... a building conceived of by an idiot has also been designed by idiots.
BREAKING: LOOOOOOOOL! The New York Times ROASTS Trump’s crappy ballroom design, pointing out all the flaws and nonsensical choices in an absolutely brutal analysis!
“Trump’s Ballroom Design Has Barely Been Scrutinized” booms the headline of the New York Times’ analysis of Trump’s obsession, the enormous ballroom he’s building next to the White House. “Architects say it shows.”
You won’t be surprised to learn that a building conceived of by an idiot has also been designed by idiots.
The New York Times points out that the building is full of ornamental stairs that don’t go anywhere, there are faux windows with bathroom stalls behind them, its columns will block views from inside the ballroom, and it is – of course – unnecessarily big.
The White House driveway, planned by the famed landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted will have to be rerouted to accommodate this monstrosity, breaking its symmetry, all to accommodate a southern portico that the architect admits is more “ornamental” than functional.
“Is it an absolutely essential part of the program? I would say no, it’s not,” said Shalom Baranes, the architect. “Really it’s an aesthetic decision to have it there.”
Thisis a huge problem because Trump is rushing to get the building approved and completed before he leaves office, meaning we’ll be stuck with a $400 million boondoggle that will cost even more taxpayer money to be made to not look like sh*t.
The National Capital Planning Commission is scheduled on Thursday to take a final vote on the designs, which were being altered to accommodate more people as recently as October.
“The timeline never made any sense to me,” said Thomas Gallas, a former member of the planning commission and an architect. “A building on this scale might take its architects and engineers 18 months to two years from initial concept to completed construction documents, he said.”
This building was announced in *January.*
Like everything else Trump touches, this is turning into a disaster of epic proportions – and like everything else Trump touches, we’re going to be stuck with cleaning up the mess.
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