Blowhard, Esq. writes:
OK, so it’s more like a Material We Love, but you catch my drift. This is a combo fire and police station in Belmont Shore, CA.
I know this marks me as a fascist, but I’ll brick over raw concrete any day. The handmade feel, the fragmented yet unified visual quality, and the color all put me in a better mood than gray, dull, rain-streaked slabs.
Blowhard, Esq.
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Presumably this is of recent vintage. I guess we’re not dead yet.
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I should’ve looked that up before I posted it. Not too recent, it was built in 1929.
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Here’s a nice spot of brickwork.
http://www.strideguides.com/shapewalks/image.aspx?db=tms&project=4&src=DSCN1342.jpg&caption=St%20John's%20College
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I guess this one isn’t too bad either.
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I guess this one is also kinda, sorta impressive.
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I’m surprised it survived the ’33 earthquake. Brick is not a great building material for cities that shake….
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I had a brick house once. Built in 1949, I loved it. I loved pounding the wall and it going “thud” instead of BOOM. I loved the color and texture. It was very well insulated. Strangely some people had their brick houses stucco’d over, couldn’t believe that one, wtf?
Maybe in the future brick laying robots can make it economical again.
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