Architecture and Design Thread

[Five_X]

The Barbican is actually quite pretty on the inside, if a bit... plain. There's nice gardens and ponds.

[Cremela]

Let me tell you about Munich.

Have... have you ever been to Bielefeld?

[I3uster]

Bielefeld doesn't exist.

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wait right this is an international forum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bielefeld_Conspiracy

[Snow]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bielefeld_Conspiracy

The theory posits three questions:

1. Do you know anybody from Bielefeld?
2. Have you ever been to Bielefeld?
3. Do you know anybody who has ever been to Bielefeld?

A majority are expected to answer 'no' to all three queries. Anybody claiming knowledge is said to be part of the conspiracy or to be deceiving themselves.

I'm loving this.

[Five_X]

I'm loving this.

Even Merkel concurs that it doesn't exists.

[Snow]

Stuff like Robin Hood Gardens is more the norm for brutalism in the UK, and I get really annoyed when people who don't actually live in those kind of places try to make really awful buildings listed, meaning that the general public are stuck with them, as opposed to following the example of the Spitalfields Trust and actually buying historic buildings and doing them up, for the buildings to actually be useable.

Sometimes buildings have to just go. Someone always whines though.

[Cremela]

The Barbican is actually quite pretty on the inside, if a bit... plain. There's nice gardens and ponds.

Guess the Barbican Centre itself is pretty nice on a good day (never actually been inside it myself), but the Tower blocks that are also listed are, at least from the exterior, rather dire...

[Snow]

Does Denver International Airport exist?

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UK was probably not the best place for brutalism.

[Cremela]

Does Denver International Airport exist?

Yes, where else would the Nazi Freemasons build their secret bunker?

[Ratman]

Even Merkel concurs that it doesn't exists.

When has Merkel ever lied us?

[VasilikiHaidee]

I view all grafitti as defacing since I work for the Man.

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Defacing that is sometimes justified though.

How about commissioned murals?



Bonifacio Global City

[Snow]

Murals are cool sometimes, yeah.

http://www.dezeen.com/2015/12/14/mar...t-57th-street/

I kinda like it pls don't judge me.

[Cremela]

http://www.dezeen.com/2015/12/14/mar...t-57th-street/

I kinda like it pls don't judge me.

Looks like it'd be ridiculously hard to clean the exterior. On the building itself I personally would reserve judgement until if it's actually built; I've seen a number of buildings where the CGIs make it look good, but when they're actually built they just have something slightly different about them that makes them... off. If it were anywhere else I'd be wondering whether it fits with the style of the place, but the people I know who've been to New York all said the Big Apple's a complete hodgepodge of buildings, so...

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Also...

Inside the mock Tudor castle that must be demolished

A farmer who built a mock Tudor castle without planning permission is preparing to spend his last Christmas in his home before it is demolished.

Robert Fidler, 66, hid the building behind straw bales for four years when he built it in Redhill, Surrey.

Following almost a decade of legal battles, he has been told to demolish it by June or face three months in prison.

Any thoughts?

[Five_X]

Must've been some big fucking hay bales.

[Cremela]

[mAc Chaos]

whats better

ancient greek architecture or renaissance

[Cremela]

Better in what way? Structural stability? Personal preference?

[Snow]

whats better

ancient greek architecture or renaissance

Renaissance imo.

[Five_X]

I hope the irony is not lost.

[Snow]

Ren had a lot of Roman influence, so not completely.