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That thing is ugly as gently caress but it seems to be designed in large part around working as well as is possible with Arizona's climate, which is pretty rad
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Apr 30, 2015 06:52
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The Madigan library at the college I went to, The Pennsylvania College of Technology, Williamsport PA. You can't see it, but the back part is tan-ish concrete, with some tan plastic cladding on a different part.
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Apr 30, 2015 06:54
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i thought that was an art building at first lmao
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Apr 30, 2015 06:56
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KernelSlanders posted:How about aluminum? I've been seeing this kind of louver system popping up on new projects. What building is this and who designed it?
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Apr 30, 2015 07:05
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flosofl posted:I actually kind of like it. Of course, I'm saying that never having been there in person. There could be a whole level of hellishness with this thing I can't appreciate over the Internet. It's actually a pretty nifty little area. There's a nice little park around it, and beneath is a courtyard with some nice plants and poo poo. Not bad for a city hall in the Phoenix metro. Now if you want to see ugly go across the street to ASU. Brutalist buildings everywhere. KiteAuraan fucked around with this message at 07:12 on Apr 30, 2015 |
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Apr 30, 2015 07:09
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KiteAuraan posted:It's actually a pretty nifty little area. There's a nice little park around it, and beneath is a courtyard with some nice plants and poo poo. Not bad for a city hall in the Phoenix metro. one time i was walking through there at around like 1 am to get to mill and i saw what looked to be bloodstains on the concrete
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Feminition posted:one time i was walking through there at around like 1 am to get to mill and i saw what looked to be bloodstains on the concrete It's adjacent to ASU, there's going to be a lot of blood, comes with the territory.
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petecas posted:Here's a marvel of architecture I pass by a few times a year, the never-managed-to-open Igloo Hotel. This reminds me of the Gobbler, a neat failed motel/supperclub in WI.  http://www.lileks.com/institute/motel/ Apparently it's going to finally be rehabbed into a music venue. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AajNoE2AqnY It was designed by this guy who specializes in prairie style weirdness http://www.helmutajango.com/  a police station that looks like DaVinci's tank, how inviting Wisconsin was also home to one of the Xanadu tourist trap styrofoam homes  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xanadu_Houses
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flosofl posted:I actually kind of like it. Of course, I'm saying that never having been there in person. There could be a whole level of hellishness with this thing I can't appreciate over the Internet. It's in Tempe. "Whole level of hellishness" indeed.
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Apr 30, 2015 16:55
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Feminition posted:tempe municipal building, built in the 70s. yes, it's an upside-down pyramid. Oh hey, it's the big brother of that one credit union building in Tucson.
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Apr 30, 2015 17:30
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Feminition posted:tempe municipal building, built in the 70s. yes, it's an upside-down pyramid.
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Apr 30, 2015 18:01
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KernelSlanders posted:How about aluminum? Are you sure it is aluminium? I know a couple of buildings that have titanium siding (appearently the real estate developers had just way too much money).
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Apr 30, 2015 18:57
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Noggin Monkey posted:I've been seeing this kind of louver system popping up on new projects. What building is this and who designed it? snohetta, they do good work. It's a library with an additional archive of 18,000 underground bins worth of books and a robot that fetches the ones you want. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK4f8UbuSzY
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cubicle gangster posted:snohetta, they do good work. we need books. lots of books
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Delivery McGee posted:The best part is that if you look closely, it's slightly curved -- it started to tilt during construction (took a long-rear end time to build), and they built the upper floors to be level after the lower floors had started to tilt. No, the best part is that it's the bell tower for this church:  Let's have a closer look at that wall:  Yeah, it's not exactly straight. No, wait, the best part is:   There are other two leaning bell towers in Pisa
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May 1, 2015 12:03
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drat, get your poo poo together, Pisa.
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May 1, 2015 12:06
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 Barton Towers, public housing in Indianapolis, Indiana. An annex was built some time later, with a sky bridge that contained thirty or forty additional units suspended above a major thoroughfare. But that was torn down in the nineties after it was decided that it was loving insane to suspend cheap government apartments above a busy city street.
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DNova posted:drat, get your poo poo together, Pisa. Pisa can't help that the worlds round. All buildings in other cities are crap for not embracing the spherical nature of the globe on which they're built. 
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Pubic Lair posted:
That is ridiculously ominous. What time are the sacrifices?
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Not sure why I've never heard of this one until today. The Garden Bridge is planned to open in London in 2018.  It's a cool concept, but apparently is already having financial problems, won't be accessible by cyclists, and will be closed during nighttime hours. On the plus side, I'm sure tourists will love it.
