Trilogy on Fifth

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This ugly mishmash of styles and architectural features are assembled as though from several incompatible Lego kits.
  1. An existing craftsman house was "saved" by tearing it down and rebuilding it from scratch.
  2. The scale of the 5 story condo hovers over and totally overwhelms the craftsman.
  3. The condo attempts to look like four different buildings on a relatively small lot.
  4. The south wall is particulary pink, blank and ugly.
  5. Why the ice-cream inspired color palette? It could have had a more natural palette inspired by the colors found in Balboa Park - only a block away.
Project Information
Project Address: 
3265–3285 Fifth Ave, San Diego CA 92103, Corner of Fifth & Thorn
Project Owner/ Developer: 
Mayfair Homes
Project Architect/ Designer: 
Rodriguez & Simon (Design Architects), Colburn Currier Noll Architects (Construction Documentation)
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Design Collaboration

Submitted by meakai on Tue, 09/30/2008 - 04:47.
This looks like a collaboration of "design" committees, government intervention and a hysterical Historical Review Board, not to mention the brain-dead design/development team (did I leave anyone out?). But hey...it's not over 65 feet high, so I guess that's all that matters.

Clarification

Submitted by maxinewarwick on Sat, 09/20/2008 - 18:37.
Colbourn-Currier-Noll Architecture (CCN) did not design this project. This project was designed by Rodriguez & Simon and CCN provided the construction documents. Any suggested modifications to the design by CCN were rejected by the developer. The color palette was selected by Rodriguez & Simon and Mayfair Homes (developer).

Materials

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 09/17/2008 - 17:19.
When will people learn not to change materials and/or colors at outside corners?

What the...?

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 09/02/2008 - 22:27.
Ow, my eyes! I'm so glad I don't have to see this on a regular basis. My heart goes out to its neighbors.

The HRB deserves an Onion

Submitted by meakai on Wed, 08/20/2008 - 16:45.
The HRB deserves an Onion for declaring the house on the corner "historic". This corner is a prime example of the blind leading the blind. Yeah, that's right, it's politically incorrect...just like this project.

Award-winning mutilation

Submitted by mch on Wed, 08/13/2008 - 21:32.
There are so many negative aspects to this project that it's difficult to find a place to start. First, the developers teased us by doing a beautiful restoration of the perfect Craftsman on the corner, then tore it apart limb from limb, then rebuilt it in concrete with a dolled-up skin. They managed to suck every character-defining feature out of the Craftsman, then topped it all off by painting it a very un-Craftsman-like blue. I'm impressed by how a material/color/detail palette can be both schizophrenic and mundane at the same time. Clearly, the architects missed the boat on capturing San Diego's vernacular vocabulary.

Trilogy on Fifth

Submitted by Vostok on Wed, 06/25/2008 - 19:50.
Great choice for an Onion. This building is a disaster in every way and the Crayola color scheme is onion-flavored frosting on the cake.