|
Have some random Eastern Bloc stuff (Thanks SkyscraperCity http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=912336 )            
Nckdictator fucked around with this message at 01:17 on Aug 26, 2015 |
#
?
Aug 26, 2015 01:08
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 3, 2024 09:48 |
|
|
yessssssss
|
|
#
?
Aug 26, 2015 01:10
|
|
|
I thought this was the architectural failures thread not the ufo prototypes thread
|
|
#
?
Aug 26, 2015 01:16
|
|
|
This is terrifying in a weird sort of way that I can't describe. When are the xenomorphs going to emerge from this thing??
|
|
#
?
Aug 26, 2015 01:24
|
|
|
blowfish posted:Why are there no teletubbies in this picture? Sadly, the Teletubbies home is now gone: http://metro.co.uk/2013/09/01/teletubbies-say-uh-oh-farmer-floods-dipsy-laa-laa-tinky-winky-and-pos-home-to-deter-tourists-3945138/
|
|
#
?
Aug 26, 2015 01:24
|
|
|
Whenever I look at mindfuck East Bloc architecture I always think early Star Trek: The Next Generation.
|
|
#
?
Aug 26, 2015 01:42
|
|
|
Nckdictator posted:Have some random Eastern Bloc stuff (Thanks SkyscraperCity http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=912336 ) This is the airport in Armenia.
|
|
#
?
Aug 26, 2015 01:51
|
|
|
If you like that stuff, then I recommend the book Cosmic Communist Constructions Photographed. Image search the title for some examples of the stuff inside, it's a great book.
|
|
#
?
Aug 26, 2015 02:06
|
|
|
|
|
#
?
Aug 26, 2015 02:20
|
|
|
Sound Bite posted:I still think it should've been the Tyrell Corporations's HQ in Blade Runner. I think it would have been OK if it had stretched way up into the sky. But I still think the city sized pyramid screamed "hubris" way more than a Tower of Babel that looked like a "T" would have.
|
|
#
?
Aug 26, 2015 03:16
|
|
|
CJacobs posted:This is terrifying in a weird sort of way that I can't describe. When are the xenomorphs going to emerge from this thing?? Well the upper right pic shows that the wall is a giant hostile alien face, that's probably why you're nervous.
|
|
#
?
Aug 26, 2015 04:15
|
|
|
Oh no that bear is about to chomp on that statue
|
|
#
?
Aug 26, 2015 05:16
|
|
|
Allah Rebar.
|
|
#
?
Aug 26, 2015 06:03
|
|
|
Holy poo poo, it rips right in half. Thats awesome. Also those hobbit style houses are loving awesome. Too bad they probably cost several arms and legs to build.
|
|
#
?
Aug 26, 2015 09:31
|
|
|
quote:A Google employee rests in the Frank Gehry–designed building. 
|
|
#
?
Aug 26, 2015 10:27
|
|
|
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCtIHkMuDY8
|
|
#
?
Aug 26, 2015 11:06
|
|
|
|
|
#
?
Aug 26, 2015 11:12
|
|
|
Balls of Damocles.
|
|
#
?
Aug 26, 2015 12:02
|
|
|
I hope he's wearing siding, I hear lots of dudes have been inside her.
|
|
#
?
Aug 26, 2015 13:05
|
|
|
Tunga posted:Is this flat or not, I can't even work it out. Let's look from another angle!  hnnnnnnnnng fine you figure it out https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.5274059,-0.0887509,3a,75y,342.46h,125.05t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sVUDj8FKZuabGqwrF4y-8Cw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
|
|
#
?
Aug 26, 2015 13:53
|
|
|
Gorilla Salad posted:Balls of Damocles. I now wish I had named myself "Scrote of Damocles"
|
|
#
?
Aug 26, 2015 14:09
|
|
|
Sammus posted:Holy poo poo, it rips right in half. Thats awesome. 'no, no don't fire me, I only worked on the good half of the building. See how excellent my work is. Still standing and everything! Fire him over there, he was the one working on the lovely half.'
|
|
#
?
Aug 26, 2015 14:58
|
|
|
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad posted:Let's look from another angle! Making a mental note to check out how ghastly it is in the flesh next time I'm in that area.
|
|
#
?
