Don't post in here much but just popped in for a catch-up.
Dudes... are you mental? That hotel looks f***ing awesome! What the hell are y'all complaining about?? Never seen anything quite like it.
I know you Phanboys have been dissecting and scrutinising every detail of this project from day 1, and I think maybe some of you are getting too hung up the minutiae (ie the rust colour) to see the bigger picture, but take it from someone who has just seen that complete(?) facade for the first time:
It. Looks. Awesome!
I can see your point, and obviously taste is a very subjective thing. But I have to disagree that thinking this flat, ugly rust wall is hideous makes me "mental"
I think it's just a shame as steampunk is such a broad theme with lots of variations, many of which are delicate and detailed, others are large and imposing etc. This just seems lazy to me, except for the brick part with the chimney, that can stay...
I think knowing Klugheim is next to this, with it's hand-crafted wooden roofs and buildings, makes it worse for me. I had such high hopes for Rookburgh but it's seemingly quite flat and two-dimensional from what we've seen of the inside and facades, but I'll reserve full judgement until opening day in Summer 2045. Maybe the interiors of these buildings will save it, but I'm not so sure. This is coming from a PHL fangirl, btw. I'm not hating on this for the sake of it, I want to love it SO bad.