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There is; you put trellises on standoffs away from the actual surface of the building, and then very aggressively prune to keep the vines etc. off your surface. Here's an example:  Architects have to understand how these work and design their gorgeous buildings to incorporate this kind of approach. here's another one:  In this case I'm not sure they've left adequate space to keep the plants off the building surface, but I'm guessing some of these things are built on hinges so they can actually be pulled or rotated away from the building for regular (annual?) pruning, cleaning the wall, etc. Leperflesh has a new favorite as of 23:08 on Jan 7, 2020 |
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yeah, there's a current trend in architecture to design buildings to support plants growing as a part of the structure itself. that is what i assumed Heath was talking about Leperflesh is right in that uncontrolled growth of vegetation on buildings causes them to decay extremely quickly. i can't find any attribution on the posted image - it appears to be a building which was designed to support vegetation, but which is also not getting the right maintenance to prevent decorative plants from turning into destructive plants vertical forest type structures a big design trend since the mid aughts but also they're kind of a bad idea
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also, there's a big difference in building renders and building reality. a lot of greened structures are less whelming when actually constructed
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It's one of those things that sounds futuristic and cool and contributes to a better planet, but yeah it would require some heavily dedicated maintenance. I've heard of things like kudzu getting into the cracks between bricks and forcing them apart, but I don't know how you can account for that. But man it looks cool
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at this point, intentionally propagating kudzu (at least in the US) is an environmental crime, or ought to be, so yeah but like, if you could do it with native plants that'd be amazing, and failing that, maybe grapes or something that'd at least make food?
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luxury handset posted:Leperflesh is right in that uncontrolled growth of vegetation on buildings causes them to decay extremely quickly. i can't find any attribution on the posted image - it appears to be a building which was designed to support vegetation, but which is also not getting the right maintenance to prevent decorative plants from turning into destructive plants I just like the aesthetic of nature flourishing and retaking man-made structures. Whenever it appears in video game levels I tend to take twice as long completing it than I might have otherwise, on account of exploring and admiring 💕
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The platonic ideal of architecture is net-zero energy buildings. Whatever the building looks like to achieve that goal is the optimal aesthetic. E: also buildings that look like dinosaurs
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LITERALLY A BIRD posted:I just like the aesthetic of nature flourishing and retaking man-made structures. Whenever it appears in video game levels I tend to take twice as long completing it than I might have otherwise, on account of exploring and admiring 💕 This was my favorite part of The Last of Us. The partially toppled sky scrapers in particular.
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I like how it looks too. The jungle consuming mankind's hubris. Hanging gardens of babylon. Tomb raider platforming structures. Ideal habitat for troops of howler monkeys. Just don't want to own it, or live in it, or pay for its upkeep, nope.
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LITERALLY A BIRD posted:I just like the aesthetic of nature flourishing and retaking man-made structures. Whenever it appears in video game levels I tend to take twice as long completing it than I might have otherwise, on account of exploring and admiring 💕 I feel like I'm running out of forums threads in which to air out my appreciation for this game, but man, I hope you've played Tokyo Jungle.
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Rise from your grave, with this Zillow listing for a McMansion that looks like a shipment of tchotchkes blew up all over it. https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1-Rivers-Edge-Dr-Colts-Neck-NJ-07722/39230937_zpid/   
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You can smell the cinnamon scent
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Ah the Room of Rememberence, a must-have for any family home.
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That must be an absolute nightmare to vacuum and dust.
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Nov 20, 2020 12:15
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I feel like I'm looking at an upscale Hobby Lobby or something.
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Decorations room in a florist
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C.M. Kruger posted:Rise from your grave, with this Zillow listing for a McMansion that looks like a shipment of tchotchkes blew up all over it. Wealth is wasted on the rich
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C.M. Kruger posted:Rise from your grave, with this Zillow listing for a McMansion that looks like a shipment of tchotchkes blew up all over it. That somehow looks both homely and sterile at the same time.
