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http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2011/01/22/terminal-2-opens-sunday/comment-page-1/#comment-52475 David Wed, 26 Jan 2011 18:27:11 +0000 http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2011/01/22/terminal-2-opens-sunday/#comment-52475 NCMA looks like prisoner housing for the cast of LOST.

NCMA looks like prisoner housing for the cast of LOST.

http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2011/01/22/terminal-2-opens-sunday/comment-page-1/#comment-52429 Dana Wed, 26 Jan 2011 04:09:25 +0000 http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2011/01/22/terminal-2-opens-sunday/#comment-52429 Fraiser, "Please remember my points only point toward the museum’s exterior."

Fraiser, “Please remember my points only point toward the museum’s exterior.”

http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2011/01/22/terminal-2-opens-sunday/comment-page-1/#comment-52423 Fraiser Wed, 26 Jan 2011 02:51:51 +0000 http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2011/01/22/terminal-2-opens-sunday/#comment-52423 I respectfully disagree. NCMA is just about the best space in the Triangle and one of the best places to actually experience art in the entire country if not the world. I have taken several groups of well traveled friends a few in the design field and to a person they were all amazed at the space. Nobody went gaga for the outside but as soon as we started to walk up and enter the building people's jaw dropped as did mine the first time I visited. Terminal 2 is nice no doubt but NCMA is special

I respectfully disagree. NCMA is just about the best space in the Triangle and one of the best places to actually experience art in the entire country if not the world. I have taken several groups of well traveled friends a few in the design field and to a person they were all amazed at the space. Nobody went gaga for the outside but as soon as we started to walk up and enter the building people’s jaw dropped as did mine the first time I visited. Terminal 2 is nice no doubt but NCMA is special

http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2011/01/22/terminal-2-opens-sunday/comment-page-1/#comment-52378 OTB & lovin' it! Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:27:41 +0000 http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2011/01/22/terminal-2-opens-sunday/#comment-52378 That photo of the museum looks like 2 18-wheelers backed up to one another for security in an overgrown field....lovely.

That photo of the museum looks like 2 18-wheelers backed up to one another for security in an overgrown field….lovely.

http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2011/01/22/terminal-2-opens-sunday/comment-page-1/#comment-52367 Dana Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:46:03 +0000 http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2011/01/22/terminal-2-opens-sunday/#comment-52367 The NCMA (with its hideous exterior). Here is more on it: http://bit.ly/c0gXp4 The building won the AIA's highest award this month. There are two interesting companion points, however. It won during a year that the biggest construction slump in U.S. history, so of the small pool of competition it faced, most of it was budget construction. The museum also has to be the only AIA award winner that residents would actively avoid showing out-of-towners on a driving tour. Calatravia's museum in Milwaukee? yes. Large warehouse? no. The association said that the building's exterior aluminum panels, "continue[s] the discourse with the landscape" and offers "unexpected and scintillating reflections." The last time I checked the landscape doesn't feature aluminum. Anyone who says this building belongs with its landscape needs their head examined. It is about the starkest material Phifer could have chosen. Another critic said that he "brilliantly" planned for the building's setting to change over time as the surroundings mature. Uh, yeah. It's called "landscaping". I hardly see how dark grey rocks against hard materials of various gray tones are going to ever blend with NC pine trees and green grass. If the building were set in a granite quarry I could understand it's "continued discourse". Please remember my points only point toward the museum's exterior. RDU is a great building, however, because it does use materials that are consistent with the surrounding woods. It does have a theme that pertains to the area's culture. It does function extremely well offering complex function in a simple format. It is a piece that has multiple points of appreciation (viewing it from numerous locations offers stunningly different points to appreciate). It uses natural light exceptionally well. It has kinetic energy, but doesn't distract the building's user from performing its duties. If RDU's Terminal 2 is not a strong contender for the AIA's award next year, then we will learn more about the AIA than they want us to know.

The NCMA (with its hideous exterior). Here is more on it: http://bit.ly/c0gXp4
The building won the AIA’s highest award this month. There are two interesting companion points, however. It won during a year that the biggest construction slump in U.S. history, so of the small pool of competition it faced, most of it was budget construction.

The museum also has to be the only AIA award winner that residents would actively avoid showing out-of-towners on a driving tour. Calatravia’s museum in Milwaukee? yes. Large warehouse? no. The association said that the building’s exterior aluminum panels, “continue[s] the discourse with the landscape” and offers “unexpected and scintillating reflections.” The last time I checked the landscape doesn’t feature aluminum. Anyone who says this building belongs with its landscape needs their head examined. It is about the starkest material Phifer could have chosen. Another critic said that he “brilliantly” planned for the building’s setting to change over time as the surroundings mature. Uh, yeah. It’s called “landscaping”. I hardly see how dark grey rocks against hard materials of various gray tones are going to ever blend with NC pine trees and green grass. If the building were set in a granite quarry I could understand it’s “continued discourse”. Please remember my points only point toward the museum’s exterior.

