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Tunga posted:This must be the opposite of architectural failure: when a building is built so well it stops falling down halfway through a controlled demolition. These are the blocks they were going to knock down at the start of the commonwealth games right? I kinda wish they did it now.
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Blistex posted:a lot of his stuff wasn't so great unless you loved bare concrete, massive echo chambers, feeling like you're living in a cave, or almost nowhere to get changed without someone seeing you naked. The Dana-Thomas House in Springfield, IL struck me as pretty livable when I toured it in high school, but damned if it didn't have examples of literally every one of those issues.
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Oct 12, 2015 23:38
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Sound Bite posted:The Dana-Thomas House in Springfield, IL struck me as pretty livable when I toured it in high school, but damned if it didn't have examples of literally every one of those issues. The Kaufmann House (designed by Richard Neutra and commissioned by the same guy who had FLW make Falling Water) is another example of a building that spawned an architectural revolution, but was horribly unliveable due to, massive amounts of concrete, horrible echoes, and having nowhere to get changed. Funny you should mention the DTH, as I consider it to be the prime example (until Penn Jillete's abortion) of a schizophrenic house. Is it supposed to be Victorian? Neoclassical? Edwardian? Japanese inspired? MAKE UP YOUR MIND HOUSE! Blistex fucked around with this message at 06:36 on Oct 13, 2015 |
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Oct 13, 2015 06:33
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Blistex posted:Not gonna lie, I would love (and probably later hate) to live in that unit jutting out of the tower. Pretty much. The official story is that concrete bags were stored out on the cantilever before it was ready, and that's why it sags. In any event it's gorgeous, even if it's a little on the small side inside. There is a second structure on the property, a guest house that's unrestored.
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Oct 13, 2015 13:20
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That's awesome. Design a house that's not fit for purpose and become lionized as an American icon.
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Oct 13, 2015 14:55
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Eh, it's like with cars. Having something unique and visually interesting can be more important that sheer functionality.
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Oct 13, 2015 15:21
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Computer viking posted:Eh, it's like with cars. Having something unique and visually interesting can be more important that sheer functionality.
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Oct 13, 2015 16:25
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CampingCarl posted:Until the artist takes the engine out and still sells it as a working car anyway. Not an entirely accurate analogy. More like a car that has a small engine and has a cabin that's really uncomfortable.
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Oct 13, 2015 19:49
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Have we had a Manchester post yet? So many beauties to choose from: The Toast Rack, now disused, formerly part of one of our universities   Contact Theatre, again on a different university campus   Another university building, no longer used but still standing  The 'Renaissance' Hotel  Piccadilly 'Gardens'  The Arndale    The more modern stuff isn't any better either really, the new Co Op headquarters   And their old one to compare  Beetham Tower, which even after extensive modifications makes a loud city wide noise like a plastic tube being whipped around whenever it gets a bit windy as well as not quite fitting in the area they stuck it  Even the apartments next to the canal are horrific    And the now infamous Northern Quarter has its fair share of crap too   
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Oct 14, 2015 01:35
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I'm laughing so hard at this "castle".
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Oct 14, 2015 01:48
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lmoa those are all truly godawful (apart from the old co-op building, but that's just because i like pyramids) you could also add the trafford centre which i think was posted earlier in the thread. comically overblown and cheap looking, and also about size of texas
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Oct 14, 2015 01:57
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therattle posted:Not an entirely accurate analogy. More like a car that has a small engine and has a cabin that's really uncomfortable. Like if the Reliant Robin had a bunch of pretentious gits praising it's novel design esthetic. 
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Cultural Imperial posted:That's awesome. Design a house that's not fit for purpose and become lionized as an American icon. And the sad thing is they basically could've made it totally sound without compromising the truly brilliant design if he'd just been willing to work with the mechanical engineers and believe their simulations.
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Oct 14, 2015 06:03
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therattle posted:Not an entirely accurate analogy. More like a car that has a small engine and has a cabin that's really uncomfortable. See, plymouth prowler. Not useful for anything, looked the business, slow as poo poo.
