A question of styleProficiency Expert Unit 8

In what ways has your taste changed as you grew older in the way of ...

musicfoodclothesleisure activitiesthe people you spend time with?

Think of a space in your city that you would transform into

something else.

Is it better to preserve and protect older buildings, to convert them

for modern uses or to replace them with something new and

more suitable?

When Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company opened a Manhattan branch location at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 43rd Street in 1954, the building ushered in a bold new era of bank architecture.

SOM’s design dematerialized the bank’s walls with transparent glass facades, cantilevered floors, luminous ceilings, and a street-level vault. These elements symbolically opened a cloistered world more commonly housed behind masonry walls.

http://www.som.com/projects/510_fifth_avenue_renovation_and_adaptive_reuse

What do you think of the gilded screen Golden Arbour by artist Harry Bertoia being used as a

background to lumberjack-style shirts?