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paddyboat: Feb 20, 2013; Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
Run down the wing for me

Wandle Shaytham posted:

lol wtf is this thing?

That beauty is El Lissitzky�s Lenin Tribune. It's an icon of Constructivist design incorporating Lenin's distinctive gangsta lean.

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Kavak: Aug 23, 2009

Christmas Present posted:

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(seriously it eerily looks almost exactly like I imagined Zakalwe's beached battleship)

Looks more like Qo'noS.

# ? Mar 4, 2015 01:34

Tochiazuma: Feb 16, 2007

I don't know what the gently caress the OP is on about and most of this thread is full of architechtural goodness as far as my untutored eye goes, but I think many will agree that this is an eyesore:

Mississauga (Ontario, Canada) city hall. Horrific.

Tochiazuma fucked around with this message at 02:13 on Mar 4, 2015

# ? Mar 4, 2015 02:08

Butt Wizard: Nov 3, 2005; It was a pornography store. I was buying pornography.

Can I nominate Mecca for this thread? It's kind of funny in a dark way that the holiest place in Islam is being near-perpetually hosed with and re-developed into oblivion.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/redevelopment-of-mecca-bulldozers-bear-down-on-site-of-mohameds-birth-9142458.html

# ? Mar 4, 2015 02:24

Blistex: Oct 30, 2003; Macho Business
Donkey Wrestler

Paddyb posted:

Museum Tower Louisville OMA

"Peace"

Speaking of peace, a proposed development design for Mecca.

efb

# ? Mar 4, 2015 02:32

boom boom boom: Jun 28, 2012; by Shine

Butt Wizard posted:

Can I nominate Mecca for this thread? It's kind of funny in a dark way that the holiest place in Islam is being near-perpetually hosed with and re-developed into oblivion.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/redevelopment-of-mecca-bulldozers-bear-down-on-site-of-mohameds-birth-9142458.html

It's got that clocktower that's huge but just makes the whole place look tiny

# ? Mar 4, 2015 02:32

Fools Infinite: Mar 21, 2006; Journeyman

Maybe not quite on topic, but those outlandish unbuilt towers remind me of the these works by the Brodsky and Utkin who were "Paper Architects."

# ? Mar 4, 2015 02:42

Schnedwob: Feb 28, 2014; my legs are okay

Fools Infinite posted:

# ? Mar 4, 2015 02:52

Improbable Lobster: Jan 6, 2012; "From each according to his ability" said Ares. It sounded like a quotation.; Buglord

Tochiazuma posted:

I don't know what the gently caress the OP is on about and most of this thread is full of architechtural goodness as far as my untutored eye goes, but I think many will agree that this is an eyesore:

Mississauga (Ontario, Canada) city hall. Horrific.

Mississauga is mostly boring-ugly apartment buildings and condos. But drat is that city hall awful

# ? Mar 4, 2015 02:53

Ambrose Burnside: Aug 30, 2007; pensive

Blistex posted:

"Peace"

Speaking of peace, a proposed development design for Mecca.

efb

mecca city one

# ? Mar 4, 2015 02:55

Say Nothing: Mar 5, 2013; by FactsAreUseless

Dammit, New Zealand! This is why people make fun of ewe!

# ? Mar 4, 2015 03:50

Butt Wizard: Nov 3, 2005; It was a pornography store. I was buying pornography.

Say Nothing posted:

Dammit, New Zealand! This is why people make fun of ewe!

IDK about you but being able to say I've taken a piss in a giant corrugated dog is one of the highlights of any drive down SH1.

# ? Mar 4, 2015 04:28

Vernii: Dec 7, 2006

Buckminster Fuller's Old Man River proposal, meant to essentially replace East Saint Louis and house 125,000 people in quality housing.

Half mile diameter across the top of it, full mile in diameter at the base.

Of course, being a Fuller design, it came with the mandatory dome.

The community loved it and the state of Illinois offered to finance it. So why didn't it get built?

quote:

As the first favorable publicity occurred, it was inevitable that Illinois�s political representatives would quickly offer the East St. Louisans their aid in securing government funds, which funds, however, would involve so many restrictions and compromises as to utterly emasculate the OMR City�s design rationale. Thus it was a second victory for the project when I was able to dissuade the community from being tempted by the �millions� of dollars tendered them.

Yes, Fuller convinced the community leadership of East Saint Louis, which has a 70% poverty rate, that they should try and find their own financing for it without turning to the government.

# ? Mar 4, 2015 04:41

barbecue at the folks: Jul 20, 2007

Say Nothing posted:

Dammit, New Zealand! This is why people make fun of ewe!

I don't understand what you are complaining about, these are awesome. Gonna petition my local council to replace all public toilets with frightening giant cardboard animals.

# ? Mar 4, 2015 05:57

Subjunctive: Sep 12, 2006; ✨sparkle and shine✨

boom boom boom posted:

It's got that clocktower that's huge but just makes the whole place look tiny

That's why I have a strict "no clocktowers in the bedroom" rule.

# ? Mar 4, 2015 06:04

The Skeleton King: Jul 16, 2011; Right now undead are at the top of my shit list. Undead are complete fuckers. Those geists are fuckers. Necromancers are fuckers. Necrosavants are big time fuckers. Skeletons aren't too bad except when they bleed everyone in the company. Zombos are at least not too bad.

Fools Infinite posted:

This is some Warhammer 40K hive-city poo poo going on. Terrifying yet :black101:

as gently caress at the same time. I feel afraid just looking at it, yet I like it at the same time. The eye staring up into the souls of those who look down is a great touch.

Would rent out an apartment there.

