13urnzz
Banned
+5,830|6467

AussieReaper wrote:

I've always liked Baroque.
but they're not building it anymore, because it costs too much money.

everyone who did wound up broke.
KuSTaV
noice
+947|6481|Gold Coast
https://www.travlang.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/ANGKOR-WAT23.jpg


Places like Angkor Wat in south-east asia are pretty freaking cool... theres always some place new to explore because they're always so big.
Also I swear I saw the author Matthew Reilly when I was there.
noice                                                                                                        https://static.bf2s.com/files/user/26774/awsmsanta.png
M.O.A.B
'Light 'em up!'
+1,220|6193|Escea

https://gearth.ic.cz/wp-content/gallery/obrazky-dne/il_castello_di_neuschwanstein.jpg
https://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/63/96663-050-C17E44F5.jpg

I really like the Fallingwater style. Was the inspiration for the house at the end of North by Northwest.
oug
Calmer than you are.
+380|6489|Πάϊ

Macbeth wrote:

eleven bravo wrote:

a lot of the nicest looking mosques were old churches converted
which were most likely converted from old Pagan temples.

Sort of like how the Cathedral of Cordoba was a Roman temple then a Catholic church then a Mosque and then finally a Catholic church. The blue Mosque though is original IIRC.
Actually the blue mosque is not original. It's called Agia Sofia and it was originally a byzantine era christian orthodox church. The turks only added the surrounding towers later.
ƒ³
FatherTed
xD
+3,936|6470|so randum
Some of the favourites i've visited (not my pictures)

Chateau de Chenonceau (Loire valley, France)
https://www.gardenvisit.com/assets/madge/chateau_de_chenonceau_1543_jpg/600x/chateau_de_chenonceau_1543_jpg_600x.jpg

(one of the) Gaudi houses in Barcelona, Spain
https://cache.virtualtourist.com/2761318-Manzana_de_la_Discordia_Batlios_House_Gaudi-Barcelona.jpg

Charles Bridge (with Pražský hrad in the background) (Prague, Czech Republic)
https://www.levius-prague-apartments.com/image-files/charles_bridge_prague.jpg
Small hourglass island
Always raining and foggy
Use an umbrella
Trotskygrad
бля
+354|5969|Vortex Ring State
Saint Basil's Cathedral is jealous

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Kizhi_church_1.jpg/471px-Kizhi_church_1.jpg
Macbeth
Banned
+2,444|5556

oug wrote:

Macbeth wrote:

eleven bravo wrote:

a lot of the nicest looking mosques were old churches converted
which were most likely converted from old Pagan temples.

Sort of like how the Cathedral of Cordoba was a Roman temple then a Catholic church then a Mosque and then finally a Catholic church. The blue Mosque though is original IIRC.
Actually the blue mosque is not original. It's called Agia Sofia and it was originally a byzantine era christian orthodox church. The turks only added the surrounding towers later.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagia_Sophia
The design of the Sultan Ahmed Mosque is the culmination of two centuries of both Ottoman mosque and Byzantine church development. It incorporates some Byzantine elements of the neighboring Hagia Sophia with traditional Islamic architecture and is considered to be the last great mosque of the classical period. The architect has ably synthesized the ideas of his master Sinan, aiming for overwhelming size, majesty and splendour.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan_Ahmed_Mosque
According to wikipedia they are two different places. Hagia Sophia itself was turned into a Mosque though.
KuSTaV
noice
+947|6481|Gold Coast

M.O.A.B wrote:

http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-me … 7E44F5.jpg

I really like the Fallingwater style. Was the inspiration for the house at the end of North by Northwest.
How old is that house?
noice                                                                                                        https://static.bf2s.com/files/user/26774/awsmsanta.png
Trotskygrad
бля
+354|5969|Vortex Ring State

KuSTaV wrote:

M.O.A.B wrote:

http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-me … 7E44F5.jpg

I really like the Fallingwater style. Was the inspiration for the house at the end of North by Northwest.
How old is that house?
75 years old, why?
KuSTaV
noice
+947|6481|Gold Coast
Its scarily modern.

I would've expected ~80s, maybe 90s.
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Mekstizzle
WALKER
+3,611|6591|London, England
They're building this in London. It's already reasonably high.

https://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/46TheShard_pic2.jpg

https://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y362/Edvvc/1e7a37d8.png
Source

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Top half of the structure sort of reminds me of the Half Life Citadel

Last edited by Mekstizzle (2010-10-06 05:37:23)

Trotskygrad
бля
+354|5969|Vortex Ring State

KuSTaV wrote:

Its scarily modern.

I would've expected ~80s, maybe 90s.
Wright was a visionary...

@ mekstizzle

sort of looks like North Korea's tower of doom
JahManRed
wank
+646|6598|IRELAND

Some stuff I have designed.  I design mostly one off houses in the country side. I live and work in a designated Area of Outstanding Beauty on the North Coast of Ireland. So planning is very strict on the shape, height, form and style of dwellings in the country. Which dictates the style.
https://www.lavertyarchitecture.co.uk/img/case_studies/1-2.jpg
House being built on the site of Knocklayde mountain.
https://www.lavertyarchitecture.co.uk/img/portfolio/h1.jpg
Large estate of some 300 units in Carnlough.
https://www.lavertyarchitecture.co.uk/img/portfolio/a1.jpg
Side of a development in Ballycastle 3 shops, 3 houses & 12 apartments.
tuckergustav
...
+1,590|5884|...

