The Architecture Thread

[gomestar]

spent about 30 minutes reading through a Tadao Ando book last night. I am a big fan of the concrete and glass structures, need to see more.

 

[gomestar]

nice, another friend of mine is joining H&dM. I think a vacation to Switzerland might be fun.

 

[gomestar]

The Shard:

 

[GlenCoe]

I've been spending a lot of time on this site lately. Mostly Japanese architecture.

 

[Rolfi]

Originally Posted by hypersonic

It is part of the HQ complex of the Swiss furniture company Vitra. It is situated in Weil am Rhein, Germany.

i drove past that complex quite a few times. it looks really underwhelming during the day but when the sides light up at night it's quite spectacular actually. i always plan on taking pictures the next time i'm there but never got around to it

 

[StephenHero]

Brick House- Caruso St. John

 

[gomestar]

^^^

I like.

 

[HORNS]

Originally Posted by StephenHero

Brick House- Caruso St. John

This is what I imagine the supermax prison in Florence, Colorado to look like.

 

[kwilkinson]

Originally Posted by HORNS

This must have been inspired by the supermax prison in Florence, Colorado.

Is that where you learned to bite pillows?

 

[HORNS]

Originally Posted by kwilkinson

Is that where you learned to bite pillows?

Naw, man, I was HARDCORE - solitary confinement for me. (I was raped by mice!!)

 

[kwilkinson]

Originally Posted by HORNS

Naw, man, I was HARDCORE - solitary confinement for me. (I was raped by mice!!)

This sounds even more torturous when looking at your avatar.

 

[HORNS]

Originally Posted by kwilkinson

This sounds even more torturous when looking at your avatar.

I used to say that my old cat was so lazy that I expect him to come in one morning with mice graffiti all over him.

 

[jekyoo_style]

 

[StephenHero]

Any New Yorkers been to Richard Meier's model museum that's open to the public?

 

[StephenHero]

Thomas Heatherwick's UK paviliion at the Shanghai Expo '10. There are 60,000 fiberglass rods containing seeds from different plants.