Hi All,
I thought I would bring X-Man's architecture discussion over the messageboard.
Here's my input:
My wife and I just moved into Prospect a few months ago, so I cannot claim to know the full history or community feeling about the architectual direction of Prospect. Additionally, I'm a first time home-owner, so you can take my comments with whatever sized grain of salt you choose. At the risk of sounding overly optimistic, it seems that we all ought to be able to have a good conversation about the architecture in Prospect that's constructive and civil. All that being said, here's my opinion, which I think is probably in the minority:
In general, I like the modern houses that have been put up so far. Sure, there is a house here or there that isn't particularly to my liking, but frankly, I feel that way about a few of the ''traditional'' houses as well; that's just my taste speaking. Additionally, I don't think the overall ''feeling'' of the Prospect is being hurt by putting in these houses - it still has a great feeling of coherence and flow. And I would hope that any designs that are just too overboard would be rejected by the arhitecture committee. From reading what I have about Prospect, it seems like they have a pretty good handle on this.
My only concern is that Prospect continues its development in such a way that neither the traditional or the contemporary houses start to look out of place. I think that this could happen if, for instance, it was decided to only put traditional houses into Prospect from here on out. Then, I think the contemporary houses would all be in a little ''patch'', and I think that would be weird. So, I guess what I'm saying is that I have full confidence in Kiki and Mark to just keep doing their thing, given that they've done a fantastic job so far.
I thought I would bring X-Man's architecture discussion over the messageboard.
Here's my input:
My wife and I just moved into Prospect a few months ago, so I cannot claim to know the full history or community feeling about the architectual direction of Prospect. Additionally, I'm a first time home-owner, so you can take my comments with whatever sized grain of salt you choose. At the risk of sounding overly optimistic, it seems that we all ought to be able to have a good conversation about the architecture in Prospect that's constructive and civil. All that being said, here's my opinion, which I think is probably in the minority:
In general, I like the modern houses that have been put up so far. Sure, there is a house here or there that isn't particularly to my liking, but frankly, I feel that way about a few of the ''traditional'' houses as well; that's just my taste speaking. Additionally, I don't think the overall ''feeling'' of the Prospect is being hurt by putting in these houses - it still has a great feeling of coherence and flow. And I would hope that any designs that are just too overboard would be rejected by the arhitecture committee. From reading what I have about Prospect, it seems like they have a pretty good handle on this.
My only concern is that Prospect continues its development in such a way that neither the traditional or the contemporary houses start to look out of place. I think that this could happen if, for instance, it was decided to only put traditional houses into Prospect from here on out. Then, I think the contemporary houses would all be in a little ''patch'', and I think that would be weird. So, I guess what I'm saying is that I have full confidence in Kiki and Mark to just keep doing their thing, given that they've done a fantastic job so far.