What also fascinates me is that they added "multi-cultural design" into the mix of this complex that allegedly also uses "Southern California mid-century modern" architecture.
As we can see from their sketch, it looks only vaguely mid-century. And if it weren't for the two amoeba shaped security screening structure and patio shade structure, there would be nothing remotely "mid-century modern" about any of it.
But Mid-Century Modern is anything but "multi-cultural". If anything, Mid-Century Modern is the design language of WASP Capitalism and its descendents of the Mayflower
(to continue the Thanksgiving theme). Mid-Century Modern in SoCal was defined by banks and professional buildings on the Upper Class end, to bowling alleys and coffee shops on the Middle Class end. There's no ethnicity to be found in Mid-Century Modern design in SoCal except for white bread suburbia, middle class car culture, and big business capitalism.
If I were looking for something legitimately "multi-cultural" in this design, I would be highly offended by that. It's pandering, if not outright lying, to claim this type of mid-mod architecture is somehow ethnic and "multi-cultural"....
SoCal's Mid-Century Modern Business, Banking & Commerce Architecture...
Coachella Valley Savings & Loan
Robinson's at Fashion Island (Yes, those are giant brass bells on the side of the tower. They were fab!)
SoCal Mid-Century Modern Car Culture Suburbia Architecture...
Sambo's Pancake House, Huntington Beach
Covina Bowl, Covina
There's nothing multi-cultural about Mid Century Modern architecture, unless you want to claim Tiki themed motels are honoring Pacific Islander culture.
They really seem to be pandering to claim that anything in this image below is somehow "multi-cultural". It's almost as if there's a rule they have to use either that phrase, or the word "inclusion" in every press release, regardless of whether it's accurate or not.
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