Originally Posted by
Cathay Boy
I've said it from day one, the remodel made the F lounge WORSE, not better. The Cabanas are horribly designed with a lot of wasted space. I had a client that used to be in interior design business, and he said if he drew that blue print to any reputable commercial services builder he would be laugh out of the room.
Then it's the lounge spacing. The openness invites noise from the airport, and the acoustics is horrible (obviously the designer never considered it), and made the lounge sounded like a zoo when it is full. Again, magazine stacks and Apple stations sections are poorly thought out with dead space.
you do realised designing an architectural project is a two-way stress. what client wants and what designer wants can usually be very different. not to mention how many people are involved from the start (architect's concepts) to finish (finishing touches like flower arrangements), and anything in between (furnitures). (architects do not usually involved in the finishing touches). The final decision is almost always drawn by the clients, with mutual arrangement of course.
Yes architectural firm Foster + Partners is a highly repeatable international architecture firm.