
Respray: readers were left disappointed by BETC's transformation of the deserted Les Magasins Généraux building in Paris, to create contemporary offices.
"Would have been so much better if they converted the inside but left the graffiti," wrote Bob. "Now it looks like a billion other apartment developments."
But some preferred the new. "I think they did a great job. Who wants to look out through painted windows"" asked a user called dick_c.
The transformation prompted wider criticisms of the architecture decisions made by corporate ad agencies:
Read the comments on this story »

London needs to address its profit-and-loss skyline, says Antony Gormley
Fair mile: British artist Antony Gormley told Dezeen that London needs to address its profit-and-loss skyline, causing readers to continue their long-running discussion about the UK's housing crisis.
Some claimed that only creatives like Gormley benefit from new skyscrapers.
"Funny how suddenly all the elite are up in arms about a housing crisis caused by nothing more than their own theories and concepts, " wrote a user called Dwn-under.
"Where were all these designers before the peak of the crisis"" said Steven.
"The 'architects' of skyscrapers are ...
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