Especially disappointing is that The Lyle was originally designed to have underground parking as presented to Civic Design Review in July 2021. Indeed, the development was set to use the underground accessory parking bonus.
In addition to the offensive Broad St. view and smell of ground floor automobiles, compared with renderings, the windows are not recessed and are fewer and squatter, with less height. The window shades make their appearance even smaller. The rendered elegant mullions and transoms are thicker, darker, more prominent, and displeasing.
The balcony railings morphed from glass to black metal. The color contrast between the bays and façade on the finished product is much lower than on the renderings. The rendered decorative motif on the rooftop portion of the bays is no more. The bays themselves are flatter – they do not project as much. The beige accent panels detract.
Coscia Moos Architecture usually does good work but this structure is banal.
Especially disappointing is that The Lyle was originally designed to have underground parking as presented to Civic Design Review in July 2021. Indeed, the development was set to use the underground accessory parking bonus.
In addition to the offensive Broad St. view and smell of ground floor automobiles, compared with renderings, the windows are not recessed and are fewer and squatter, with less height. The window shades make their appearance even smaller. The rendered elegant mullions and transoms are thicker, darker, more prominent, and displeasing.
The balcony railings morphed from glass to black metal. The color contrast between the bays and façade on the finished product is much lower than on the renderings. The rendered decorative motif on the rooftop portion of the bays is no more. The bays themselves are flatter – they do not project as much. The beige accent panels detract.
Coscia Moos Architecture usually does good work but this structure is banal.
Agreed. However this design was hideous from the start. Even the initial renderings looked terrible and plastic-like.
Like you said, this is some of the lowest quality work ever produced by CMA.
Didn’t realize so much was going on there! Area needs it, the intersection itself can get a bit rough