RDU is a great building, however, because it does use materials that are consistent with the surrounding woods. It does have a theme that pertains to the area’s culture. It does function extremely well offering complex function in a simple format. It is a piece that has multiple points of appreciation (viewing it from numerous locations offers stunningly different points to appreciate). It uses natural light exceptionally well. It has kinetic energy, but doesn’t distract the building’s user from performing its duties. If RDU’s Terminal 2 is not a strong contender for the AIA’s award next year, then we will learn more about the AIA than they want us to know.

http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2011/01/22/terminal-2-opens-sunday/comment-page-1/#comment-52328 chris Tue, 25 Jan 2011 03:23:26 +0000 http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2011/01/22/terminal-2-opens-sunday/#comment-52328 whats this other "award winning facility" that you're referring to?

whats this other “award winning facility” that you’re referring to?

http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2011/01/22/terminal-2-opens-sunday/comment-page-1/#comment-52294 OTB & lovin' it! Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:04:37 +0000 http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2011/01/22/terminal-2-opens-sunday/#comment-52294 Thank you for the great photos!

Thank you for the great photos!

http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2011/01/22/terminal-2-opens-sunday/comment-page-1/#comment-52277 Lee Mon, 24 Jan 2011 15:10:17 +0000 http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2011/01/22/terminal-2-opens-sunday/#comment-52277 So, hopefully they put in a decent waiting area now that it is all done. 30 or so seats is woefully inadequate. Plus, they did not even think to put in any info displays that were not affiliated with the airlines until several months after it opened, so when the ticketing kiosks closed down for the day and the airline had a nice logo screensaver up, you were SOL to find updated flight status for arriving flights. I know it was kind of temporary until this new phase opened and they did eventually put in some displays, but hopefully, such an essential item being overlooked is not indicative of the whole project. Everything else seems great when flying in and out, so I assume they got things right mostly.

So, hopefully they put in a decent waiting area now that it is all done. 30 or so seats is woefully inadequate. Plus, they did not even think to put in any info displays that were not affiliated with the airlines until several months after it opened, so when the ticketing kiosks closed down for the day and the airline had a nice logo screensaver up, you were SOL to find updated flight status for arriving flights.

I know it was kind of temporary until this new phase opened and they did eventually put in some displays, but hopefully, such an essential item being overlooked is not indicative of the whole project. Everything else seems great when flying in and out, so I assume they got things right mostly.

http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2011/01/22/terminal-2-opens-sunday/comment-page-1/#comment-52202 Mike Sun, 23 Jan 2011 18:34:44 +0000 http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2011/01/22/terminal-2-opens-sunday/#comment-52202 Now. Do not spend a dime on that pathetic Terminal 1 (it is not convenient at any gate for travelers - retail and restaurants are a joke, coffee at the bagel shop is not drinkable, few bathrooms, etc.). Level that building and build a show piece for RDU growth Do not spend tax payers money on that building, it is ugly and travelers are always complaining (and rightfully so) P.S. Fix the elevators in the parking deck and clean up the garbage everywhere

Now. Do not spend a dime on that pathetic Terminal 1 (it is not convenient at any gate for travelers – retail and restaurants are a joke, coffee at the bagel shop is not drinkable, few bathrooms, etc.).

Level that building and build a show piece for RDU growth

Do not spend tax payers money on that building, it is ugly and travelers are always complaining (and rightfully so)

P.S. Fix the elevators in the parking deck and clean up the garbage everywhere

http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2011/01/22/terminal-2-opens-sunday/comment-page-1/#comment-52199 ct Sun, 23 Jan 2011 17:31:14 +0000 http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2011/01/22/terminal-2-opens-sunday/#comment-52199 > Terminal 1, the one that should have been replaced I've read that the most objectionable parts of T1 (on either end) will be closed off, with the remaining airlines using the middle portion that will be renovated. What's mainly wrong with T1 is that it serves 10 times the number of flyers it was meant to. A clever architect could do wonders with that space.

> Terminal 1, the one that should have been replaced

I’ve read that the most objectionable parts of T1 (on either end) will be closed off, with the remaining airlines using the middle portion that will be renovated. What’s mainly wrong with T1 is that it serves 10 times the number of flyers it was meant to. A clever architect could do wonders with that space.