Architecture

Lisnaholic · 07-17-2021, 07:56 PM

Thanks, Plankton!

On a different topic: two things I love about Russian architecture:-
i) it looks a little like W European architecture, but is always somehow different
ii) It is neither plastered physically across the globe, nor has it been done-to death in the movies.

This photo is of Ostashkov, a small town on a lake somewhere between Moscow and St. Petersburg. If you'd like a leisurely look at some old buildings, the charming video below is a better guide than me:-

DianneW · 07-26-2021, 04:46 AM

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Nice pictures and a worthy cause, Plankton; not just the cash raised, but that more people realize that they have an attractive local amenity.
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The ex-penitentiary of the city I live in now has been converted into government offices. With a wide pedestrianized street and a park opposite (out of sight to the photographer's right) it makes for a pleasant corner of the city.

Meanwhile, in London, two views of a working prison:

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Fancy entrance, but this is a special kind of grim that London is good at: the cold Victorian-built institution; in this case, it's Wormwood Scrubs, whose very name strikes a foreboding chill in the heart....

It is ok inside having been on a visit or three, of course they fleece you down and check you i.d.
Not a place for a Holiday really though...

DianneW · 07-26-2021, 04:55 AM

Haunted House at the Beach in Biarritz...

DianneW · 07-26-2021, 05:30 AM

Oldest House in France located in Aveyron, Occitane Region
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Built around the 13th century, this old house in Aveyron, France is still standing and inhabited in today. With it’s unique and beautiful exterior you may be wondering why the upper floors are much bigger than the ground floor. well, during that century they were only required to pay tax on the ground floor square-footage and not the upper floors. Therefore, the smaller the ground floor the cheaper it is on tax....{Quote}

DianneW · 07-26-2021, 05:36 AM

https://www.contemporist.com/apartme...ered-balconies

The Batlord · 07-26-2021, 06:02 AM

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Oldest House in France located in Aveyron, Occitane Region
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Built around the 13th century, this old house in Aveyron, France is still standing and inhabited in today. With it’s unique and beautiful exterior you may be wondering why the upper floors are much bigger than the ground floor. well, during that century they were only required to pay tax on the ground floor square-footage and not the upper floors. Therefore, the smaller the ground floor the cheaper it is on tax....{Quote}

It looks like a house zombie.

DianneW · 07-26-2021, 06:22 AM

https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-...palace-pebbles

DianneW · 07-27-2021, 09:38 AM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Mai..._Robert-Houdin

Lisnaholic · 07-27-2021, 05:34 PM

Some very nice pictures there, Dianne. Thanks.

Here's some post-modern architecture.

What's to like about Epping Forest Council Offices? The way the scale of the building relates to the older house on the left, and the way, centred on the arch, there is a balance between the tower and the rotunda, even though there's no symmetry:-

The tower and rotunda may not be breath-taking, but up close you can see little details indicating how they have been thought out with great care. Check out the little yellow-framed window thing at the bottom of the tower; vertically, it follows the line of the other tower windows, but is positioned precisely half-way between the brick and the stone, so that it slightly resembles the small square windows over on the rotunda. That's clever and pleasing to the eye on an undramatic scale - rather like the typical Victorian houses, so common across England that they get overlooked:-

The Batlord · 07-27-2021, 05:45 PM

Looks like the visitors' center at a concentration camp museum.

07-17-2021, 07:56 PM	#451 (permalink)
Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	Thanks, Plankton! On a different topic: two things I love about Russian architecture:- i) it looks a little like W European architecture, but is always somehow different ii) It is neither plastered physically across the globe, nor has it been done-to death in the movies. This photo is of Ostashkov, a small town on a lake somewhere between Moscow and St. Petersburg. If you'd like a leisurely look at some old buildings, the charming video below is a better guide than me:- __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953

07-26-2021, 05:36 AM	#455 (permalink)
DianneW Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2021 Posts: 1,161	https://www.contemporist.com/apartme...ered-balconies Last edited by DianneW; 07-26-2021 at 06:04 AM.

07-27-2021, 05:34 PM	#459 (permalink)
Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	Some very nice pictures there, Dianne. Thanks. Here's some post-modern architecture. What's to like about Epping Forest Council Offices? The way the scale of the building relates to the older house on the left, and the way, centred on the arch, there is a balance between the tower and the rotunda, even though there's no symmetry:- The tower and rotunda may not be breath-taking, but up close you can see little details indicating how they have been thought out with great care. Check out the little yellow-framed window thing at the bottom of the tower; vertically, it follows the line of the other tower windows, but is positioned precisely half-way between the brick and the stone, so that it slightly resembles the small square windows over on the rotunda. That's clever and pleasing to the eye on an undramatic scale - rather like the typical Victorian houses, so common across England that they get overlooked:- __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953

07-26-2021, 04:55 AM	#453 (permalink)
DianneW Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2021 Posts: 1,161	Haunted House at the Beach in Biarritz...

07-26-2021, 05:30 AM	#454 (permalink)
DianneW Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2021 Posts: 1,161	Oldest House in France located in Aveyron, Occitane Region {Quote} Built around the 13th century, this old house in Aveyron, France is still standing and inhabited in today. With it’s unique and beautiful exterior you may be wondering why the upper floors are much bigger than the ground floor. well, during that century they were only required to pay tax on the ground floor square-footage and not the upper floors. Therefore, the smaller the ground floor the cheaper it is on tax....{Quote}

07-26-2021, 06:22 AM	#457 (permalink)
DianneW Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2021 Posts: 1,161	https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-...palace-pebbles

07-27-2021, 09:38 AM	#458 (permalink)
DianneW Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2021 Posts: 1,161	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Mai..._Robert-Houdin