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Oct 14, 2015 06:47
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At first glance, my brain parsed the text on the right as A SHITe and I was like welp, at least it's honest.
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Oct 14, 2015 07:16
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Angela Christine posted:Like if the Reliant Robin had a bunch of pretentious gits praising it's novel design esthetic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQh56geU0X8
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Oct 14, 2015 07:17
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Angela Christine posted:Like if the Reliant Robin had a bunch of pretentious gits praising it's novel design esthetic. Yeah. And the designer was lauded as a pioneer.
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wasnt there a british brutalist apartment building that had a huge part collapse and kill a bunch of people way back when
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Frostwerks posted:wasnt there a british brutalist apartment building that had a huge part collapse and kill a bunch of people way back when https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronan_Point Four people killed, more injured. A corner of the building fell off after a gas explosion pushed the load-bearing wall panels out sideways. The causes were shoddy workmanship on a gas line installation/modification, and flawed design, construction and materials used in the building. Edit: I wrote that summary from memory of a book I'd read, the details in the Wiki article are even worse than I recalled quote:the assumptions made in determining the revised wind loading were inadequate, in that they assumed all windows were closed. However, if the glass in a window had broken, or somebody had gone out leaving a window open, a wall panel could suffer pressure on one side and suction on the other, to an extent that the panels on the upper levels of the building might still be sucked out 
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Oct 14, 2015 08:48
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Frostwerks posted:wasnt there a british brutalist apartment building that had a huge part collapse and kill a bunch of people way back when Those blocks were built really badly in general, it's amazing more people weren't killed. Here's a good documentary about it: https://youtu.be/Ch5VorymiL4
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therattle posted:Yeah. And the designer was lauded as a pioneer. Actually - consider the original Mini. On most of the scales you judge a car it was kind of poo poo, but it's still an icon. Of course, it took some competent engineering decisions to make the Mini work at all, while Fallingwater seems a bit lacking in those.
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Oct 14, 2015 14:14
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Oh hey I forgot one The builders must have had an overstock on roof tiles or something. It doesn't even go underground.
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Oct 14, 2015 23:42
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I just discovered that the Kohler Habitat system was a thing. http://www.designtool.kohler.com/us/detail.jsp?item=329202 It's like a giant sauna/shower/tanning bed/hairdryer all in one.  http://www.us.kohler.com/onlinecatalog/pdf/105808_0893ab.pdf <-- I think the space shuttle has fewer parts.
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Oct 15, 2015 00:02
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Goddamn that was a wide variety of horrible lovely buildings. That theater is an abomination.
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Oct 15, 2015 00:51
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Three-Phase posted:I just discovered that the Kohler Habitat system was a thing. Yeah there's a reason we don't make anything like that anymore. Instead we just make $6300 toilets that have remote controls, bidet wands, auto opening seats, heaters around the base to warm your feet, LED mood lighting, lights in the seat area so you don't have to turn on the bathroom lights, OH and the remote control takes an SD card so you can play MP3s while you poo poo. Also the remote is separate and costs a few hundred bucks and is required. The Numi
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Dr.Smasher posted:Yeah there's a reason we don't make anything like that anymore. Instead we just make $6300 toilets that have remote controls, bidet wands, auto opening seats, heaters around the base to warm your feet, LED mood lighting, lights in the seat area so you don't have to turn on the bathroom lights, OH and the remote control takes an SD card so you can play MP3s while you poo poo. Also the remote is separate and costs a few hundred bucks and is required. I want a toilet with a remote controlled bidet for no other reason than loving with visitors.
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The remotes tend to be screwed to the wall. Lmao if you don't have a washlet or even a heated toilet seat.
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Oct 15, 2015 01:24
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Neurophonic posted:Oh hey I forgot one really want to ride a motor cycle up that house
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Oct 15, 2015 01:43
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That house is almost certainly a stunt jump in GTA 5.
