I think a "cement building" is a pretty good name to call stuff like this

fair enough! christ that's bad

good spot for a large mural.

Come on y'all don't besmirch cement like this

Preach it Real Brutalist! 😄

Yeah the irony of what she’s saying is that I think a lot of what she hates goes back to light wood frame construction

Yep, the language sounds like it's going after concrete but those designs are all timber frame. We need to return to *real* concrete construction, burtalism.

Like, why is so much of the facade blank? Two remote stairs because a wood stair burned in a NYC tenement in 1860. What’s up with all those risers? Sprinklers and standpipes because the structure is made of twigs. Why are the windows perfectly flat with the facade? Uhhh I can’t remember how I…

…managed to blame this one on light wood frame, but I think way back when I found a way!

white vinyl being marginally cheaper than dark bronze is a big tell on these guys

Oh I’ve got a NFRC vs. ISO window standards project I wanna do that I think is related to that (it’s harder for US manufacturers to launch new frames than it is for EU ones, because the NFRC testing standards require the glazing and frame to be tested together, while the ISO standard allows them to…

…be tested together, making it easier to mix and match frame and glazing combos for new products).

you mean separately? make sense since they're doing essentially different roles

it's because it's far cheaper to use flanged windows over the sheathing to keep out water even though it's a million light years better to put it in middle of wall.

Wish there was someone with a full time job who had authority to investigate and fix these the bad laws...

Ando would never

The raised eyebrow of drainage

Technically all those Hardie panels are fiber cement

Hardie is about 3x as much as stucco iirc

Not to mention the design shown is actually good

Exactly. Saying "cement building" is just appealing to assumptions about aesthetics, probably rooted in class among other things. But it says nothing about the actual quality of the building

Charmed. Where do I check in for my body cavity inspection?

I thought boring boxes were good actually ;) Also "Gatsby" is perfect

Where are the other windows? Is this a secure facility?

Just not with any civil engineers in earshot