The Skeleton King fucked around with this message at 06:36 on Mar 4, 2015

# ? Mar 4, 2015 06:27

big black turnout: Jan 13, 2009; Fallen Rib

it surprises me that the guy named im pei isn't a gbs favorite

# ? Mar 4, 2015 08:22

Say Nothing: Mar 5, 2013; by FactsAreUseless

Naxuz posted:

I don't understand what you are complaining about, these are awesome. Gonna petition my local council to replace all public toilets with frightening giant cardboard animals.

It's the New Zealand stereotyping thing, but I guess if you want to be able to say you pissed in a sheep...

Have some more giant animals you can probably piss in.

# ? Mar 4, 2015 09:41

President Kucinich: Feb 21, 2003; Bitterly Clinging to my AK47 and Das Kapital

Wedemeyer posted:

What the gently caress is this

Can't wait to walk across this loving bridge and turn into a visceroid.

# ? Mar 4, 2015 09:58

Computer viking: May 30, 2011; Now with less breakage.

I think what annoys me most about the mecca thing is the anti-preservationist stance of the Saudi royals. They hold that preserving the history of the religion/area (which are rather intertwined) would distract the believers and be a form of idol worship - and that's a bit of a shame.

# ? Mar 4, 2015 10:42

Jose: Jul 24, 2007; Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

Weren't the Russians planning to build some sort of arcology what happened to that?

# ? Mar 4, 2015 10:48

mamelon: Oct 9, 2010; by Lowtax

Say Nothing posted:

Part of me really hopes that the people living in the cat house are prudish and sexless

# ? Mar 4, 2015 12:02

steinrokkan: Apr 2, 2011; Soiled Meat

Computer viking posted:

I think what annoys me most about the mecca thing is the anti-preservationist stance of the Saudi royals. They hold that preserving the history of the religion/area (which are rather intertwined) would distract the believers and be a form of idol worship - and that's a bit of a shame.

Please, you don't understand how important the suppression of idolatry is to our religion, now excuse me while I go worship a stone.

# ? Mar 4, 2015 12:51

wilderthanmild: Jun 21, 2010; Posting shit; Grimey Drawer

Jose posted:

Weren't the Russians planning to build some sort of arcology what happened to that?

Ran out of money. It's russia, so I have no idea how the expected to fund it in the first place.

# ? Mar 4, 2015 14:22

dobbymoodge: Mar 8, 2005

steinrokkan posted:

I can't believe nobody has mentioned the Bucharest Palace of Congress, aka supposedly the largest building in the world. It's also one of the few architectonical failures that arguably got their author killed as it was a symbol of Ceausescu's arrogance, and the stage of his capture prior to his execution.

It's one of those buildings that look better in photos. It's situated in the middle of a giant zone dominated by a monumental avenue that fails to impress because the huge open space makes it obvious just how poor the city is. It's a huge drain on resources, and it's very obvious, when you visit in person, that the Bucharest council can barely afford to pay for cutting grass in all the outlying areas. Also the whole complex is poorly thought out from pedestrian's point of view, as it's basically a never ending desert that's somehow located in the middle of an urban area.

Oh, did I mention that tens of thousands of people were displaced in obtaining land for building this monstrosity?

I was waiting for this thing to get posted. I expected it on page 1, really. You forgot to mention that although it's a usable structure, it remains unfinished. There's also a central library that never got windows or other important features to keep rain out, and sits abandoned. There's at least one unfinished road traffic tunnel that has been in progress since before Ceausescu fell, and on and on.

Don't forget all the bizarre ad-hoc building that has gone on since the fall of communism, and the pathological historic preservation laws that prevent renovation of centuries-old landmarks. It's more profitable for landowners to let the structures rot where they stand, and then to use the land for some chintzy crap after the original building has self-destructed.

You could fill this thread with Romania.

# ? Mar 4, 2015 15:12

dobbymoodge: Mar 8, 2005

dobbymoodge posted:

There's also a central library that never got windows or other important features to keep rain out, and sits abandoned.

Apparently they did finish it since I was there in 2009.

Before:

After:

I have to say this strategy of slapping a glass-and-panel facade over something crappy really does improve this particular site.

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Honj Steak: May 31, 2013; Hi there.

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CuteJen96: Feb 23, 2015; by zen death robot
(and can't post for 2 years!)

Honj Steak posted:

welp

# ? Mar 4, 2015 17:52

Chinatown: Sep 11, 2001; by Fluffdaddy; Fun Shoe

Honj Steak posted:

lmao

# ? Mar 4, 2015 17:56

Uncle Enzo: Apr 28, 2008; I always wanted to be a Wizard

Honj Steak posted:

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I'm Crap: Aug 15, 2001

Honj Steak posted:

lmoa what the gently caress

# ? Mar 4, 2015 18:20

Yawgmoth: Sep 10, 2003; This post is cursed!

Honj Steak posted:

Looks like someone was designing a building and forgot how to undo anything.

# ? Mar 4, 2015 18:22

Libelous Slander: May 1, 2009; ... you're just creepy ...

when did grover move on to commercial structures?

# ? Mar 4, 2015 18:36

Fellbat: Feb 23, 2014

It is like some made the building the support and the support the building.

Why.

# ? Mar 4, 2015 18:38

Tommy Calamari: Feb 25, 2006; You see, there are three things that spur the mollusk from the sand

Butt Wizard posted:

Can I nominate Mecca for this thread? It's kind of funny in a dark way that the holiest place in Islam is being near-perpetually hosed with and re-developed into oblivion.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/redevelopment-of-mecca-bulldozers-bear-down-on-site-of-mohameds-birth-9142458.html

The clock tower building is insane, it's the fourth tallest freestanding structure in the world. The smaller towers would be massive skyscrapers on their own; the four beside the clock tower are roughly the same height as Germany's tallest building.