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peanut posted:The remotes tend to be screwed to the wall. http://www.amazon.com/Coco-Bidet-9500R-Elongated-Personal/dp/B00465MFHG posted:COCO Bidet 9500R ELONGATED, White Color Toilet Seat Ultra Deluxe with Remote and UL Listed, AC Power, 120V, 1270W - Fits Most Elongated One or Two Piece Toilet Seats -Two Coco Bidet Water Purifying Filters - Bio Life Technologies is the world renowned bidet company and manufacturer of the COCO bidet. Our mission is to provide our customers with the very best in technology and aesthetics. The elegant and state of the art COCO 9500R can fit most existing ELONGATED toilets. THIS BIDET WILL NOT FIT 1 PIECE TOILETS WITH A FRENCH CURVE (such as the Kohler San Rafael) The COCO bidet is easy to install and maintain and can fit virtually any ELONGATED toilet. The COCO bidet comes with a full one year warranty - 3 year limited warranty. Features: The COCO 9500R comes with a patented IIP (Intensive Impulse Pulsation) feature that helps with constipation. Elongated Shaped Toilets Only - Convenient Remote Control - Tankless Heated Water w/Never Ending Warm Water (heated water may take 3 seconds to kick in) - Aluminum Metal Coated 3 in 1 Jet Nozzle - Nozzle position adjustable to desired setting - Self Cleaning - 4 Remote Control User Presets - Self-Diagnosis IIP Function - Kids Function - Oscillating Cleansing Enema Jet - Auto Feature Intelligent Power Saving - Deodorizer - Splash Guard - Heated Seat - Soft Closing Antibacterial Seat - Seat Detachable for Easy Cleaning - 2 Water Purify Filters - Far-Infrared Warm Air Dryer - Gentle Pulsating Cleansing - Occupied Seat Sensor - LED Night Light - Patented Ultra Sonic Soldering (to prevent leaking) - UL Approved - White Color Only - 3 Year Limited Warranty - Bidet needs a GFI electrical outlet within 4 feet of the toilet. Cold water hook-up only, bidet has built-in heating system. Two Iodine Water Filters. All Coco Bidet sales are FINAL. NO Refunds. Coco Bidet does NOT take back bidets with opened parts bag(s) or used or installed bidets. THIS BIDET WILL NOT FIT 1 PIECE TOILETS WITH A CURVED WATER TANK.
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a sink that drains into the toilet bowl is such a common sense feature that you wonder why it's taking so long to catch on
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e: nvm, should check if shop
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Three-Phase posted:I just discovered that the Kohler Habitat system was a thing. Looks perfect for my mid-80s habitat house. All I need to do is source matching wood paneling.
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Oct 15, 2015 05:00
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So very trendy, so very unsafe.
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Gorilla Salad posted:So very trendy, so very unsafe. Slippery glass alternating with wood panels raised just enough to catch a toe. Compared to that, the stairs aren't half bad.
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Gorilla Salad posted:So very trendy, so very unsafe. I've played that level of DN3D.
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I visited Tampere University in Finland for a conference last week. The main building was your basic subdued 1950's affair, nothing weird there. But boy howdy when I saw the building the conference was being held in: I just burst out laughing right there at it. I couldn't find any pictures from inside the thing, it was like a collection of every early 1990's architechture cliché. Amazing. There was also this weird pipe walkway connecting it to the main building that, predictably, apparently no-one used ever: 
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Gorilla Salad posted:So very trendy, so very unsafe. How the gently caress was that allowed to be built? It's a perfect death trap.
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Gorilla Salad posted:So very trendy, so very unsafe. Where is this death trap? That can't be a public building, right?
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The house with no railings where guests falls to their deaths is also known as the S-House* is in Chennai, India. You can visit the website about the house here - and unlike visiting the house itself will be in no danger of falling to your death Everyone should visit that link and see the house where you fall to your death in its natural habitat - wedged between lovely old Indian buildings, and adjacent to an unpaved dirt road. This is what it looks like on the outside, because of course it does:  * Not actually short for "shithouse" surprisingly. Megillah Gorilla fucked around with this message at 16:40 on Oct 15, 2015 |
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