Oh hey I’ve driven by that, yeah it’s ugly as fuck. It’s up in Lawrence Mass
Before building work started I guarantee they promised "A tasteful renovation in keeping with the structure’s historical aesthetic"🙄
That was my comment haha
Is this another one of those “by law, the addition has to look visibly distinct from the historical structure” renovations?
Same thing that allegedly happened to this one?
Weird, that one went so far in the wrong direction it circled back around and I kinda like it.
Yeaggghhhh Caldwell Towerrrrr
gmod object clipping noises
Forget the X-Y offsets. Spawned building on top of church.
This could have been a really cool reno with a better roof line and some vertical siding that tied in the butresses. Instead, it just looks cheap.
maybe, there wasn’t a roof to start with
Seems to be in North America (license plate dimensions) so they probably did that to maximize the number of apartments while still keeping as much of the church as possible (without necessarily being required to as it is in the UK), would have looked better with another type of siding though…
Better than just demolishing the church, I guess, but they could have invested a little more into the materials and design and made it blend with the original facade better. Don’t just build a square vinyl box.
I hate vinyl siding with a passion
there are many churches in Europe who were amputated or completely destroyed by American aerial bombings. Some were hastily rebuilt with cement and these hasty renovations after the WW2 have no architectural or historical value 🤷
I’m guessing this picture isn’t of Europe. There’s a stroad, as well as minivans and SUVs. I would guess this is North America. Probably the US, but that’s just because I believe our neighbors to the north have a bit more class than this monstrosity indicates.
#FuckCars
Ya you ess ayy
Not going to lie, as someone from a society where religious buildings are generally never reused into something else, I get mixed feelings seeing them being reused. Yes it’s good that they can still bring people together, it’s good not to knock decent walls down, but I don’t know. I’m not very religious but I often feel like in my community the church brings people together, even if the services don’t mean very much to me after two decades of Catholic school all but beat my faith out of me.
“Churches in the west being changed into parking garages/clubs/restaurants/forced toddler trans surgery centers/mosques” is kind of a meme among the older generation of Christians in Lebanon. And by meme I mean they believe that 110% of western churches have been destroyed and that it’s a sign of the end times.
I have mixed feelings on this topic usually. But boxing? Boxing in an old church sounds rad as hell.
I don’t know why but it feels like it works. Community space, an activity that requires mutual respect, something raw that people have done for thousands of years, there’s an undeniable cool factor.
I don’t even really like boxing, but I’m thinking about the acoustics:
SMACKSMACKSMACKSMACKSMACKSMACK-KAPOW!!!
Like a choir of fucking angels!
Could be worse… it could have one less floor.
No, please god noooooooooo
… it’s hideous.
Modern architecture is like a corrupting virus
I’m not an architecture buff, but I don’t think that’s what this is.
I’ve heard that leaving one wall up like this classifies a construction project as a renovation. I’m guessing this was done because it was cheaper or it’s in a historic district? Idk
I’ve heard the same. If a property is ‘renovated’, it retains the same value, tax wise, no matter how much larger the renovated building is.
Not sure how this plays out with a formerly tax exempt property like a church once it get converted into a non-tax exempt property such as a residential apartment building.
If that’s renovation anything can be called renovation.
in old towns, unless the construction method itself has historical importance, they just keep the facade and build behind.
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Wouldn’t look so bad if they matched the color at least
Yeah if you’re going with vinyl siding anyway just get the fake brick one
that’s exactly what’s avoided in renovation. What’s old and what’s built afterwards should be clearly separate.
Anyone notice the house next door that’s almost touching the former church? There’s paint on the stone wall and the house”s windows. It’s like the painters didn’t mask anything.
