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The Amazing Architecture Thread (PICS)

  
 
Glenn Close But No Cigar
13:52 / 19.04.07
Just what is says on the tin, really - a place to discuss the buildings that rock you, and post pictures of the same.

Fan of Modernism that I am, I'll kick of with these:

Mies Van der Rohe's 'Barcelona Pavilion'



Le Corbusier's Chapel at Ronchamps



Vladimir Tatlin's (unbuilt) 'Monument to the Third International'. This is a maquette.

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The interior of Frank Lloyd Wright's Johnson Wax Building.

 
 
Shrug
14:06 / 19.04.07
"Monument to the Third International". Not only monument but also helixed tower of Babel with geometric rotating office space for the Komintern. Oh, gorgeous, implausible, monstrosity!
 
 
Saint Keggers
20:59 / 13.06.07


Habitat 67, by Moshe Safdie
 
 
M.a.P
12:29 / 14.06.07
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BO BARDI-La Maison de Verre, Paris.
 
 
M.a.P
12:31 / 14.06.07
By the way: Nice thread!!!
 
 
Our Lady Has Left the Building
08:27 / 16.06.07
I'm expecting to see nice things when I go to this, though taking pictures to share might be difficult...
 
 
charrellz
15:53 / 17.06.07
The Rothko Chapel in Houston, Texas. I saw it five years ago and I still feel amazed when I think about it. There's a nifty virtual tour here.

The exterior is just as breathtaking as the inside with the reflecting pool and it's double obelisk. This place (and the nearby Menil Collection) is the only reason I ever go to Houston.
 
 
Regrettable Juvenilia
12:58 / 22.06.07
Foster & Partners has designed a mixed-use tower for the town of Khanty Mansiysk in Siberia.

I have no idea whether it will actually benefit the local area or be sustainable. But looking at the drawings of what it might look like, I can't care. It looks like something from either Lord of the Rings or the cover of a 60s sci-fi novel, and I love it.





Amazing.
 
 
Sjaak at the Shoe Shop
09:05 / 11.10.07
Some images of the architecture of Peter Zumthor, the baths in Vals:









Also by Zumthor, quite cool:

  
 
Olulabelle
18:49 / 11.10.07
I like that very much. It almost looks like it's popped above ground like a submarine periscope in the sea.
 
 
Sjaak at the Shoe Shop
10:11 / 16.10.07
Another architect who seems to aspire to a place in this thread is Santiago Calatrava. Not an absolute favorite of mine, while I often appreciate his use of materials, his buildings are a bit too garish to my taste. But defitely 'amazing architecture'





and how about this:
  
 
fabi
15:35 / 12.04.09
what about this:





It is supposed to be the new National Library in Prague. Big discussions and even petitions were written to either support or to reject this project.
 
 
deja_vroom
12:58 / 21.09.09
Oh, wow. Great thread.

The Baptistry of St. John in Pisa amazes the knees.



(I encourage you to check the larger version)



(larger version)

Actually, the whole Piazza dei Miracoli is, well, it's very aptly named...



(larger version)

I promise you this: The day I become a supervillain, the baptistry is the first thing I'm gonna steal.
 
 
Regrettable Juvenilia
03:22 / 22.09.09


Is it not a grand building, lads?
 
 
deja_vroom
11:13 / 22.09.09
Don't want to sound like I'm dissing you, but it seems rather... ordinary. Maybe another, better picture might make it justice, but as it is, I see nothing special about it. Care to enlighten me?
 
 
ONLY NICE THINGS
11:50 / 22.09.09
A fine piece of work by Welton Beckett, there, Dudley, although I prefer the Capitol Records building. But which houses more criminals, do you think? Eh?
 
 
Speedy
12:00 / 22.09.09
But Dudley, is it wheelchair accessible?
 
 
deja_vroom
12:02 / 22.09.09
Reading Becket's Wikipedia page I found this quote attributed to him: "I see no reason to express Welton Becket." I guess this explains my reaction to the picture that Dudley posted.
 
 
ONLY NICE THINGS
12:22 / 22.09.09
Beckett is a subtle proposition, certainly, but I don't know if he is being totally transparent in that quote. Oh, he's a sly one... LA is a great place for architecture, though.
 
 
deja_vroom
13:16 / 22.09.09
Certainly, certainly. This says something also about appreciating buildings from pictures only - much of the impact you'd get from their physical presence (not to mention the opportunity to move around inside them) gets diluted, and the more subtle buildings are likely to be misperceived as only plain.
 
 
Poke it with a stick
17:14 / 22.09.09
Having watched a rather enjoyable programme on this particular edifice and its impact on those who studied there, I offer for your perusal the Glasgow School of Art - Charles Rennie Mackintosh's greatest and also last (it took 10 years to complete due to funding problems), major commission:



  
 
deja_vroom
18:40 / 23.09.09
The interior of the church of San Giovanni Battista, by Mario Botta

the eye-catching pattern is made of granite & marble







who says you have to be a gothic cathedral to sport your own flying buttress?
 
 
Alex's Grandma
13:29 / 25.09.09
Fair enough, DV, but what's it going to look like in ten years time? The mind somewhat recoils.
 
 
Alex's Grandma
13:44 / 25.09.09
I should lay my cards on the table;

Anything built anywhere much after the end of the First World War should be treated with severe suspicion, IMVHO.
 
 
Regrettable Juvenilia
18:36 / 25.09.09
But Dudley, is it wheelchair accessible?

Ho, ho, ho, ho!

Lad, you have made an old and somewhat infirm Irish policeman very amused. What a veritable wit you are. No, the truth is, much as I have tried to persuade a certain former colleague to install a ramp, he has stubbornly refused. Fearing a visit from old Dudley in the night, no doubt! When he is up late with his papers and his files.
His cases and his books.
His notes.
 
 
deja_vroom
16:04 / 28.09.09
Fair enough, DV, but what's it going to look like in ten years's time

Roughly the same, I'd venture, barring the eventual earthquake/bombing...
 
 
Speedy
23:28 / 28.09.09
Looks to me that it will last. It's not like it's a food court fit-out.
 
 
Speedy
00:03 / 29.09.09
Speaking of fittings, when I visited that lovely Mackintosh building some years ago it was closed, and disappointingly I never got to see it inside. Is it the case that it's still used as a working college and hasn't just been museumised? Maintaining and protecting all that delicate internal fabric must be a nightmare.
 
 
Speedy
00:15 / 29.09.09
Ho, ho, ho, ho!

No offence Dudley, but you make me feel a bit nervous whenever you express bonhomie!
 
 
Poke it with a stick
16:12 / 29.09.09
The Mackintosh building is still in regular use as an art school and strongly resists the temptation to become a sanitised, sterile museum.

Glasgow City Council are spending 8 million pounds restoring it and, after carrying out a survey, have found that of the eight buildings making up the art school campus, it is the one still most fit for purpose. Accordingly, they're looking to demolish the surrounding buildings and try and complement the existing building with equally lovely ones.

During term time (and, I presume, summer), there are daily tours should you wish to look around.
 
 
The Idol Rich
19:56 / 19.01.10
The interior of the church of San Giovanni Battista, by Mario Botta
the eye-catching pattern is made of granite & marble

Reminds me of the first scene of The Holy Mountain

  
  
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