|
SynthOrange posted:
Some dude's been jacking off on your window.
|
#
?
Sep 25, 2016 06:41
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 15, 2024 05:35 |
|
|
I too like to stand at the window and jack off. Edit: it's me.
|
|
#
?
Sep 25, 2016 13:33
|
|
|
SynthOrange posted:
It says basically all of the companies are "under administration" (aka bankrupt) - is this a standard tactic like in the USA where a shell corp with no assets owns all of the liability but owes shell corp construction services corp a mountain of "debt" for building the high rise? The owers sue the shell corp, it goes bankrupt, and that's it despite the builder walking away with a mountain of profit?
|
|
#
?
Sep 25, 2016 16:35
|
|
|
There how it's supposed to be built. The drain on the right is the main drain. There's a hole hidden behind that wide part of the spout. The left drain is slightly elevated higher than the right drain. If there main drain gets backed up with debris, the left drain is the overflow. It's purposefully built without the spout so that you can easily tell that water is shooting out and that something is hosed up on the roof and needs to be fixed. They're required on every commercial building around where I am.
|
|
#
?
Sep 25, 2016 17:07
|
|
|
Because water weight roof collapses are bad.
|
|
#
?
Sep 25, 2016 17:24
|
|
|
I love how water will seek out the lowest point on a flat roof and summon all its friends to join it there till something fails or it finds something lower.
|
|
#
?
Sep 25, 2016 17:59
|
|
|
Mercury Ballistic posted:I love how water will seek out the lowest point on a flat roof and summon all its friends to join it there till something fails or it finds something lower. I, too, love gravity.
|
|
#
?
Sep 25, 2016 19:03
|
|
|
More specifically, water is a dynamic load. Better?
|
|
#
?
Sep 25, 2016 19:43
|
|
|
Terrible Robot posted:I, too, love gravity. Otherwise, the only thing keeping your bike from being stolen is about 12 slug of additional inertia. Content-wise, the roof at my job is apparently at the low point. Last time it rained really hard, enough water found its way in to drain into a cabinet full of avionics. This caused the boss to finally complain loudly enough to the building maintenance guys that they went to fix it. "we installed something up there that should keep the water out." "Like a roof?" "..."
|
|
#
?
Sep 25, 2016 19:54
|
|
|
babyeatingpsychopath posted:"we installed something up there that should keep the water out." More likely a piece of tin smeared with tar. That should work for a few weeks.
|
|
#
?
Sep 25, 2016 20:09
|
|
|
Motronic posted:More likely a piece of tin smeared with tar. That should work for a few weeks. More than likely just a cofferdam of sandbags and a tarp.
|
|
#
?
Sep 25, 2016 20:16
|
|
|
H110Hawk posted:It says basically all of the companies are "under administration" (aka bankrupt) - is this a standard tactic like in the USA where a shell corp with no assets owns all of the liability but owes shell corp construction services corp a mountain of "debt" for building the high rise? The owers sue the shell corp, it goes bankrupt, and that's it despite the builder walking away with a mountain of profit? That's pretty much capitalism, yes.
|
|
#
?
Sep 25, 2016 21:12
|
|
|
thespaceinvader posted:That's pretty much capitalism, yes. Well, if you can prove that they did it on purpose (like, it was the same guy who owned both companies...) then that is fraud and they go to prison. And when you declare bankruptcy, the court does look. Doesn't help your lovely apartment keep water out though.
|
|
#
?
Sep 25, 2016 21:51
|
|
|
 NEW MCMANSION HELL IS UP. 
|
|
#
?
Sep 25, 2016 22:05
|
|
|
SynthOrange posted:
I hope that window isn't supposed to be a fire escape. 
|
|
#
?
Sep 25, 2016 22:21
|
|
|
kid sinister posted:I hope that window isn't supposed to be a fire escape. Considering it's from a high rise, I totally agree
|
|
#
?
Sep 25, 2016 22:52
|
|
|
This house looks like it's screaming in horror at itself. also what the hell 
|
|
#
?
Sep 26, 2016 00:36
|
|
|
It's like those aerial shots of Disney World where you can see that everything is just a facade in front of a plain white warehouse.
|
|
#
?
Sep 26, 2016 01:22
|
|
|
The Twinkie Czar posted:It's like those aerial shots of Disney World where you can see that everything is just a facade in front of a plain white warehouse. The castle at Disneyworld is filled with a call center and row after row of IT consultants. Same thing with every building in Hollywood Adventure.
|
|
#
?
Sep 26, 2016 01:27
|
|
|
Jealous Cow posted:The castle at Disneyworld is filled with a call center and row after row of IT consultants. I didn't know it was large enough to contain the sub-continent of India.
|
|
#
?
Sep 26, 2016 01:27
|
|
|
This one was good, but a lot in the link are hilarious pedantic Architectural autism. Funny in its own way!
|
|
#
?
Sep 26, 2016 02:12
|
|
|
Jerry Cotton posted:I didn't know it was large enough to contain the sub-continent of India. I guess it's a small world after all.
|
|
#
?
Sep 26, 2016 02:24
|
|
|
Darth123123 posted:This one was good, but a lot in the link are hilarious pedantic Architectural autism. Funny in its own way! Yeah I just look at the pictures all the rest is poo poo.
|
|
#
?
