but they're not building it anymore, because it costs too much money.AussieReaper wrote:
I've always liked Baroque.
everyone who did wound up broke.
everyone who did wound up broke.
Places like Angkor Wat in south-east asia are pretty freaking cool... theres always some place new to explore because they're always so big.
Also I swear I saw the author Matthew Reilly when I was there.
noice 
I really like the Fallingwater style. Was the inspiration for the house at the end of North by Northwest.
Actually the blue mosque is not original. It's called Agia Sofia and it was originally a byzantine era christian orthodox church. The turks only added the surrounding towers later.Macbeth wrote:
which were most likely converted from old Pagan temples.eleven bravo wrote:
a lot of the nicest looking mosques were old churches converted
Sort of like how the Cathedral of Cordoba was a Roman temple then a Catholic church then a Mosque and then finally a Catholic church. The blue Mosque though is original IIRC.
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Some of the favourites i've visited (not my pictures)
Chateau de Chenonceau (Loire valley, France)
(one of the) Gaudi houses in Barcelona, Spain
Charles Bridge (with Pražský hrad in the background) (Prague, Czech Republic)
Chateau de Chenonceau (Loire valley, France)
(one of the) Gaudi houses in Barcelona, Spain
Charles Bridge (with Pražský hrad in the background) (Prague, Czech Republic)
Small hourglass island
Always raining and foggy
Use an umbrella
Always raining and foggy
Use an umbrella
Saint Basil's Cathedral is jealous
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagia_Sophiaoug wrote:
Actually the blue mosque is not original. It's called Agia Sofia and it was originally a byzantine era christian orthodox church. The turks only added the surrounding towers later.Macbeth wrote:
which were most likely converted from old Pagan temples.eleven bravo wrote:
a lot of the nicest looking mosques were old churches converted
Sort of like how the Cathedral of Cordoba was a Roman temple then a Catholic church then a Mosque and then finally a Catholic church. The blue Mosque though is original IIRC.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan_Ahmed_MosqueThe design of the Sultan Ahmed Mosque is the culmination of two centuries of both Ottoman mosque and Byzantine church development. It incorporates some Byzantine elements of the neighboring Hagia Sophia with traditional Islamic architecture and is considered to be the last great mosque of the classical period. The architect has ably synthesized the ideas of his master Sinan, aiming for overwhelming size, majesty and splendour.
According to wikipedia they are two different places. Hagia Sophia itself was turned into a Mosque though.
How old is that house?M.O.A.B wrote:
http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-me … 7E44F5.jpg
I really like the Fallingwater style. Was the inspiration for the house at the end of North by Northwest.
noice
75 years old, why?KuSTaV wrote:
How old is that house?M.O.A.B wrote:
http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-me … 7E44F5.jpg
I really like the Fallingwater style. Was the inspiration for the house at the end of North by Northwest.
Its scarily modern.
I would've expected ~80s, maybe 90s.
I would've expected ~80s, maybe 90s.
noice
They're building this in London. It's already reasonably high.
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Top half of the structure sort of reminds me of the Half Life Citadel
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Top half of the structure sort of reminds me of the Half Life Citadel
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Wright was a visionary...KuSTaV wrote:
Its scarily modern.
I would've expected ~80s, maybe 90s.
@ mekstizzle
sort of looks like North Korea's tower of doom
Some stuff I have designed. I design mostly one off houses in the country side. I live and work in a designated Area of Outstanding Beauty on the North Coast of Ireland. So planning is very strict on the shape, height, form and style of dwellings in the country. Which dictates the style.
House being built on the site of Knocklayde mountain.
Large estate of some 300 units in Carnlough.
Side of a development in Ballycastle 3 shops, 3 houses & 12 apartments.
House being built on the site of Knocklayde mountain.
Large estate of some 300 units in Carnlough.
Side of a development in Ballycastle 3 shops, 3 houses & 12 apartments.
So, while I was upnorth waiting on my sister to have her twins, I discovered a local architect that built these incredibly cute little houses. The are called "hobbit house" by some and "mushroom house" by others. But he builds them out of stones and boulders. His name is Earl Young. He is a boulder architect. Google Earl young houses(i will post pic once i am not on phone). Very cute.
edit:Thank you seniortoenails.
