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Hermsgerv�rden: Apr 23, 2004; Møøse Trainer

Cacator posted:

This was my first up close encoutner with Liebeskind and you could tell they struggled on how to arrange and hang the artwork. I liked the main stairwell though.

The only thing Liebeskind does well is stairs, that's all he should be allowed to do from now on.

This is in the German Jewish Museum in Berlin, and it's otherworldly to stand on the top step.

# ? Aug 28, 2015 18:51

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# ? Jun 1, 2024 12:50

Digital Jedi: May 28, 2007; Fallen Rib

PhotoKirk posted:

http://gcaptain.com/a-concrete-samp...22#.VeBwtrQkera

New Panama Canal isn't looking too good...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbnQs-qMqsM

Just slap some duct tape on it. Be fine.

# ? Aug 28, 2015 19:12

Das Butterbrot: Dec 2, 2005; Lecker.

FRINGE posted:

Show of hands: how many people think "brutalist" has to do with "brutal"?

"English architects Peter and Alison Smithson coined the term Brutalist or Brutalism. The label was inspired by the French �b�ton brut� (raw concrete), a phrase used by architectural icon Le Corbusier to describe his favorite building material."

Couldnt you use sealed (with some magic substance) concrete and avoid the water problem? I guess its not "raw" anymore, but whatever.

Soon we'll have "compressed-carbon-filaments-ist" architecture and have a new more pernicious round of asbestos-style lung disease!

now make an educated guess where the french word brut comes from :downs:

# ? Aug 28, 2015 19:27

Dick Trauma: Nov 30, 2007; God damn it, you've got to be kind.

Das Butterbrot posted:

now make an educated guess where the french word brut comes from

# ? Aug 28, 2015 20:21

Phanatic: Mar 13, 2007; Please don't forget that I am an extremely racist idiot who also has terrible opinions about the Culture series.

PhotoKirk posted:

http://gcaptain.com/a-concrete-samp...22#.VeBwtrQkera

New Panama Canal isn't looking too good...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbnQs-qMqsM

quote:

GUPC is a consortium made up of Sacyr Vallehermoso of Spain as its head, with Impregilo of Italy, Jan De Nul of Belgium and Constructura Urbana, SA (CUSA) of Panama.

Dear Lord. Only way that could be more of a prescription for disaster is if you had an Egyptian company in there.

# ? Aug 28, 2015 21:32

Dick Trauma: Nov 30, 2007; God damn it, you've got to be kind.

Phanatic posted:

Dear Lord. Only way that could be more of a prescription for disaster is if you had an Egyptian company in there.

The repair is going to take a little while...

# ? Aug 28, 2015 22:11

Zamboni Rodeo: Jul 19, 2007; NEVER play "Lady of Spain" AGAIN!

Wax Dynasty posted:

The old Denver Art Museum building by Gio Ponti is one of the ugliest structures I've ever seen:

... are you sure that's not a Supermax?

Dick Trauma posted:

This is early 70's as gently caress.

# ? Aug 29, 2015 00:34

Hermsgerv�rden: Apr 23, 2004; Møøse Trainer

Phanatic posted:

Dear Lord. Only way that could be more of a prescription for disaster is if you had an Egyptian company in there.

It could be insured by Greece?

# ? Aug 29, 2015 00:48

Moly B. Denum: Oct 26, 2007

Nckdictator posted:

Random poo poo.

Looks like Dracula was having a bad castle day.

# ? Aug 29, 2015 00:49

AxeBreaker: Jan 1, 2005; Who fucking cares?

Looks like an Unreal tournament level inside.

# ? Aug 29, 2015 00:57

Dick Trauma: Nov 30, 2007; God damn it, you've got to be kind.

Zamboni_Rodeo posted:

... are you sure that's not a Supermax?

This is early 70's as gently caress.

It is.

But so is this:

# ? Aug 29, 2015 01:38

Bluemillion: Aug 18, 2008; I got your dispensers
right here

Moly B. Denum posted:

Looks like Dracula was having a bad castle day.

It's even got the loving clock tower.

# ? Aug 29, 2015 02:20

wayfinder: Jul 7, 2003

Nckdictator posted:

Random poo poo.

You weren't loving kidding.

# ? Aug 29, 2015 02:29

Nckdictator: Sep 8, 2006; Just..someone

Moly B. Denum posted:

Looks like Dracula was having a bad castle day.

http://www.businessinsider.com/afp-china-hogwarts-students-embrace-ancient-tradition-at-graduation-2015-6

quote:

A Chinese university has earned comparisons with Harry Potter's Hogwarts due to its bizarre castle campus, but local traditions supplied the magic at a Confucian-style ceremony for its degree graduates.

The gigantic grey towers, stone walls and turrets of the Hebei Academy of Fine Arts' castle complex dominate surrounding wheat fields near Xinle city in northern China...

"This castle has boosted the reputation of our academy across the world," straggle-bearded college head Zhen Zhongyi told AFP as he stood in the brick and concrete building's shadow.RTR3QWDIChina Stringer Network/Reuters

"I aim to allow students to appreciate Western architecture without leaving the country," he said, adding that he had invested 1.7 billion yuan ($274 million) in the academy so far...The painter-turned-scholar said he raised his initial investment from trading art in the 1990s, and plans to expand the campus with a Baroque cathedral and a Middle Eastern-style mosque.

I don't think "appreciate" is the right word.

It's not the only ugly "castle" in China though

http://www.starwoodhotels.com/luxury/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=3557&language=en_US

# ? Aug 29, 2015 02:45

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.

Eew. How atrocious.

