{"606050":{"#nid":"606050","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Sonit Bafna discusses why Central Atlanta Library must be preserved","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIt is no secret that Atlanta is experiencing significant growth and change throughout the city. The \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.afpls.org\/central-library\u0022\u003ECentral Atlanta Library\u003C\/a\u003E, designed by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.dwell.com\/article\/design-icon-10-buildings-by-marcel-breuer-956d0193\u0022\u003EMarcel Breuer\u003C\/a\u003E, was completed in 1980, and now in 2018, will be undergoing a $50 million renovation. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/arch.gatech.edu\/people\/sonit-bafna\u0022\u003ESonit Bafna\u003C\/a\u003E, Associate Professor in the Georgia Tech School of Architecture, sat down with \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/atlanta.curbed.com\/\u0022\u003ECurbed Atlanta\u003C\/a\u003E to discuss the preservation the library\u0026rsquo;s Brutalist fa\u0026ccedil;ade.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;For a time about 10 or 20 years ago, it became fashionable to criticize Brutalist buildings because they did not age well; they looked a little bit depressing; they were grey in tone, and they sort of were associated with architects imposing their will on the community,\u0026rdquo; Bafna said. \u0026ldquo;[The Central Atlanta Library] is Breuer trying to rethink postmodernism in his own terms\u0026mdash;and very late in his career.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBafna often shares Breuer\u0026rsquo;s work in his courses at Georgia Tech. In 2016, his design studio used the\u0026nbsp;Central Atlanta Library for a project in which his students created their own versions of the library.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/atlanta.curbed.com\/2018\/5\/7\/17325954\/marcel-breuer-georgia-tech-architecture-professor-central-atlanta-library\u0022\u003ETo view Sonit Bafna\u0026rsquo;s discussion with Curbed Atlanta\u0026nbsp;and to view student projects from Bafna\u0026rsquo;s 2016 studio, click here.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIt is no secret that Atlanta is experiencing significant growth and change throughout the city. The \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.afpls.org\/central-library\u0022\u003ECentral Atlanta Library\u003C\/a\u003E, designed by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.dwell.com\/article\/design-icon-10-buildings-by-marcel-breuer-956d0193\u0022\u003EMarcel Breuer\u003C\/a\u003E, was completed in 1980, and now in 2018, will be undergoing a $50 million renovation. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/arch.gatech.edu\/people\/sonit-bafna\u0022\u003ESonit Bafna\u003C\/a\u003E, Associate Professor in the Georgia Tech School of Architecture, sat down with \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/atlanta.curbed.com\/\u0022\u003ECurbed Atlanta\u003C\/a\u003E to discuss the preservation the library\u0026rsquo;s Brutalist fa\u0026ccedil;ade.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Sonit Bafna, Associate Professor in the Georgia Tech School of Architecture, sat down with Curbed Atlanta to discuss the preservation the Central Atlanta Library\u0027s Brutalist fa\u00e7ade.  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