So, while I was upnorth waiting on my sister to have her twins, I discovered a local architect that built these incredibly cute little houses. The are called "hobbit house" by some and "mushroom house" by others. But he builds them out of stones and boulders.  His name is Earl Young. He is a boulder architect. Google Earl young houses(i will post pic once i am not on phone). Very cute.

edit:Thank you seniortoenails. 

I just found one for sale for the low low price of $1,250,000.  I'm gonna start saving now...
...
SenorToenails
Veritas et Scientia
+444|6100|North Tonawanda, NY

tuckergustav wrote:

So, while I was upnorth waiting on my sister to have her twins, I discovered a local architect that built these incredibly cute little houses. The are called "hobbit house" by some and "mushroom house" by others. But he builds them out of stones and boulders.  His name is Earl Young. He is a boulder architect. Google Earl young houses(i will post pic once i am not on phone). Very cute.
http://charlevoixparkavenue.wordpress.c … ng-houses/

Neat!
Uzique
dasein.
+2,865|6440
Huf-Haus, tbh

bauhaus-tradition, prefabricated housing with brilliant energy systems

https://www.contemporist.com/photos/huf_haus_may1_01.jpg
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Superior Mind
(not macbeth)
+1,755|6663
I like American Gothic, also brown stones, I love brown stones.

I dislike 60s/70s architecture. In many cases, the older a city, the more beautiful.

Also:
https://img155.exs.cx/img155/1699/george4nb.jpg

Last edited by Superior Mind (2010-10-15 09:55:19)

Uzique
dasein.
+2,865|6440
i like neoclassical stuff for cities... im prone to big ornate symbols and public spaces being very noble and pronounced

but for houses i absolutely adore (post)-modernism and all the smaller sub-sets and idioms of design that have branched off

le corbusier was a god
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Hurricane2k9
Pendulous Sweaty Balls
+1,538|5672|College Park, MD

Uzique wrote:

Huf-Haus, tbh

bauhaus-tradition, prefabricated housing with brilliant energy systems

http://www.contemporist.com/photos/huf_haus_may1_01.jpg
That's amazing.

What's the name of this architectural style (don't have a good photo, just gonna link to a Street View image)?

http://goo.gl/maps/athy
https://static.bf2s.com/files/user/36793/marylandsig.jpg
mcminty
Moderating your content for the Australian Govt.
+879|6691|Sydney, Australia

KuSTaV wrote:

http://www.travlang.com/blog/wp-content … -WAT23.jpg


Places like Angkor Wat in south-east asia are pretty freaking cool... theres always some place new to explore because they're always so big.
Also I swear I saw the author Matthew Reilly when I was there.
Did you also see like 50 Japanese tourist buses? That's what I remember most...


Uzique wrote:

Huf-Haus, tbh

bauhaus-tradition, prefabricated housing with brilliant energy systems

http://www.contemporist.com/photos/huf_haus_may1_01.jpg
I remember one episode of Grand Designs Revisited where this English couple got a Huf-Haus. Brilliant concept.
Uzique
dasein.
+2,865|6440
the best thing about stuff by huf-haus is that it's remarkably inexpensive.

prefab housing with brilliant energy/cost efficiency... no brainer to me. i want to get one. get the land from grandfather .

Last edited by Uzique (2010-10-18 09:36:53)

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.Sup
be nice
+2,646|6423|The Twilight Zone

tazz. wrote:

i HATE gothic/medievil style.

only like this style tbh.

http://homeinteriordesign.biz/wp-conten … ouse_1.jpg
looks nice but its too sterile for me to live in a place like that. I would rather live in a cottage than this.
https://www.shrani.si/f/3H/7h/45GTw71U/untitled-1.png
Hurricane2k9
Pendulous Sweaty Balls
+1,538|5672|College Park, MD

Hurricane2k9 wrote:

Uzique wrote:

Huf-Haus, tbh

bauhaus-tradition, prefabricated housing with brilliant energy systems

http://www.contemporist.com/photos/huf_haus_may1_01.jpg
That's amazing.

What's the name of this architectural style (don't have a good photo, just gonna link to a Street View image)?

http://goo.gl/maps/athy
Anyone?

@Uzique check this company out... might have trouble getting it shipped over though

http://www.livinghomes.net/primer.html
https://static.bf2s.com/files/user/36793/marylandsig.jpg
Uzique
dasein.
+2,865|6440
looks like tech-modernist

and why the fuck would i want to ship shitty north american prefabs when we have ze germans? huf-haus operate in the uk
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KEN-JENNINGS
I am all that is MOD!
+2,973|6602|949

it's more like structural expressionist or late modernist.  It's kind of in the same vein as brutalism.  I guess it's a mash-up of international, brutalism and modernist styles.

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