Last year, the hip and stylish South Congress Hotel opened on the hip and stylish South Congress Avenue. Architecturally, it adopts the latest Austin trends, a mix of modern and industrial. There’s a lot of exposed form-created concrete walls and rusted metal accents. I like the look, it works well for the area.
The courtyard, while separated from the street, references it. There is a minimalist-industrial feel that’s surprisingly warm and comfortable. Shot with the Panasonic ZS50 as part of my Photo Sketchbook Collection.
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That style of architecture definitely suits the southwest better than the northeast. The building like that in this area — about 50 years after they were built — are eyesores. They never looked right, even when they were new and in this climate, concrete doesn’t age well.
Yeah, I could understand that.
Also, I’ve always viewed the Northeast is a more traditional, architecturally. Modern buildings don’t seem to work as well, in general, as the southwest.