--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann" <awoelflebater@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" <j_alexander_stanley@> > wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann" <awoelflebater@> wrote: > > > snip > > > > > > > But I think they do nothing to enhance the environment nor do they > > > > integrate into anything that resembles native Iowa. > > > > > > I think what everyone is waiting for is one of Ann's beautiful > > > pictures of a building "that resembles native Iowa" > > > C'mon Ann, you can do it ! > > > > > > > What could possibly say "native Iowa" more than Gothic chapels and Greek > > revival libraries? > > No kidding! But MUM had the chance to do something very beautiful and instead > chose these monster buildings. Granted, they are a tad better than the pods > and frats although the pods tried to hunker into the rolling landscape a > little bit and they were small, although still ugly. They were also freezing > in the winter whenever the heat packed it in, which was frequently. I > remember being in bed and it was so cold the water leaking out of my faucet > was frozen. > > We are all going to disagree on what is beautiful, but what culture, what > architectural style do these MUM buildings represent? When you get a chance > to build something new shouldn't it at least relate to something about the > landscape it is placed in? All these edifices do is shout out, "We think we > are different and we want you all to know it." And, "We like big and we like > pretentious."
Ann, why don't you take a ton of money and go there, build something that is both beautiful to you taste, functional and according to Vastu ? I'm sure you will be greeted with open arms ! Please keep us informed with regular progress-reports, OK ?
