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Re: The Architecture Thread

Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2014 4:25 pm
by rockonin
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Las Ventas Bullfighting Ring, Madrid

5mins from my apartment, awesome to go running down there at night when it's all lit up
Did they make ban bull fighting in Spain Wub?

Re: The Architecture Thread

Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2014 4:29 pm
by wub
rockonin wrote:
wub wrote:Image
Las Ventas Bullfighting Ring, Madrid

5mins from my apartment, awesome to go running down there at night when it's all lit up
Did they make ban bull fighting in Spain Wub?
It's banned in Catalonia, but they still allow celebration of the correbous, which is basically a running-of-the-bull variation in which they tie fireworks to the bull's horns.


Rest of mainland Spain it's still okay as much as I know. During season, it's televised here, and they have a really bizarre bullfighting version of Match Of The Day where three old matadors sit round in a studio and do analysis on the days fights.

Re: The Architecture Thread

Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2014 4:29 pm
by magma
I think just in parts of Spain if it has been - definitely still happens in Andalucia because I couldn't get a table anywhere last time I was in Mijas on bullfight Sunday!

Edit: What wub said.

Re: The Architecture Thread

Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2014 4:32 pm
by wub
In the same way you have football pubs or sports bars in other places, in Spain you have some bars which are bullfighting bars. Signed photos of famous matadors on the wall, bulls head trophies, posters of particularly epic fights etc.

Haven't been yet, but I've had ex-pat mates tell me it's a unique and interesting spectacle for the first fight, then you realise you've paid for a full ticket and there is still another seven to go on the card, and they're all pretty much the same.

Re: The Architecture Thread

Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2014 4:48 pm
by hubb
There's so many failed pseudo erotic and phallic implications in bullfighting that imo lesbian should love it.

Re: The Architecture Thread

Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2014 4:48 pm
by garethom
The memorial to the victims of Anders Breivik's attack is pretty bo.

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Re: The Architecture Thread

Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2014 4:56 pm
by wub
garethom wrote:The memorial to the victims of Anders Breivik's attack is pretty bo.

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Looks like where the M3 cuts through Twyford Down;

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Re: The Architecture Thread

Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2014 6:22 pm
by DiegoSapiens
if any of you is interested in bullfighting watch something of Jose Tomas, his performances give me gosebumps, with any doubt he is the best torero ever

Re: The Architecture Thread

Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2014 7:03 pm
by Mr Hyde
The Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center in Azerbaijan by Zaha Hadid (Another Brit, Iranian-British) looks mental:

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Re: The Architecture Thread

Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2014 7:34 pm
by garethom
I ain't really a fan of overly curved shit, but that is ballin!

Re: The Architecture Thread

Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2014 7:45 pm
by kay
There's this whole park on the outskirts of Valencia, very Star Trek:
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Re: The Architecture Thread

Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2014 7:52 pm
by garethom
Looks sick lit up! Looks sort of like 70's prediction of the future.

Re: The Architecture Thread

Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2014 8:43 pm
by DiegoSapiens
yeah that´s by santiago calatrava, hit and miss architect imo (he is actually an engineer not an architect)
in seville we have this bridge by calatrava:
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i really like it

Re: The Architecture Thread

Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2014 9:17 pm
by garethom
I rate bridges.

Clifton Suspension Bridge is a strong fave.

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Nothing particularly special about the Tamar Bridge, I just like it. Pretty cool going over it at night b2b with the Brunel railway bridge next to it.

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Re: The Architecture Thread

Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2014 9:39 pm
by DiegoSapiens
this one in ronda is my personal favorite
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Re: The Architecture Thread

Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2014 12:36 am
by bennyfroobs
garethom wrote:The memorial to the victims of Anders Breivik's attack is pretty bo.

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anyone seen the berlin holocaust memorial? its very fucking inappropriate man. theyve essentially made a really fun little maze for stoners to go run around and play in and throw apples at each other. dont get me wrong i thought it was really cool, but they shouldnt have made something so fun. everyone just plays on it.

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anyway.......

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Re: The Architecture Thread

Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2014 12:50 am
by finji
that's one depressing kitchen.

Re: The Architecture Thread

Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2014 2:36 am
by nowaysj
How about the rest of the fucking house?

Re: The Architecture Thread

Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2014 8:47 am
by garethom
bennyfroobs wrote:
garethom wrote:The memorial to the victims of Anders Breivik's attack is pretty bo.

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anyone seen the berlin holocaust memorial? its very fucking inappropriate man. theyve essentially made a really fun little maze for stoners to go run around and play in and throw apples at each other. dont get me wrong i thought it was really cool, but they shouldnt have made something so fun. everyone just plays on it.

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:lol:

Hardly think that's their fault that people can't respect it enough to not fuck around on it, climb on it and that. Does look pretty striking though, the little museum that's attached to it is pretty cool too.

Re: The Architecture Thread

Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2014 9:10 am
by magma
DiegoSapiens wrote:this one in ronda is my personal favorite
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Yes! Amazing roads into Ronda full stop tbh.