kjmay1

This whole series of events justs re-emphasizes the 'developer architect' sensibility of most cleveland decision makers - tear it down and build some new EIFS-clad shit. I think it's amazing that the original RFP for this competition intentionally set out to forbid solo-Cleveland architectural firms from entering - hence the pairing up of local firms with nyc firms (for project experience reasons). I'm not sure why Cleveland would ever tear down a Marcel Breuer building and replace it with shitty county offices - no wonder Cleveland isn't respected as an architectural town. We don't know how what palimpsest and stratification mean to a city. Davis Brody Bond's and WMF's plan was the only one which utilized encompassing the existing structure in a glass skin - adding a layer to it, removing the asbestos, and reusing an existing, and like it or not, historic vacancy. Palimpsest over tear-it-down-and-rebuild-developing, Cleveland.