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Industrialism (for Saveloy)

grant

17:26 / 21.08.01

found these sites on memepool:
www.abandoned-places.com
and, specifically, http://home2.planetinternet.be/henk/leuna.htm

where they have photos like:

netbanshee

17:39 / 21.08.01

Seems that especially design as of late has been using related imagery to pass ideas and concepts. Nothing like looking at the "new" old to transfer new ideas thru. But you have to say, those shapes are beautiful.

Saveloy

08:51 / 22.08.01

Indeed. grant, I've said it before and I'll say it again and again - you rule with fists of IRON! Thanks mate. If I find anything similar, I'll post links to this here thread.

Saveloy

12:52 / 07.09.01

I want this to be my house:

and this to be my bedroom:

grant

19:55 / 19.06.02

Found some more pretty things

that

20:15 / 19.06.02

Oooh... preeetty... now, what about that thing by the river next to Battersea Power Station... rusted behemoth of a squat kinda crane-type thing... I love that...

Saveloy

16:07 / 05.12.02

[This is prolly more apropriate to an 'abandoned buildings' thread, but I caouldn't find one].

Some of these pics are damned spooky, in a grim, wintery evening, Doctor Who-ish sort of way (especially Wood Lane):

Abandoned Tube Stations

dj kali_ma

17:49 / 05.12.02

grant, forgive me for being lowbrow, but that just looks like the world's most complicated, hyperdimensional bong.

*snicker*

::a::

The Return Of Rothkoid

21:16 / 05.12.02

I did a blogpost on that sorta thing. Links aplenty if you click here.

Saveloy

11:28 / 20.01.03

Yummy yum yum:

Check out the Monolithic Dome site, very interesting. I particularly like the pink house in Moscow, which looks like it should be inhabited by giant cartoon mice.

Saveloy

11:49 / 22.01.03

Sound mirrors, used during the war (before radar) to amplify and focus the sound of aircraft coming in over the Channel:

More of these and other abandoned coastal installationshere.

Saveloy

10:39 / 22.08.03

(Also posted in the Gives Me A Happy thread in the Conversation, but this is it's proper home):

The Forevertron! - fantastic metal sculpture on a massive scale, by Dr Evermor

This guy had the best job in the world, and exactly the right attitude to his work:

"Over the next 20 years, Tom oversaw the wrecking of over 350 major industrial sites. He began to realize that the beautiful industrial objects that he was selling for scrap and meltdown were very much worth saving and "honoring." He developed an abiding respect and love for the industrial design and designers of the 19th and early 20th centuries. He began to construct huge metal fantasy machines for the House on the Rock, the Don Q Inn, and many other places, using the industrial salvage material he had collected."

Tryphena Absent

11:20 / 22.08.03

I've been looking for a picture of Angel before the refurbishment for what seems like an eternity! How fabulously handy!

I adore this kind of art, taking what was so new once upon a time and rebuilding it. The abandoned tube stations site above is definitely my favourite in this thread. I adore the story of underground London. The site has some very interesting information on the structure of stations when they are redesigned.

Saveloy

12:51 / 22.08.03

Great link that, thanks Anna!

On a similar theme, how about a bit of military architecture? There are loads of pics of fantastically gloomy, utilitarian buildings in desolate landscapes here:

Bunker Tours

Check out the Cold War section for some particularly scary interiors (nicotine yellow walls, brown floors etc).

Tryphena Absent

13:11 / 22.08.03

Erm... have you heard of 20 Sites n Years? I suppose to an extent it can be called a record of industrialism. Basically Tom Phillips photographs precisely the same sites every year and it's become a chart of the area. I particularly love numbers 19, 13 and 15.

Saveloy

14:38 / 12.12.03

Squeal! Check this out:

Industrial Photography Archive

Hundreds of really high quality, beautiful pics of blast furnaces, factories, mines etc from all over the world. Some abandoned stuff. The page I've linked to shows steel works in Cleveland, Ohio. A good one to start with, use the navigation on the left of the page to see more.

(plus belated thanks to Tryphena - interesting project, that Tom Phillips thing)

Saveloy

10:22 / 06.02.04

More derelict buildings here:

Derelict London

Interesting pics and, in some cases, interesting history/background detail.

Saveloy

12:44 / 29.10.04

Pics of the mostly demolished Tricorn

These are hot off the press, I took 'em on Wednesday. Click on the link then use the Next Image thingy to see the rest (there are 9 of them).

sauceruney

21:31 / 30.10.04

A friend on another forum took these pictures I'm sure will fit in with this thread's theme quite well...

http://www.skepticlysm.org/bigdigthumbs.html
http://www.skepticlysm.org/carriethumbs.html
http://www.skepticlysm.org/ventuthumbs.html
http://www.skepticlysm.org/ispatthumbs.html
http://www.skepticlysm.org/republicthumbs.html
http://www.skepticlysm.org/macrothumbs.html

sauceruney

13:08 / 01.11.04

and here's a nice one posted on Boing Boing today...

http://www.invisiblethreads.com/potd/collections/galleries.php

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