Enzo | 27m | 6s | Arlington Street | DAAS

The material choice could have been better as far as the black paneling goes, but the materials are okay for the 17th ave side. Overall, IMO The Fifth has hit it out of the ball park from a street vibrancy point of view. You couldn't ask for a better result, with every CRU busy and offering street vibrancy. The gelato shop alone has transformed that corner.
 
Surrealplaces said:
The material choice could have been better as far as the black paneling goes, but the materials are okay for the 17th ave side. Overall, IMO The Fifth has hit it out of the ball park from a street vibrancy point of view. You couldn't ask for a better result, with every CRU busy and offering street vibrancy. The gelato shop alone has transformed that corner.
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That's function of location more than the quality of the development. It's a black brutalist box, cladded in cheap aluminum siding and sparse landscaping. They missed the mark. Enzo and the Fishman's building are big improvements.
 
I thought brutalism was about raw concrete. The fifth is all windows and cheap siding, and probably mostly made of wood.

Are you just trying to say it's ugly? Maybe it is, but it's a functional ugly. I walk by it all the time, and the only thing I notice are the numerous businesses that are easily accessible on the ground floor.
 
Brutalist architecture is an architectural style that emerged during the 1950s in the United Kingdom, among the reconstruction projects of the post-war era.[1][2][3][4][5] Brutalist buildings are characterised by minimalist constructions that showcase the bare building materials and structural elements over decorative design.[6][7] The style commonly makes use of exposed, unpainted concrete or brick, angular geometric shapes and a predominantly monochrome colour palette;[7][8] other materials, such as steel, timber, and glass, are also featured.[9]

I wouldn't say ugly. I've seen a lot worse. It's very utilatrian and un-inspiring. A disappointment for such an important corner.
 
Urb said:
Brutalist buildings are characterised by minimalist constructions that showcase the bare building materials and structural elements over decorative design
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I guess there isn't much decorative design there, but there are no bare building materials, and I'm not seeing the structural elements. The whole thing is gift-wrapped in a box of aluminum siding or something.

Urb said:
I wouldn't say ugly. I've seen a lot worse. It's very utilatrian and un-inspiring.
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Agreed, it is definitely utilitarian.
 
Urb said:
That's function of location more than the quality of the development. It's a black brutalist box, cladded in cheap aluminum siding and sparse landscaping. They missed the mark. Enzo and the Fishman's building are big improvements.
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I don't disagree, the upper portion is boring and could have had better materials. For me personally, I've never cared too much about the upper portions of buildings, as long as they work at the street level. The Fifth, isn't necessarily amazing at it, but it does as good a job at the retail portion as can be expected.
Oddly enough across the street, The National, and Ship are both super busy and vibrant and the buildings are also very utilitarian, but they're set up well for street vibrancy.
 
I consider it brutalist in style.

And by brutalist, I mean like Brady Corbet's 2024 film "The Brutalist", as both will be landmarks beloved by generations to come.
 
Ok, ok, I disgress. How about "a building that belongs in communist Russia"? :p
 
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