Fast-Food Aesthetic

| September 7th, 2010

Hansaviertel Burger King Berlin, Germany

While sitting in a drive-through I was reminded of a phrase one of my architectural mentors mentioned to me: “We must constantly be evaluating the buildings we are in.” He said this to me as we sat in a Steak and Shake. I most certainly had a smart-ass comment to make to him as a reply. What it amounted to was “What does the steak-n-shake building offer me?!” As most good mentors have a tendency of doing, he replied to me making me wish I hadn’t spoken so quickly. “Our buildings help define us as a culture.” He went on to explain that nearly all commercial buildings need an architect at some point and that someone out there is providing a stamp for these things.

It is with that in mind that I present the following: //


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