architecture appreciation thread

[pete]

Very organic. Sometimes good, sometimes bad.

considering he designed it in 1904, to say it was ahead of its time is an understatement

 

[pete]

If it's ahead of your time to design homes not much good for living in. I've read bad things about FallingWater. (Read them in How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built, by Stewart Brand.)

having walked through it i can say that fallingwater is timeless, and very well done.

 

[KRCummings]

having walked through it i can say that fallingwater is timeless, and very well done.

It is a favorite place for people to criticize. Brilliance often is.

 

[VaticanAssassin]

If it's ahead of your time to design homes not much good for living in. I've read bad things about FallingWater. (Read them in How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built, by Stewart Brand.)

I have been to his school in Scottsdale as well as most his stuff in Chicago...seems to be doing ok.

http://0.tqn.com/d/phoenix/1/0/M/c/2/taliesin01.jpg

I know very little about architecture beyond what I like and I like his stuff.The acoustics at his school's opera room (?) are fucking amazing!

 

[pete]

It is a favorite place for people to criticize. Brilliance often is.

the only crit that i can sort of agree with is when people say it intrudes on nature, having been built directly over the stream. certainly wouldn't want that happening to every stream in every town

 

[Laurel]

Has anyone else seen this movie: Coast Modern? It's a little doc on West Coast Modernist Architecture. Saw it the other night and enjoyed. Not especially deep (good analysis from architects mixed in with some fluffy stuff from random nobodies) but lots of eye candy.

 

[pete]

Has anyone else seen this movie: Coast Modern? It's a little doc on West Coast Modernist Architecture. Saw it the other night and enjoyed. Not especially deep (good analysis from architects mixed in with some fluffy stuff from random nobodies) but lots of eye candy.

haven't heard about it but i'll check it out, thanks

 

[Laurel]

haven't heard about it but i'll check it out, thanks

It's on iTunes, if you do iTunes for movies.

 

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[KingOrfeo]

Seaside, Florida, New Urbanist architectural triumph of Duany Plater-Zyberk: What matters here is not the design of the buildings but of the town.

http://photosflorida.com/images/aerial/aerial%20photo%20seaside1.jpg

http://taxi-destin.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Seaside-FL.jpg

http://www.affordable30arealestate.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/seasidefl.jpg

http://photosflorida.com/images/aerial/aerial%20photo%20seaside2.jpg

http://www.lisaqueendesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Seaside-Florida-2006-03-06-at-20-51-11.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lE8gHPipSaU/TM7mekFT8mI/AAAAAAAAAFc/EJiH7iInnLk/s320/seaside_florida_green_area_kids_halloween_.JPG

 

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[KingOrfeo]

And from the decadent imagination of King George IV -- the Brighton Royal Pavilion:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jXNyvNsF2To/TFcleWrA4jI/AAAAAAAADEA/z--YoedNEoE/s320/Royal+Pavilion.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Brighton_Royal_Pavilion.jpg/220px-Brighton_Royal_Pavilion.jpg

http://theredlist.fr/media/database/architecture/history/architecture-du-19-en%20occident/ecclectisme/royal-pavilion-brighton/007_royal-pavilion-brighton_theredlist.jpg

http://www.heureka.clara.net/sussex/brighton-pavilion02.jpg

http://www.gogmsite.net/_Media/ca_1823_brighton_pavilion_b.jpg

http://www.lahilden.com/images/pavillion-chinosie.jpg

 

[KingOrfeo]

Chateau de Chambord:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/ChateauChambordArialView01.jpg

http://images.fanpop.com/images/image_uploads/Ch--teau-de-Chambord-castles-697047_1152_864.jpg

http://www.evaway.fr/s3/evawayus/photos/original/EC/EC-1C-CB-DA-5B-AF-F5-08-13-14-27-C2-C6-B6-ED-D3-59-BF-9C-FE.jpg

http://www.visite-au-chateau.com/chambord/escalier-chambord.jpg

 

[doctor_insanus]

http://www.theonion.com/articles/st...Marketing&utm_campaign=LinkPreview:NA:InFocus

 

[KingOrfeo]

The Forbidden City, Beijing:

http://cdn.enjoyourholiday.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/No-longer-forbidden-The-Forbidden-City-of-Beijing-3.jpg

http://famouswonders.com/wp-content/gallery/forbidden-city/sunset-of-the-forbidden-city.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Forbidden_City_Courtyard.jpg/300px-Forbidden_City_Courtyard.jpg

http://www.travelchinaguide.com/images/map/beijing/forbidden-city.jpg

http://www.beijingrelocation.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/FORBIDDEN-CITY-PORTADA.jpg

http://www.chinatourguide.com/china_photos/beijing/maps_transportation/map_forbidden_city_beijing.jpg

http://www.kinabaloo.com/fc43667.gif

http://blog.chinatraveldepot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Tiananmen-Entrance-to-Forbidden-City.jpg

http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/28/20428-004-5BF7AC49.jpg

 

[AbsintheFather]

the only crit that i can sort of agree with is when people say it intrudes on nature, having been built directly over the stream. certainly wouldn't want that happening to every stream in every town

Over the stream and into the rocks - here's a shot from the back side I took when visiting a couple years ago . . . .

http://24.media.tumblr.com/c3bb75391e4602b6b839d5958e479ee9/tumblr_mqcts3qPBJ1s754npo1_500.jpg

 

[pete]

Over the stream and into the rocks - here's a shot from the back side I took when visiting a couple years ago . . . .

http://24.media.tumblr.com/c3bb75391e4602b6b839d5958e479ee9/tumblr_mqcts3qPBJ1s754npo1_500.jpg

i found out that they don't like it too much when you scramble up those rocks and climb onto the terrace there.

touchy fuckers

 

[AbsintheFather]

i found out that they don't like it too much when you scramble up those rocks and climb onto the terrace there.

touchy fuckers

At least you didn't try to swim in the pool . . . .

There's FLW's Kentuck Knob not too far away from Fallingwater too, makes for a good daily double.

http://24.media.tumblr.com/89f82624fdc35f6a2e1a2f2bf6210acf/tumblr_mqcv0jnWpD1s754npo1_500.jpg

http://31.media.tumblr.com/7168684bfda57d816c2bd1af177fb187/tumblr_mqcvawuOl51s754npo1_500.jpg

 

[imrhapsody]

http://www.franklloydwright.org/images/data/ABOUT/large_image/000/000/9-4.JPG

Taliesin West - Frank Lloyd Wright

 

[Wide_eyed_Indulgence]

http://www.kfntravelguide.com/images/thumbs/0011078.jpeg

Simple, classic, elegant design.

I walk by this a million times.

And it still never fails to impress the mind.

I was going to post the Flatiron Building as well. I love it -- wish I walked by it all the time too.

 

[AbsintheFather]

I was going to post the Flatiron Building as well. I love it -- wish I walked by it all the time too.

From that angle, it looks like Sandy should've toppled it like a domino

 

[pete]

http://images.fineartamerica.com/images-medium-large/basilica-of-the-national-shrine-of-the-immaculate-conception-washington-dc-wayne-higgs.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/Basilica_of_the_National_Shrine_-_interior.jpg

basilica of the national shrine of the immaculate conception, campus of catholic university, washington dc

the largest roman catholic church in north america, one of the 10 largest churches in the world.

the interior of the main dome is made up of 3.5 million mosaic tiles.

i go to mass there every easter and christmas, and i never get tired of it's majestic beauty