Sep 26, 2016 02:26
|
|
|
Darth123123 posted:This one was good, but a lot in the link are hilarious pedantic Architectural autism. Funny in its own way! I can’t argue with the results. The pictured structures are, without exception, abyssal tier.
|
|
#
?
Sep 26, 2016 02:32
|
|
|
Platystemon posted:I can’t argue with the results. The pictured structures are, without exception, abyssal tier. http://66.media.tumblr.com/911fd26009b5d811f844697ca282f887/tumblr_inline_oe2mit4dz31sppt0x_1280.png I'd hate to live here what with no architectural horizontal symmetry. It has stick on windows too. Dude really hates windows that aren't flush mount, like a lot.
|
|
#
?
Sep 26, 2016 02:45
|
|
|
Darth123123 posted:This one was good, but a lot in the link are hilarious pedantic Architectural autism. Funny in its own way! This would be more of a problem if the subject weren't mcmansions which do a great job of showing how all that little poo poo can add up to make a butt-ugly house.
|
|
#
?
Sep 26, 2016 03:02
|
|
|
Yeah, I don't get that stick-on thing. Are they saying that windows should never have any trim or framing around them? Just a glass continuation of the wall surface?
|
|
#
?
Sep 26, 2016 03:02
|
|
|
TooMuchAbstraction posted:Yeah, I don't get that stick-on thing. Are they saying that windows should never have any trim or framing around them? Just a glass continuation of the wall surface? The criticism is specifically that the headers are on top of the wall rather than being embedded in it. http://www.mcmansionhell.com/post/149622740651/mcmansions-101-windows posted:Headers are supposed to be part of the structure of the window/wall because before the days of decorative veneers that hide their ugliness, they were literally the only thing keeping the weight of the heavy-rear end wall from crushing the living hell out of the cute little glass and wood thing. Platystemon fucked around with this message at 03:15 on Sep 26, 2016 |
|
#
?
Sep 26, 2016 03:09
|
|
|
there wolf posted:This would be more of a problem if the subject weren't mcmansions which do a great job of showing how all that little poo poo can add up to make a butt-ugly house. Exactly. It all reads like gibberish spat out by a Markov chain until you actually think about what she's saying, and get used to the terminology and concepts. She's not just making poo poo up; she's actually deconstructing exactly what makes these houses garbage, just with an attention to detail most people don't have. Yeah, for the most part none of what she criticizes by itself ruins the house, but that's missing the point.
|
|
#
?
Sep 26, 2016 03:25
|
|
|
Platystemon posted:The criticism is specifically that the headers are on top of the wall rather than being embedded in it. I guess I couldn't discern that from the pics, but of course, that's what they are for.
|
|
#
?
Sep 26, 2016 03:25
|
|
|
The picture with the tower with dormers splayed out like parapets is crazy.
|
|
#
?
Sep 26, 2016 03:42
|
|
|
I actually thought that that house was one of the less bad ones, but then I looked at the interior. There are a bunch more photos in that link. The descriptions are good reading and the bird’s eye view of the roofline is horrifying.      
Platystemon fucked around with this message at 03:58 on Sep 26, 2016 |
|
#
?
Sep 26, 2016 03:42
|
|
|
Platystemon posted:I actually thought that that house was one of the less bad ones, but then I looked at the interior (the descriptions and the oblique view on Bing are also horrifying). In all fairness, that study is okay, they just have a bad choice/layout of furniture there. But then that Venice canal in the family room...
|
|
#
?
Sep 26, 2016 03:45
|
|
|
kid sinister posted:In all fairness, that study is okay, they just have a bad choice/layout of furniture there. But then that Venice canal in the family room... I don’t know enough about wood panelling to know if it’s not done well or if I just don’t like that particular style. I suspect the former given it was designed & built by the same people as the rest of the house, but I digress. I think even fans of that panelling would admit it clashes with the rest of the interior.
|
|
#
?
Sep 26, 2016 03:56
|
|
|
Platystemon posted:I actually thought that that house was one of the less bad ones, but then I looked at the interior (the descriptions are good reading and the bird’s eye view of the roofline is horrifying). Fifty Shades of Beige
|
|
#
?
Sep 26, 2016 03:57
|
|
|
Strategically placed ottoman to trip over the railings.
|
|
#
?
Sep 26, 2016 04:00
|
|
|
McMansion Hell is currently the best thing on the internet. 
|
|
#
?
Sep 26, 2016 04:10
|
|
|
nm posted:McMansion Hell is currently the best thing on the internet.  I always wonder what goes through the mind of "decorators" that do this poo poo. "Come join me for a sit in the lofted walkway." "what are we going to to do there?" "Just sit there, look at each other, glance up at our false sky, and lift our feet up every time someone has to go to the other end"
|
|
#
?
Sep 26, 2016 06:14
|
|
|
Wasabi the J posted:
|
|
#
?
Sep 26, 2016 06:18
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 15, 2024 05:35 |
|
|
I've smoked bowls in flood tunnels and lovely cars in parking structures, and have had a great time; this does not mean I'm going to make a fetid-water-on-concrete room, nor a dog-hair-covered-PT-Cruiser room.
|
|
#
?
Sep 26, 2016 06:57
|
|