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Nov 26, 2020 16:53
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I can smell the hallmark store candles from here.
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Some Goon posted:I can smell the hallmark store candles from here. Congratulations on not having COVID.
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In more positive content, the oft maligned Boston city hall is currently getting a makeover to change the hostile windblown courtyard into more of a park: https://www.boston.gov/departments/public-facilities/city-hall-plaza-renovation  
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I just got back from Miami, where I went on a walking tour of the Art Deco historic district. Can't recommend it enough if you're into that sort of thing:    
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I swear I recognose that place from Vice City.
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if it counts, I've always had a weakness for the Bass Pro pyramid absolutely no real purpose for the thing when it was built other than "to be a cool pyramid and I guess we can put sports or something inside"
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Tjadeth posted:if it counts, I've always had a weakness for the Bass Pro pyramid My city has a pyramid. They put a library in it.  Probably not a lot of pyramids in the world with ice fences installed!
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Speaking of libraries, the downtown Seattle library is pretty sweet https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_Central_Library
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Super Waffle posted:I just got back from Miami, where I went on a walking tour of the Art Deco historic district. Can't recommend it enough if you're into that sort of thing: Trust the Americans to make art deco look boring and bland.
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C.M. Kruger posted:In more positive content, the oft maligned Boston city hall is currently getting a makeover to change the hostile windblown courtyard into more of a park: Yo, that's great!
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Yeah I actually kinda like the look of City Hall itself (especially from the inside) but City Hall Plaza is a useless vast expanse of nothing. That redesign looks really nice though!
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I think my hometown of Kansas City has some pretty neat (and also pretty weird/wacky/tacky) architecture. This is the facade on the parking garage for the main branch of the Kansas City Public Library.   The Kauffman Center for the Preforming Arts was designed by the Sydney Opera House guy, I guess he's really into shell shapes.    The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art is probably the cities finest piece of work, and on the back side is the Bloch Building that they moved a bunch of the modern art to. The Shuttlecocks are by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen.   This is the Kansas City Convention Center (aka Bartle Hall) People used to not like the Pylons/"Sky Stations" but now everyone loves them lol. Pretty much the definition of "weird/wacky/tacky"  And of course, any post about buildings in KC on SA would be incomplete without the home of the Super Kansas City Worldskippers: Kemper Arena  Sucks that was the Kemper family's legacy for so long, but hey now their legacy is the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art and Ellie Kemper. Not bad.  
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Julius CSAR posted:I think my hometown of Kansas City has some pretty neat (and also pretty weird/wacky/tacky) architecture. April Fool's joke repaint one to be a Chuck Tingle book.
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Pounded in My Butt by Contemporary Literature
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Some of those books aren't the right page count!
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Pretty good choices though
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3D Megadoodoo posted:Trust the Americans to make art deco look boring and bland. They were all originally painted white to keep the heat down, these were all built pre-air conditioning days. There are no restrictions on paint colors for the protected buildings these days, but they mostly fall into one of two categories: 1) keep everything as original as possible, and 2) use the pastel paint scheme developed by Lenny Horrowitz in the 80's: 
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Ghost Leviathan posted:I swear I recognose that place from Vice City. I live in south Florida, but hadn't been to South Beach until shortly after Vice City came out. It's a testament to how good the visual design is in that game that the game reminds you of the place, and the place reminds you of the game. It's uncanny.
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I remember playing GTA 4 after getting back from New York and it was pretty incredible. Not as colorful as South Beach though
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I went to NYC some years ago and specifically made a thing of recalling GTA IV, and there were quite a few spots where I thought they really nailed it with Liberty City. Specifically there was one area where I involuntarily thought oh poo poo this is just one street off Luis' apartment.
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Julius CSAR posted:I remember playing GTA 4 after getting back from New York and it was pretty incredible. Honestly I do think the gta series does a pretty good job in general of doing a pastiche of whatever city it is they're emulating.
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