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Architect being all "lol, gently caress you, Fachwerk!"

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Omi-Polari posted:

If anyone here ever visits Houston I'd recommend the Rothko Chapel, which is weirdly plopped in the middle of a suburban neighborhood:

Is this speculative architecture from an alternative timeline where churches double as air raid shelter?

Actually, after writing this line I did a bit of research. Every building on this website is a WW2 air raid shelter ("Hochbunker") in the German town of Trier.

# ¿ Mar 30, 2015 15:01

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Ease of construction. At that point they didn't expect that anything but a direct hit could seriously damage the larger shelters.

# ¿ Mar 30, 2015 15:20

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Blistex posted:

Holy poo poo, this doesn't appear to actually add any usable space whatsoever!

i've been to the dresden military museum - that wedge seems to have added an admittedly nice panoramic platform, and a lot of light to the interior of the museum. I'm quite sure it actually reduced exhibition floor space, though.

# ¿ Mar 31, 2015 15:49

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Vienna is a very scenic city.

# ¿ Apr 10, 2015 16:16

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I've seen my fair share of gothic and neogothic buildings, but those have to be the worst. I think I'm actually getting a bit offended by their mere existence.

# ¿ Apr 28, 2015 16:26

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I don't think I'm the only European who gets creeped out by aerial photography of US cities.
It all looks so unnatural and unsustainable.

# ¿ Aug 11, 2015 18:21

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And let's return to the finer details of post-soviet DIY architecture.

# ¿ Aug 18, 2015 23:05

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Angela Christine posted:

What happened there? Did the building owner decide to build an extension with whatever he had lying around?

No, I am sure this has all been thought through well, and permitted by proper authorities.

# ¿ Aug 18, 2015 23:13

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Arsenic Lupin posted:

I think an important point here is that Brutalism is in the danger zone for architecture: so old that people are used to it and tired of looking at it, but not so old that it's become classic and beautiful.

It is just now that 1950s architecture receives protection.
And guess what - if it's actually being taken care of and restorated, it doesn't look half as dirty-glass-panes-and-tacky-gold-lovely as we are used to.

# ¿ Nov 5, 2015 21:47

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Thought I'd just drop this link here: http://www.sosbrutalism.org

quote:

#SOSBrutalism is a growing database that currently contains over 700 Brutalist buildings. But, more importantly, it is a platform for a large campaign to save our beloved concrete monsters. The buildings in the database marked red are in particular jeopardy. This is an unprecedented initiative: #SOSBrutalism is open to everyone who wants to join the campaign to save Brutalist buildings!

It's got a nice gallery with all sorts of concrete crazyness.