PROPOSED: Brown Creative Arts Building

[Garris 0]

Very interesting design. I posted all about it (with pics) on the Greater City:Providence site (where I'm going to be doing a lot of urbanism blogging, along with many of the other posters from here).

The link is here.

[runawayjim 0]

Cool looking building, but my wife, who works at Brown, got this long doom and gloom email from the president saying how they're going to be cutting back on a lot because of the poor economy. They're on a hiring freeze until January and they're not sure what projects will move forward.

I guess they're worried that they won't be getting a lot of donations to help cover the costs of the new buildings and projects. Employees seem to be worried that they won't even get their annual raise.

[Pseudo_Work 0]

Much like the ICA, I absolutely LOVE this building from one side, arguably two. I like the way it interacts with the greenway, but I don't at all like that it has its side turned to Angell Street. Good buildings should never be turned away form busy streets.

P.S. There's no apostrophe in "creative arts". Thanks

[JimmyGreaves 0]

Good buildings should never be turned away form busy streets.