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The Architecture Thread

Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2014 3:56 pm
by garethom

Re: The Architecture Thread

Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2014 4:00 pm
by Forum
Remember this one in Prague

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Re: The Architecture Thread

Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2014 4:01 pm
by magma
Are we allowed all eras?

One of my favourite churches:

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Copenhagen :Q:

Re: The Architecture Thread

Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2014 4:05 pm
by Forum
Some of the stadiums for the quatar world cup are going to look ridiculous

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Re: The Architecture Thread

Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2014 4:07 pm
by dickman69
maybe thats why theyre so far behind schedule

just make a fucking field w seats lol

Re: The Architecture Thread

Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2014 4:08 pm
by magma
Westminster Tube station always makes me feel like I'm in a Bond movie.

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Re: The Architecture Thread

Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2014 4:16 pm
by Riddles
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antwerp train station is amazing!

Re: The Architecture Thread

Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2014 4:19 pm
by jaydot
Riddles wrote:Image

antwerp train station is amazing!
Dat symmetry.

Re: The Architecture Thread

Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2014 4:28 pm
by magma
Riddles wrote:Image

antwerp train station is amazing!
Beautiful.

Re: The Architecture Thread

Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2014 4:35 pm
by garethom
Better than the battyhole new front to Birmingham New Street. The old one was actually better:

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Big up Birmingham Council, taking down old "ugly" buildings and replacing them with uglier-but-shiny new buildings.

Re: The Architecture Thread

Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2014 4:35 pm
by wub
garethom wrote:Better than the battyhole new front to Birmingham New Street. The old one was actually better:

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Big up Birmingham Council, taking down old "ugly" buildings and replacing them with uglier-but-shiny new buildings.
Giant mechanical Pacman about to eat people.

Re: The Architecture Thread

Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2014 4:40 pm
by rockonin
Wuxi Grand Theatre-China
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Re: The Architecture Thread

Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2014 4:55 pm
by garethom
My girlfriend's dad got me one of those "1001 xyz to see before you die" books about architecture at christmas, really good, will go through it again and post some faves.

gotta say before this thread gets going, fuck frank gehry and if you down with frank gehry then fuck you too

Re: The Architecture Thread

Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2014 4:59 pm
by Riddles
garethom wrote:My girlfriend's dad got me one of those "1001 xyz to see before you die" books about architecture at christmas, really good, will go through it again and post some faves.

gotta say before this thread gets going, fuck frank gehry and if you down with frank gehry then fuck you too
just did a google. all look shit.

Re: The Architecture Thread

Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2014 5:59 pm
by lovelydivot
I like Gehrys residential work much better than his - big stuff...

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interior shot:

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Re: The Architecture Thread

Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2014 6:05 pm
by m8son666
garethom wrote:Better than the battyhole new front to Birmingham New Street. The old one was actually better:

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That's before the shiny bits been added tho? with the shiny bit its gonna look quite cool imo
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Re: The Architecture Thread

Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2014 6:07 pm
by m8son666
Alot of the churches in prague are pretty cool
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Re: The Architecture Thread

Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2014 6:15 pm
by garethom
m8son wrote:
garethom wrote:Better than the battyhole new front to Birmingham New Street. The old one was actually better:

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That's before the shiny bits been added tho? with the shiny bit its gonna look quite cool imo
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still pretty batty imo

also lol if they think the surrounding area is gonna look like that with 4 or 5 people strolling around, actually filled with 9000 inner city secondary school kids

Re: The Architecture Thread

Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2014 6:20 pm
by DiegoSapiens
GAUDI 8)
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Re: The Architecture Thread

Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2014 6:21 pm
by garethom
That building made me regret copying the link into my browser