Plankton posted it here a while back, so he must like it, and it was very innovative for its time, but I'm a closet iconoclast, so I can always find something to grumble about:-

i) it's ok if you're super-rich
ii) "the sound of falling water is everywhere"= bl**dy annoying I should think
iii) it was here I believe that FLW had the tables and armchairs bolted to the floor because there was only one position that looked right to him: very impractical, reduces the versatility of the spaces to zero, and is called meglomania not architecture.

Nonetheless, can't really deny that FLW was a genius.

https://scontent.fbed1-2.fna.fbcdn.n...46&oe=5DC3D24F
took this and went to this museum and castle this morning for an assignment, gotta type 5 pages on it. just finished the first :pimp: castle was dope too, inside was detailed asf. wish me luck on typing a whole 5-6 pages :o: shouldnt be too hard because im interested in the topic

What castle was it?

Gillette Castle, its a state park here. it was nice. :D

^ So not actually a castle then, Mindfulness. Sorry to be pedantic but a castle is constructed for purposes of defense, which your photo clearly shows is not the case here. Just because some business magnate slaps the word "castle" on his architectural folly don't make it so imo!

There you go, I've written the opening sentence of your report for you! ;)

https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5...8ef4cb~mv2.jpg

^ But, yeah, it looks super-unusual and must've been a fascinating place to look around. I hope your report goes well. :)

i didnt know about the castle having to be for defense, makes sense. i should have used that wonderful photo for my project. i looked on google, i didnt see that one though :/

i turned in the essay yesterday, but the professor got my name wrong in an email :o:

and yes, it was really nice inside and outside. someone else in the class went there and did a better powerpoint than me but i thought the powerpoint was supposed to be short to just prove you went there, so had long presentations :o:


i learned a lot in this humanities class. its over since it was a hybrid class, just half a semester.

^ Well, I hope it's given you a lasting interest in architecture, Mindfulness. AFAIK there aren't many topics that so completely meld art, engineering and history all into one.
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https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cp...s151410683.jpg

This pic shows a type of building that you can see scattered all over England: an old house (right-hand side, with pitched roof) that has been enlarged and re-purposed with a more modern extension (left-hand side with flat roof). It's brick, it's traditional and to me looks both familiar and attractive, perhaps because my first full-time job after high school was in a government building quite like this.

Of course the boarded up windows also give it a sinister look, and sinister it will now remain because it's the site of this news story: a care home that for five decades covered up the sexual abuse of hundreds of children.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-...shire-49177145

Anyone else got some spooky buildings to share?

I'd love to see this in person. Maybe skate or bike down that dragon tunnel too.

https://i2.wp.com/thevalemagazine.co...80%2C655&ssl=1


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORbHVzrvKp0

thats really cool^