The Architecture Thread

[sugarbutch]

Thanks for the link. I don't really share Ron's aesthetic, but I do respect it.

 

[StephenHero]

LeCorbusier
Immeuble Molitor
Paris, France
1931-1934

 

[Find Finn]

Wow that house needs a renovation, a shame they haven't kept in good nick.

 

[Mr Herbert]

really? seems to have aged pretty damn well for an 80 year old house

 

[comrade]

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Peter Kunz
Oberes Alpgut Housing
Winterthur, Germany
2008

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This building makes me (more) psychotic.

 

[comrade]



LeCorbusier
Immeuble Molitor
Paris, France
1931-1934

Too austere.

 

[comrade]



Hans-Jörg Ruch
Chesa Andrea
Madulain, Switzerland
1999

Great acoustics for yodeling.

 

[comrade]



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I hope that it is never built.

 

[comrade]



I've seen enough white boxes lately, so I'm gonna start posting older buildings for a while. I've been more interested in Pre-Renaissance Christian, Orthodox, Byzantine, Far Eastern and Islamic architecture recently, as well as early modernist projects with an emphasis on oddities, ornament, and intricate details (Arts & Craft, Prairie Style, etc.), so I'd gonna spam this thread with that stuff instead.
Siena Cathedral
Siena, Italy
13th Century

That's magnificent. I actually visited it inthe 80s. I'm going back.

 

[StephenHero]

Stop quoting the images, you ******* dweeb.

 

[Find Finn]



really? seems to have aged pretty damn well for an 80 year old house

Not even close see the upstairs tilted window, shower etc. I see buildings from the 1700's every in mint condition, so 80 years should be an issue.

I hope that it is never built.

Haven't they broke ground on it?

 

[Arthur PE]

as good as place as any

netflix
the modernism of julius shulman

I enjoyed it, I have a book of his photos
moderism rediscovered

 

[StephenHero]



Not even close see the upstairs tilted window, shower etc. I see buildings from the 1700's every in mint condition, so 80 years should be an issue.
Haven't they broke ground on it?

It's almost entirely framed. I think it's actually a pretty tasteful tower above the skyline. It has a very slender volume. The design of the facades at street level look pretty uninspired though. Either way, it's still better than anything over by the High Line and Chelsea, which is the other area featuring a prominent selection of ugly new condo towers.

 

[SUPER K]

Bet we'll be seeing it on one of those "Selling New York" shows

 

[chrisjr]

Not sure if this belongs here but...
http://www.torontolife.com/daily/style/from-the-print-edition/2012/05/22/great-spaces-auto-focus/