tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6426327.post113497453470197282..comments2023-11-02T10:50:26.760-05:00Comments on The Place Where We Live: First Peek at the World: Bertrand Goldberg's Prentice Women's HospitalBowerbird Commhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10845071651698646437noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6426327.post-1135711004831206472005-12-27T13:16:00.000-06:002005-12-27T13:16:00.000-06:00The interior spaces at Prentice sound lovely -- I ...The interior spaces at Prentice sound lovely -- I must get inside when I am in Chicago again!Michael R. Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262548806079447404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6426327.post-1135097867784274582005-12-20T10:57:00.000-06:002005-12-20T10:57:00.000-06:00Marina City units are similar to the Prentice, in ...Marina City units are similar to the Prentice, in that they taper from the exterior to the interior. Unfortunately, each "pie" is pretty narrow, so if you have a 1BR apartment the spaces are a bit cramped near the core, esp. the kitchen. I haven't been in a River City unit but the common atrium space <A HREF="http://www.newhomes1.com/NHNew/Projects/RiverCityApril2003.htm" REL="nofollow">is just John Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14842328320680692310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6426327.post-1135048141274595322005-12-19T21:09:00.000-06:002005-12-19T21:09:00.000-06:00YOu're right. Being in this builidng makes me want...YOu're right. Being in this builidng makes me want to look out a Marina City Towers condo or a River City one. <BR/><BR/>Also, I meant to add that the rooms are almost all pie-shaped with the door at the narrow end and the window at the wider one. I think that contributes to their calming effect because it puts visitors (most frequently, doctors, nurses, and other personnel) in a little less J Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05639223915296288760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6426327.post-1135013654170706332005-12-19T11:34:00.000-06:002005-12-19T11:34:00.000-06:00As with many other modern buildings of a sculptura...As with many other modern buildings of a sculptural nature, I had always wondered how that building would be experienced from the inside. Many modern hospitals offer intriguing compositions but bland or overwhelming interior spaces. The spaces at this hospital seem lovely and warm -- then again, Goldberg was a cut above most modernists. His embrace of the circle as a primary architectural formMichael R. Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262548806079447404noreply@blogger.com