Stanley A. Milner Library | ?m | 6s | EPL | Teeple Architects

What do you think of this project?

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There are "architectural" hints in some of the photographs that this is not the final finish. This is probably the inner face of what is known as a "rain screen". My guess is that the final finish will more resemble Gehry's Disney Hall in L.A. which was applied over a similar "rain screen" subsurface.
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Maybe, but aren't the left panels already applied over the rain screen of the right?
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The wedge looks like it will get a uniform surface, but the rest, those vertical panels look similar to the recent renders:
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@darwink, the panels on the right look like insulation panels. The caveat here is that I am guessing from photos, so I could be entirely wrong.
 
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certainly could be, an air gap creating panel. Hopefully so, but not holding my breath—been let down too many times before!
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archited said:
We should enlist @Daveography to put his new lens to use to take some close-ups of connecting details for the panels so we could get a better idea.??
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I can see Dave standing 10 feet away looking at the picture he just took thinking... "looks like one continuous panel to me"... ?
 
I know that I am probably alone in this opinion, but I personally really like what they did with this library, especially considering it is a renovation of an older building. Yes, I do think that they could have been more creative in the finishing of the building (such and adding different textures like stone or cinderblock patterns), but... I still like it nonetheless :)
 
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