I just found one for sale for the low low price of $1,250,000. I'm gonna start saving now...
edit:Thank you seniortoenails.
I just found one for sale for the low low price of $1,250,000. I'm gonna start saving now...
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http://charlevoixparkavenue.wordpress.c … ng-houses/tuckergustav wrote:
So, while I was upnorth waiting on my sister to have her twins, I discovered a local architect that built these incredibly cute little houses. The are called "hobbit house" by some and "mushroom house" by others. But he builds them out of stones and boulders. His name is Earl Young. He is a boulder architect. Google Earl young houses(i will post pic once i am not on phone). Very cute.
Neat!
Huf-Haus, tbh
bauhaus-tradition, prefabricated housing with brilliant energy systems
bauhaus-tradition, prefabricated housing with brilliant energy systems
libertarian benefit collector - anti-academic super-intellectual. http://mixlr.com/the-little-phrase/
- Superior Mind
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I like American Gothic, also brown stones, I love brown stones.
I dislike 60s/70s architecture. In many cases, the older a city, the more beautiful.
Also:
I dislike 60s/70s architecture. In many cases, the older a city, the more beautiful.
Also:
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i like neoclassical stuff for cities... im prone to big ornate symbols and public spaces being very noble and pronounced
but for houses i absolutely adore (post)-modernism and all the smaller sub-sets and idioms of design that have branched off
le corbusier was a god
but for houses i absolutely adore (post)-modernism and all the smaller sub-sets and idioms of design that have branched off
le corbusier was a god
libertarian benefit collector - anti-academic super-intellectual. http://mixlr.com/the-little-phrase/
That's amazing.Uzique wrote:
Huf-Haus, tbh
bauhaus-tradition, prefabricated housing with brilliant energy systems
http://www.contemporist.com/photos/huf_haus_may1_01.jpg
What's the name of this architectural style (don't have a good photo, just gonna link to a Street View image)?
http://goo.gl/maps/athy
Did you also see like 50 Japanese tourist buses? That's what I remember most...KuSTaV wrote:
http://www.travlang.com/blog/wp-content … -WAT23.jpg
Places like Angkor Wat in south-east asia are pretty freaking cool... theres always some place new to explore because they're always so big.
Also I swear I saw the author Matthew Reilly when I was there.
I remember one episode of Grand Designs Revisited where this English couple got a Huf-Haus. Brilliant concept.Uzique wrote:
Huf-Haus, tbh
bauhaus-tradition, prefabricated housing with brilliant energy systems
http://www.contemporist.com/photos/huf_haus_may1_01.jpg
the best thing about stuff by huf-haus is that it's remarkably inexpensive.
prefab housing with brilliant energy/cost efficiency... no brainer to me. i want to get one. get the land from grandfather .
prefab housing with brilliant energy/cost efficiency... no brainer to me. i want to get one. get the land from grandfather .
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looks nice but its too sterile for me to live in a place like that. I would rather live in a cottage than this.tazz. wrote:
i HATE gothic/medievil style.
only like this style tbh.
http://homeinteriordesign.biz/wp-conten … ouse_1.jpg
Anyone?Hurricane2k9 wrote:
That's amazing.Uzique wrote:
Huf-Haus, tbh
bauhaus-tradition, prefabricated housing with brilliant energy systems
http://www.contemporist.com/photos/huf_haus_may1_01.jpg
What's the name of this architectural style (don't have a good photo, just gonna link to a Street View image)?
http://goo.gl/maps/athy
@Uzique check this company out... might have trouble getting it shipped over though
http://www.livinghomes.net/primer.html
looks like tech-modernist
and why the fuck would i want to ship shitty north american prefabs when we have ze germans? huf-haus operate in the uk
and why the fuck would i want to ship shitty north american prefabs when we have ze germans? huf-haus operate in the uk
libertarian benefit collector - anti-academic super-intellectual. http://mixlr.com/the-little-phrase/
it's more like structural expressionist or late modernist. It's kind of in the same vein as brutalism. I guess it's a mash-up of international, brutalism and modernist styles.