Guest Conor74 Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 What are your favourites? Dun Aengus, Aran Island, Ireland. Promontory fort hanging on to cliffs over the Atlantic. Life on the edge. Saitne Chapelle, Ile de la Cite, Paris. In a city of incredible churches, this one stands out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 Great thread. Anything by Saha Hadid - look her up and you'll see what I'm talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest viscosity Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 I wanna know what the point of that fence is and ofcourse I really like falling water, beautiful integration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest ezkerraldean Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 Socialist Realism shit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Conor74 Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 Thanks Data, some great ones there. Recognise London's Lloyds, Prague's 'Crushed Can', and think one of them's a Gaudi in Barcelona. The rest new to me. Secession Building, Vienna. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 The Winchester Mystery house is pretty IDM, mainly for the architecture inside the house. http://www.winchestermysteryhouse.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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data Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 here are two of my all time favourites (damnit, couldn't find pictures of all the roundels) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerwolf Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 Ankgor Watt, the Bayon and various temples and relics of Cambodia. Went there in 1997 well before the tourisim boom and had the place pretty much to myself, it was a great adventure. I would never go back just to preserve the magic in my memory. I would agree with popular opinion about the Taj Mahal. It is the most tranquil and beautiful of buildings. The interior is especially bewitching. I think the contrast of the hell hole Agra outside does even more for the impact as you would not believe something so beautiful exists in such a place. Those 2 are the forfront really. I would like to visit the Islands of Skelleg St. Michael in Ireland, where ancient monks built beehive monastries on a jagged rock many centuries ago. They were eventually killed by marauding Vikings raiding the Irish coast. But this place needs to be see to be believed. I love places like this. Check it out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi7oUikuigA&feature=related Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o00o Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSGx4bBU9Qc nothing is real watch it in HD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Dylan Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 I wanna know what the point of that fence is and ofcourse I really like falling water, beautiful integration Gehry had a fascination/fetish of steel fencing during his childhood. He would build models as a teen from scraps of wood/metal/whatever he could take from the hardware store. If you see his "first period" until the end of the 80's, you'll notice a lot of fencing (His Serpentine, his house, Santa Monica Place Mall, etc..). Dude, It's just like panting, architecture is like that. People have obsessions for texture/materials. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 here are two of my all time favourites (damnit, couldn't find pictures of all the roundels) I love the Chrysler Building as well! There's some extremely majestic about it... but I guess all art deco is like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muflontillah Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 my favorite one is situated in the middle of my hometown: St. Elisabeth Cathedral http://www.tuomatu.com/images/dom-svatej-alzbety.jpg here is an Engilsh wiki-page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Elisabeth_Cathedral Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxing Day Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 I know they are all destroyed (except the pyramids) , but wow , i would have loved to see them standing in all their glory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr lopez Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 yeah deco stylings need to come back in a big way. and somehow mix with the minimalism/post modern stuff that people are cranking out today. who can do that successfully will be a very in demand architect. I recently took a long walk through oak park in chicago, and saw all the AMAZING frank lloyd wright homes from the 1890s and onwards. really funky amazing stuff. enjoyed it immensely. can't be arsed to get pics however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markedone Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 Stephen Holl: Tom Kundig: Rem Koolhaas: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Conor74 Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 I would like to visit the Islands of Skelleg St. Michael in Ireland, where ancient monks built beehive monastries on a jagged rock many centuries ago. On a clear day, can see it from about 100 yards up the hill behiond my house! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ms-dos Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 louis kahn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xyrofen Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/bd/Basilique_du_Sacré-Cœur_Upward_Angle.JPG/450px-Basilique_du_Sacré-Cœur_Upward_Angle.JPG Sacré Coeur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr lopez Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 louis kahn oh fuck yes louis kahn is the shit. also the socialist realism shit is so totally awesome ezky is dead on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvatorin Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 I like a lot of the architecture in Fairbanks. Gruening Building, UAF: Museum of the North, UAF: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest viscosity Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 I wanna know what the point of that fence is and ofcourse I really like falling water, beautiful integration Gehry had a fascination/fetish of steel fencing during his childhood. He would build models as a teen from scraps of wood/metal/whatever he could take from the hardware store. If you see his "first period" until the end of the 80's, you'll notice a lot of fencing (His Serpentine, his house, Santa Monica Place Mall, etc..). Dude, It's just like panting, architecture is like that. People have obsessions for texture/materials. interesting, i gotta pick up a book on him at some point. or deconstructivism in general Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JW Modestburns Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 and ofcourse I really like falling water, beautiful integration I've got tickets for a tour of falling water next weekend, I'm pretty psyched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Conor74 Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 Gallarus Oratory. 1500 years old and in the very wet Dingle Peninsula, and still dry as a bone inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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