Mr. McCarty, his son and their firm are responsible for the least attractive parts of Knoxville. The UT campus abandoned any sense of architectural consistency or campus integrity at the hand of these "post modernist," or whatever mumbo-jumbo term attaches to their design.
The Lawson McGhee Library? Arrgh! City COunty Building? Speech and hearing building? Coliseum?
These are buildings designed to impress other architects, and the article admits as such.
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JohnGalt writes:
Mr. McCarty, his son and their firm are responsible for the least attractive parts of Knoxville. The UT campus abandoned any sense of architectural consistency or campus integrity at the hand of these "post modernist," or whatever mumbo-jumbo term attaches to their design.
The Lawson McGhee Library? Arrgh! City COunty Building? Speech and hearing building? Coliseum?
These are buildings designed to impress other architects, and the article admits as such.
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