# ? Aug 29, 2015 03:03

snuggle baby luvs hugs: Aug 30, 2005

Admit it you'd wanna stay there

# ? Aug 29, 2015 03:31

joat mon: Oct 15, 2009; I am the master of my lamp;
I am the captain of my tub.

Until I saw that, one could have made an argument the Neuschwanstein belonged in this thread. At least in comparison to Neu-Neuschwanstein you can't claim that anymore.

# ? Aug 29, 2015 03:35

The Glumslinger: Sep 24, 2008; Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?; Hair Elf

never trust an elf posted:

Admit it you'd wanna stay there

I'm just gonna assume that its a casino

Also, yes

# ? Aug 29, 2015 04:01

C.M. Kruger: Oct 28, 2013

Nckdictator posted:

It's like a casino combined with a projects.

# ? Aug 29, 2015 04:05

Frostwerks: Sep 24, 2007; by Lowtax

Hermsgerv�rden posted:

The only thing Liebeskind does well is stairs, that's all he should be allowed to do from now on.

This is in the German Jewish Museum in Berlin, and it's otherworldly to stand on the top step.

Hard to imagine this is the worst crime a german has inflicted on the jewish people

# ? Aug 29, 2015 07:15

SilverSoldat: Jan 15, 2006; What was that? Hee haw? Oh, ok.

The now closed World of Darkness at the Bronx Zoo in NYC was a hideous concrete fortress, but the bats it contained were always awesome.

There aren't very many good pictures of it on the internet.

# ? Aug 29, 2015 08:21

Vincent Van Goatse: Nov 8, 2006; Enjoy every sandwich.; Smellrose

SilverSoldat posted:

The now closed World of Darkness at the Bronx Zoo in NYC was a hideous concrete fortress, but the bats it contained were always awesome.

There aren't very many good pictures of it on the internet.

I kinda like this one, it certainly looks like a building designed to be full of bats.

# ? Aug 29, 2015 08:30

packetmantis: Feb 26, 2013

Real actual bats? What did they do with the bat poo poo everywhere?

# ? Aug 29, 2015 09:06

Grand Prize Winner: Feb 19, 2007

packetmantis posted:

Real actual bats? What did they do with the bat poo poo everywhere?

I hear it drove them batshit, trying to clean all the bat poo poo.

# ? Aug 29, 2015 10:03

Megillah Gorilla: Sep 22, 2003; If only all of life's problems could be solved by smoking a professor of ancient evil texts.; Bread Liar

This thread needs more 60s and 70s poo poo.

Many years ago, someone made a thread about a copy of a 1968 edition of Better Homes and Gardens they had found and it had some stuff in it which was just sublime.

The most popular images was this:

Which even inspired a user to not only take it as his avatar, but to change his username to "HERE ARE THE loving TOWELS".

Nckdictator posted:

http://www.businessinsider.com/afp-china-hogwarts-students-embrace-ancient-tradition-at-graduation-2015-6

I don't think "appreciate" is the right word.

It's not the only ugly "castle" in China though

http://www.starwoodhotels.com/luxury/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=3557&language=en_US

I prefer Castle Canda, aka Chateau Front&Back, to be perfectly honest:

# ? Aug 29, 2015 10:29

Phlegmish: Jul 2, 2011

i don't think the chinese university building looks that bad even if they just threw a bunch of poo poo together

the other chinese castle has entirely too many windows though

# ? Aug 29, 2015 10:59

El Estrago Bonito: Dec 17, 2010; Scout Finch Bitch

Zamboni_Rodeo posted:

... are you sure that's not a Supermax?

It does remind me of this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Correctional_Center,_Chicago

# ? Aug 29, 2015 13:07

Frostwerks: Sep 24, 2007; by Lowtax

Gorilla Salad posted:

I prefer Castle Canda, aka Chateau Front&Back, to be perfectly honest:

Should never be compared, even favorably, to that piece of poo poo, tia.

# ? Aug 29, 2015 13:30

Frostwerks: Sep 24, 2007; by Lowtax

like it's a classic loving historic building, not a new-new-NEW-money piece of garbage

# ? Aug 29, 2015 13:38

I'm Crap: Aug 15, 2001

it was when it was built

# ? Aug 29, 2015 13:44

Frostwerks: Sep 24, 2007; by Lowtax

...thats actually a not terrible point but it's still a much more beautiful piece of poo poo than casino mcprojects and will probably last longer to boot

# ? Aug 29, 2015 13:47

Dick Trauma: Nov 30, 2007; God damn it, you've got to be kind.

Gorilla Salad posted:

This thread needs more '60s and '70s poo poo.

While I was looking for something appropriate I found this non-architectural image that captures 1978 pretty well.

# ? Aug 29, 2015 14:27

namaste friends: Sep 18, 2004; by Smythe

Dick Trauma posted:

While I was looking for something appropriate I found this non-architectural image that captures 1978 pretty well.

Holy poo poo

# ? Aug 29, 2015 14:33

Proteus Jones: Feb 28, 2013

Dick Trauma posted:

While I was looking for something appropriate I found this non-architectural image that captures 1978 pretty well.

God drat.

That's a Foghat song away from being a 70s Singularity.

# ? Aug 29, 2015 18:14

Accretionist: Nov 7, 2012; I BELIEVE IN STUPID CONSPIRACY THEORIES

Dick Trauma posted:

While I was looking for something appropriate I found this non-architectural image that captures 1978 pretty well.

I'm calling that van architecture and declaring it good

# ? Aug 30, 2015 00:38

Vincent Van Goatse: Nov 8, 2006; Enjoy every sandwich.; Smellrose

Dick Trauma posted:

While I was looking for something appropriate I found this non-architectural image that captures 1978 pretty well.

If this was Jimmy Carter's America no wonder Reagan won.

# ? Aug 30, 2015 00:46

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