Architecture

Lisnaholic · 05-17-2018, 12:45 PM

Some nice ornate gothic cathedrals, MLM. Sadly, the Fisherman's Bastion is spoiled for me because it looks so like a Disneyland creation.
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Architects and town planners sometimes focus to much on street grids and stuff like that, but none of them until recently expected to have their work viewed from drone angle, so these photos are really catching architecture off-guard, showing us what we were never expected to see:-

Marrakesh:-

New York:-

Cathedral, Toledo:-

Mindy · 05-17-2018, 03:57 PM

~~Cuthbert~~ · 05-17-2018, 03:58 PM

Please can you resize those pics Mindfulness?
Thanks xox

Mindy · 05-17-2018, 07:01 PM

i just cut them out, no need for 3 pictures of the same building i guess. plus its just a 3d render, not even built yet.
i used to go there and use the bus stations fast asf wifi. the days of not having internet :/

**Frownland** · 05-19-2018, 09:53 PM

At the San Diego symphony hall right now, pretty stunning to take in

Lisnaholic · 05-20-2018, 07:16 AM

^ Nice!

Here's the cinema where I saw Kubrick's 2001 when it came out:-

It's now a Grade 1 Listed Building, which means it can't be messed about with, (although it has been converted to a Bingo Hall).

Lisnaholic · 05-31-2018, 07:12 AM

The population of Romania is slightly less than the pop of Greater London, both being round the 20 million mark. But if you're running the kind of repressive regime that Ceaușescu was operating, you need a pretty big office to operate from. Here's the totally OTT Government Palace in Bucharest:-

(i) unimpressive rear entrance showing the scale of the building: (check out the size of the cars):

(ii) main facade, like a Vegas hotel:

In comparison, the Mayor of London administrates from one small office block; (check out the size of the people ):-

Bottom Line: For admin, Bucharest wins on architecture but loses on governance.

~~MicShazam~~ · 05-31-2018, 08:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lisnaholic

^Damn, that's overkill. Half of those rooms are probably just filled with pool tables and/or spiderwebs.

Lisnaholic · 05-31-2018, 08:40 AM

^ HaHa! Apparently it has 1,100 rooms, so they could probably squeeze in a pool table somewhere. Other surprising stats:-

* After the Pentagon, it's the biggest admin building in the world.
* It has eight levels underground, incl nuclear bomb shelters, which makes it the heaviest building in the world.

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_the_Parliament)

~~Cuthbert~~ · 05-31-2018, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic

The population of Romania is slightly less than the pop of Greater London, both being round the 20 million mark.

Do you mean the London metropolitan area or another boundary?

05-17-2018, 12:45 PM	#181 (permalink)
Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	Some nice ornate gothic cathedrals, MLM. Sadly, the Fisherman's Bastion is spoiled for me because it looks so like a Disneyland creation. __________________________________________________ _____________ Architects and town planners sometimes focus to much on street grids and stuff like that, but none of them until recently expected to have their work viewed from drone angle, so these photos are really catching architecture off-guard, showing us what we were never expected to see:- Marrakesh:- New York:- Cathedral, Toledo:- __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953

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Mindy ask me about cosmology Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Milky Way Galaxy Posts: 9,020	i just cut them out, no need for 3 pictures of the same building i guess. plus its just a 3d render, not even built yet. i used to go there and use the bus stations fast asf wifi. the days of not having internet :/ __________________ https://www.instagram.com/shhons_meme_agency

05-19-2018, 09:53 PM	#185 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	At the San Diego symphony hall right now, pretty stunning to take in __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

05-20-2018, 07:16 AM	#186 (permalink)
Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	^ Nice! Here's the cinema where I saw Kubrick's 2001 when it came out:- It's now a Grade 1 Listed Building, which means it can't be messed about with, (although it has been converted to a Bingo Hall). __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953

05-17-2018, 03:58 PM	#183 (permalink)
~~Cuthbert~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Black Country Posts: 8,827	Please can you resize those pics Mindfulness? Thanks xox

05-31-2018, 07:12 AM	#187 (permalink)
Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	The population of Romania is slightly less than the pop of Greater London, both being round the 20 million mark. But if you're running the kind of repressive regime that Ceaușescu was operating, you need a pretty big office to operate from. Here's the totally OTT Government Palace in Bucharest:- (i) unimpressive rear entrance showing the scale of the building: (check out the size of the cars): (ii) main facade, like a Vegas hotel: In comparison, the Mayor of London administrates from one small office block; (check out the size of the people ):- Bottom Line: For admin, Bucharest wins on architecture but loses on governance. __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953 Last edited by Lisnaholic; 05-31-2018 at 07:18 AM.

05-31-2018, 08:40 AM	#189 (permalink)
Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	^ HaHa! Apparently it has 1,100 rooms, so they could probably squeeze in a pool table somewhere. Other surprising stats:- * After the Pentagon, it's the biggest admin building in the world. * It has eight levels underground, incl nuclear bomb shelters, which makes it the heaviest building in the world. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_the_Parliament) __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953