Aug 26, 2015 15:07
|
|
|
Sammus posted:Holy poo poo, it rips right in half. Thats awesome. Nah, they don't have to. a constant feature of any earthen-mass construction is that they need a shitload of labour to build, which is offset by materials being extremely-cheap-to-free depending on site conditions. so you can build it on the extreme cheap if you quit your day job and just plug away at your house for a year/have a big family or friends that can help frequently, or pay work crews approximately as much- usually less- as you would for a conventional house with a similar square footage.
|
|
#
?
Aug 26, 2015 15:23
|
|
|
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad posted:
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad posted:hnnnnnnnnng fine you figure it out https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.5274059,-0.0887509,3a,75y,342.46h,125.05t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sVUDj8FKZuabGqwrF4y-8Cw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 Honestly the one next to it is worse to me. It's just so painfully generic but it's not even a box. It's like they tried to do something but just lacked a single creative bone.
|
|
#
?
Aug 26, 2015 16:22
|
|
|
I kinda like the one with the blue dome. If they didn't put in so many loving windows below it, it might look really good. That East Bloc architecture looks very hit-and-miss though. Sometimes one of them will look pretty decent and then the one right next to it will look like poo poo. Other times the building will look like they had a cool idea at some point before they hosed it up.
|
|
#
?
Aug 26, 2015 16:51
|
|
|
(Mostly) more modern stuff.      
|
|
#
?
Aug 26, 2015 19:22
|
|
|
Nckdictator posted:(Mostly) more modern stuff. It's like someone wanted to make a building out of the Apollo capsule and it's escape tower.
|
|
#
?
Aug 26, 2015 19:34
|
|
|
Thwomp posted:It's like someone wanted to make a building out of the Apollo capsule and it's escape tower. I keep expecting a giant Tin Man to erupt from the earth and battle Godzilla.
|
|
#
?
Aug 26, 2015 19:53
|
|
|
Nckdictator posted:(Mostly) more modern stuff. This would be rad as a police headquarters.
|
|
#
?
Aug 26, 2015 20:18
|
|
|
Tunga posted:Oh it's near Old Street so no wonder it's pretentious bullshit. Let's challenge the future and innovate within our vision. The fact it's opposite moorfields takes it from so so to genius
|
|
#
?
Aug 26, 2015 20:46
|
|
|
Thwomp posted:It's like someone wanted to make a building out of the Apollo capsule and it's escape tower. It's a pretty cool tower.  
|
|
#
?
Aug 26, 2015 22:44
|
|
|
Ještěd Tower , near Liberec in Czechia* . * I know it's officially "The Czech Republic", but that's annoyingly clunky. Czechia [check-ye] is apparently an acceptable variant. Computer viking fucked around with this message at 23:13 on Aug 26, 2015 |
|
#
?
Aug 26, 2015 23:08
|
|
|
Ambrose Burnside posted:Nah, they don't have to. a constant feature of any earthen-mass construction is that they need a shitload of labour to build, which is offset by materials being extremely-cheap-to-free depending on site conditions. so you can build it on the extreme cheap if you quit your day job and just plug away at your house for a year/have a big family or friends that can help frequently, or pay work crews approximately as much- usually less- as you would for a conventional house with a similar square footage. So hire a bunch of day laborers and start digging into a hillside? I have just the place. I imagine water control is a pretty serious concern, depending on location.
|
|
#
?
Aug 26, 2015 23:16
|
|
|
Sammus posted:So hire a bunch of day laborers and start digging into a hillside? I have just the place. Both seepage and condensation are serious concerns.
|
|
#
?
Aug 26, 2015 23:23
|
|
|
Total Meatlove posted:The fact it's opposite moorfields takes it from so so to genius  .
|
|
#
?
Aug 27, 2015 00:04
|
|
|
Nckdictator posted:(Mostly) more modern stuff. Do you think maybe he's compensating for something?
|
|
#
?
Aug 27, 2015 00:49
|
|
|
Nckdictator posted:It's a pretty cool tower. I really, really want it to spin.
|
|
#
?
Aug 27, 2015 01:09
|
|
|
Nckdictator posted:(Mostly) more modern stuff. This is an awesome example of interwar Constructivist architecture. IIRC this is not a modern building but has has some additions in the 80+ years ago it was built, and is considered to be an example of early Soviet (1921-1933) futurism which was beautiful and yet functional.
|
|
#
?
Aug 27, 2015 03:22
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 3, 2024 09:48 |
|
|
Nckdictator posted:It's a pretty cool tower. Pretty cool hotel and you get a complimentary shot of vodka with breakfast there.
|
|
#
?
Aug 27, 2015 04:21
|
|
