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AKA Pseudonym posted:This picture is a bit more flattering I'm pretty sure that's a render, not a real photograph, so it's not surprising it looks more flattering there. edit: Damnit why do I keep page sniping talking about this terrible building.
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Besesoth posted:"Oh, sure, it melts the nearby sidewalks, but it looks fantastic when you can look at it without blinding yourself!" Like when the Walkie Talkie in London melted someone's Jaguar, which was pretty funny https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-23930675
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Krispy Wafer posted:My prom was held there. So...a bunch of sweaty teenagers in cummerbunds and some later regrets. Still better than Alien Covenant. Well I was going to ask if there was alien dick, so close enough.
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Jul 5, 2018 10:16
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Which one was the one where they cloned ripley?
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Jul 5, 2018 10:28
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I feel a big problem with modern architecture is that neither the people who make the designs and the people who approve them are people who actually have to live and work in and around the buildings. See also: modern society.
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Nuebot posted:I like to think it doesn't connect to anything and it's just there for convenience.  I thought it was an awning for that bench area in the foreground.
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umalt posted:For all of this poo poo-talking nobody has even posted a picture of the drat thing. Annoying Is the word that comes to mind
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Volcott posted:Which one was the one where they cloned ripley? Krispy Wafers Prom: Resurrection.
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Jul 5, 2018 13:27
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Is that the new Razer full tower case? If so, it's hideous.
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You know, when I started reading the thread, I thought the title referred to the IKEA ad where they released horses of cats in a store. https://www.adsoftheworld.com/media/film/ikea_happy_inside And a making of version: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EdCTLB4jOe0
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POOL IS CLOSED posted:You know, when I started reading the thread, I thought the title referred to the IKEA ad where they released horses of cats in a store. Please don't get my hopes up for a multiple Trojan-horse based feline takeover of a Swedish DIY/lifestyle chain store again, tia.
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Jul 5, 2018 15:41
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Fatfinger rides again!  Should've been "hordes." I'll just leave it.
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Jul 5, 2018 15:45
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Ghost Leviathan posted:I feel a big problem with modern architecture is that neither the people who make the designs and the people who approve them are people who actually have to live and work in and around the buildings. See also: modern society. The people that make the decisions are unaffected by them. Welcome to modern late stage capitalism
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Spotted at Goodwill:
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I lived two blocks away from and spent most of undergrad studying in this piece of architectural garbage: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robarts_Library It’s a loving brutalist turkey.
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Bamabalacha posted:I lived two blocks away from and spent most of undergrad studying in this piece of architectural garbage: The brutalist turkey is awesome! Like you open up the Wikipedia page and the first few pictures you're kinda squinting thinking that could maybe be a turkey head and then you get to the southside picture and it's like, "yep, that's a turkey."
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For that matter, I briefly worked in an office building that was based on Dante's divine comedy. The lobby was made to represent hell, the architects and lawyers up top were in heaven, and purgatory was a bunch of mixed commercial stuff. There's a giant lighthouse up top that was made to hold Dante's ashes, seemingly because the architect was a deranged Italian futurist who was convinced that Europe was about to be destroyed by race mixing or something.
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how was it to work in?
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Pretty sure architects and lawyers belong in hell.
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timefly posted:
That's a bus stop.
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You want bad architecture? How about architecture so bad it's literally a death ray: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-23930675
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BioEnchanted posted:You want bad architecture? How about architecture so bad it's literally a death ray: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-23930675 You know what is even crazier: this is the second building with such a problem that architect built  quote:The Las Vegas Review Journal quotes one hotel employee as saying the building's design causes the sunshine to be diverted 'like a magnifying glass that shines down' over a space of about 10 by 15 feet as the poolside.
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spog posted:You know what is even crazier: this is the second building with such a problem that architect built There was also the infamous art gallery that had a glass ceiling to let in natural light. A nearby skyscraper focused the light through the ceiling causing severe damage to the artwork.
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Jul 9, 2018 11:17
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Architect or supervillain? 
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Jul 9, 2018 11:37
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Reminds me of this sorta park area outside a local theater I know that's so white and un-shaded that when the sun's out it's impossible to look around because the light is so blinding.
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Jul 9, 2018 12:55
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He really hates 50 foot ant’s posts
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Ghost Leviathan posted:Architect or supervillain? Why can't they be both? A person needs their hobbies to unwind after a long day of evil after all.
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Jul 9, 2018 14:56
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We need to resurrect the architectural failures thread. That got goldmined too soon.
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I recall it got repetitive and mostly arguments about brutalism. (the brutalist peacock was my favourite)
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BioEnchanted posted:There was also the infamous art gallery that had a glass ceiling to let in natural light. A nearby skyscraper focused the light through the ceiling causing severe damage to the artwork. Wasn't that a case where the art gallery and it's crazy fancy ceiling was there first, and then the offensive skyscraper went up later?
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Jul 11, 2018 20:58
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I couldn't remember which was being the idiot.
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I would think that if the gallery came later, they would notice the problem before the artwork went up.
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Atmus posted:Wasn't that a case where the art gallery and it's crazy fancy ceiling was there first, and then the offensive skyscraper went up later? Yup. https://www.dallasnews.com/arts/museums/2016/09/25/fights-fantasy-fixes-fbi-museum-tower-nasher-still-odds-glare-five-years
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If only Goldfinger had stayed at the Walkie-Talkie, he could've simply melted his opponents during a game of cards.
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Krispy Wafer posted:I was picturing Peachtree Center in Atlanta which has two brutalistic looking towers with a walkway between them. It’s the ugliest most uncomfortable building I’ve ever had the displeasure to work in and I would literally tattoo that poo poo on my back before I had to work in that blond dumbbell abomination. If I'm not mistaken it has an Obvious Plant signature, so...
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Giant Times Square Billboard Tells Women To Replace Food With Lollipops For A 'Flat Tummy': http://gothamist.com/2018/07/11/flat_tummy_lollipops_suck.php
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Hirayuki posted:Giant Times Square Billboard Tells Women To Replace Food With Lollipops For A 'Flat Tummy': http://gothamist.com/2018/07/11/flat_tummy_lollipops_suck.php Man, I was like "what, did it say 'SUCK IT YOU FAT BITCH' lol" and holy poo poo I wasn't far off.
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Hirayuki posted:Giant Times Square Billboard Tells Women To Replace Food With Lollipops For A 'Flat Tummy': http://gothamist.com/2018/07/11/flat_tummy_lollipops_suck.php This is probably a case of 'no bad publicity' because tons of people want to lose weight and don't care about the message it sends.
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Chas McGill posted:https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jul/12/build-bear-workshop-bargain-teddy-offer-sparks-chaotic-scenes-across-britain My local mall had to cap the line once it left the building and fights were breaking out.
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