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May 1, 2015 19:07
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Why would you close a bridge during the night? And why wouldn't you make that thing bike accessible? 
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May 1, 2015 19:17
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netally posted:Not sure why I've never heard of this one until today. The Garden Bridge is planned to open in London in 2018. *I assume this is some anti-poor/youth initiative.
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May 1, 2015 19:18
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A Buttery Pastry posted:Tourists might not love it so much if they have to wait in line to walk across it. Clearly the solution to the financial problem and the wait times is to sell FastPasses.
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May 1, 2015 23:53
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Yawgmoth posted:Why would you close a bridge during the night? And why wouldn't you make that thing bike accessible? People without homes tend to live in heavily wooded or brushy areas. Like Central Park, San Francisco's Golden Gate park, etc. Trees can block cold winds so it's a little warmer, and there's a small amount of privacy so you're hassled less. Also crimes, I guess.
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May 1, 2015 23:58
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Bogans could hide in the bushes. 
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May 2, 2015 00:42
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Wedemeyer posted:People without homes tend to live in heavily wooded or brushy areas. Like Central Park, San Francisco's Golden Gate park, etc. Trees can block cold winds so it's a little warmer, and there's a small amount of privacy so you're hassled less. Also crimes, I guess. Since London literally uses metal spikes to keep away rough sleepers, I wouldn't be surprised if it was just a way to keep the homeless out. Shame, because it'd probably look awesome at night.
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May 2, 2015 02:19
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SirPhoebos posted:Chicago has a lot of gorgeous architecture. Soldier Field is not one example. I hate this so much. I went to a Packer Bears game pre-renovation and it was an awesome experience. It felt old timey and fitting for a good scrappy rivalry. I don't know what they did to it, but it's a huge eyesore when you drive anywhere near it. I wish they'd tear it all off and bring back the original.
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May 2, 2015 02:32
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Doctor Bishop posted:Oh hey, it's the big brother of that one credit union building in Tucson. That....that pyramid has a drive through 
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May 2, 2015 03:59
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netally posted:Since London literally uses metal spikes And here I thought it was a dick move when I noticed some park benches in my city had these metal loops in the middle to prevent homeless folks from laying down on them. Holy poo poo.
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May 2, 2015 04:36
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here's some dumb piece of crap
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AwwJeah posted:here's some dumb piece of crap I'll bite. What is it?
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It's a doughnut shaped skyscraper by an Italian architect in Guangzhou, China. "The architectural concept is for a building that will be immediately perceived as a native Chinese landmark using a closed and central structure instead of the usual western skyscrapers stereotype," said the architect. http://www.dezeen.com/2014/01/10/doughnut-shaped-skyscraper-guangzhou-china/  I like how it stands alone in its arrogance staring ruminatively into the river while the main metropolitan area miles on the horizon parties without it. The locals obviously hate this thing. Otherwise it's a pretty tidy looking city. 
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Philthy posted:I hate this so much. I went to a Packer Bears game pre-renovation and it was an awesome experience. It felt old timey and fitting for a good scrappy rivalry. Sadly that'll never happen, seating capacity is too valuable. The best that could be hoped for is that wretched mess to get torn down.
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hackbunny posted:No, the best part is that it's the bell tower for this church: I always learn something new from this thread.... like how Pisa has issues with water table fluctuation: http://madridengineering.com/case-study-the-leaning-tower-of-pisa/ Vicodiva fucked around with this message at 10:40 on May 3, 2015 |
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Here's one, the Death Star. A concrete maze designed on purpose to be unnavigable, with no landmarks, maps, or consistent numbering system.quote:The building also interacts with the people who use it. It was supposedly designed on purpose to be confusing. Visitors are often forced to talk to someone to find out how to get to where they need to go. Doorways that you need to pass through will sometimes be locked, forcing you to find a new way. The doors that get locked rotate every so often, further confusing the situation. The idea was to force human interaction because it houses the social sciences.    Hope you can find your class before it starts!
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Add a bounce pad and some railgun ammo and it's a Quake 3 level.
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Yawgmoth posted:Why would you close a bridge during the night? And why wouldn't you make that thing bike accessible? Because it's not actually a bridge you're supposed to use, it's an elaborate tourist trap owned by a private company. Total shitshow.
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darkwasthenight posted:Because it's not actually a bridge you're supposed to use, it's an elaborate tourist trap owned by a private company. Total shitshow. which means it doesn't solve the problem of "we need a new bridge" at all
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I CANNOT EJACULATE WITHOUT SEEING NATIVE AMERICANS BRUTALISED!
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blowfish posted:which means it doesn't solve the problem of "we need a new bridge" at all I thought it wasn't getting planning permission for this very reason?
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