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“Because it says the only thing that matters is money.”įor both design professionals and regular Denverites, Fugly has become the foremost forum to discuss and rail against what many view as the uglification of the Mile High City. “If we can read our culture in our buildings, what this says about us right now is pretty sad,” says Christine Franck, director of the University of Colorado Denver’s Center for Advanced Research in Traditional Architecture. But the structures being erected aren’t necessarily ones that will go down in history. In 2016, a record $8.2 billion worth of new buildings sprung up in the Mile High City’s metro area, according to Dodge Data and Analytics, a 26 percent boost over the previous year-which happened to hold the former record. Over the past few years, Denver has grown at a historic pace with homes selling at a clip not unlike that of Big Macs.

(A sampling: “Yuck…so ugly” and “When did Architecture become boxology 101?” and “Ugh.”) When a man points out that someone must like the Alto, otherwise the homes-priced from $559,900 for 2,984 square feet, according to the Alto website-wouldn’t have sold out so quickly, he’s rebuked by another commenter: “McDonald’s also sells ridiculously fast.” The caption bemoans “an awful cacophony of poor color choices, odd shapes, bad materials, and mind-numbingly dumb floor -all built on a former dump to boot.” Most of the 29 commenters agree. “I think they got lampooned on my page so much,” Evans says, “they decided only to do it in one other house.”Įvans takes a photo and uploads the image to Fugly the next day. He notes that the rust color is rarely used in the second phase of the Alto, which is currently under construction.

He points to the panels, which he claims are made of “shitty materials,” on one of the model homes: “Those boards will warp in a few years.” Then there’s the palette, the popular tan-brown-gray-rust combo, which Evans trashes as unoriginal and lazy. “Contextually, it’s OK,” Evans says, meaning that at least every Alto house shares the same blocky aesthetic.

Although he’s 50 years old, Evans is still boyish: He takes stairsteps two at a time and keeps laughing about a graffiti message-describing an intimate activity involving the male anatomy-he says he saw in one of the Alto’s basements during a previous visit. He sports bright red Adidas sneakers, a University of Arizona cap, and a red but graying mustache.

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While showing me around the growing development, Evans turns to take in the full scope of the Alto. You're lucky, intern.Evans’ opinion matters because he’s the founder of Denver Fugly, a private Facebook group he launched on April Fools’ Day 2015 devoted to “celebrating the stupid crap that’s being built, thought of, and done in Denver.” The group has grown to more than 6,000 members-with almost 1,000 more waiting to be accepted, at Evans’ discretion-and has inspired offshoots in Aspen, Kansas City, and Seattle. You’ll serve the Wise Leader, or build a career, or learn the secret of your father’s death.Įvery citizen of our great State dreams of working at the Ministry! You’re an intern at the Ministry in a totalitarian state.