Ugly, Pugly and Fugly.

Over the past few months- the ROM has been undergoing a face lift.

The construction of the new wing has been absolutely fascinating! Because of the polyhydronic face, while under construction, the structure looks like a Behemoth blunder of engineering with rods and beams pointing in every which way- but more specifically in a way that suggests they are collapsing.

Now- Toronto is not virgin to landmark foul-ups; The Sky Dome was built at a massive price, only to find out after construction that the roof leaked.

They built the North York Centre for the Performing Arts- and then found out it was located in North York! That's a write off right there!

While under construction, the fouled-up looking ROM was absolutely gorgeous to me. I love weird and odd looking stuff for some reason (Beady eyed aside- She's gorgeous, not odd looking in the least). Now that the twin polyhedrons are now complete and there's no more haphazardish i-beams pointing and collapsing leeward, it's lost some of the appeal. The Monster is no monster at all- it's a glorious modern glass and steel edifice that's in the shape of two massive diamonds...*yawn*

For some reason- these unusual and odd things just have a great aesthetic value to me. That's why I voted for The Pugly Awards, but voted a 'thumbs up' for everything!

New and weird: Love it!
Old world charm: Love it!
Post-Modern Industrial: Love it!
Strange and striking: Love it!

I guess that's why I wouldn't make a good Environmental Psychologist- I'd just think everything would work... Not that Enviro-psych. is that difficult anyways... Whose nose am I tweaking now?