Architecture

Lisnaholic · 11-29-2017, 07:50 AM

^ Yes, I'm afraid the people and country of Poland were hit particularly hard in the Second World War.

Spoiler for Two of Yac's photos:

^ Those blank end-walls are just the perfect site for a mural; I think these two are my favourites, especially the last as it has a carefully designed paint job on the long facade too.

In England, on a much smaller scale, we also had post-war "prefabs", which also were used for decades longer than originally planned:-

We also have plenty of sixties tower blocks; it was a time when planners talked optimistically about "streets in the sky", ignoring the reality that a dull, narrow and windswept access-balcony miles from any communal facilities is nothing to enthuse about:-

Plankton · 11-29-2017, 08:21 AM

Can't have an Arch thread without FLW. A lot of his work is local to me, and I've visited a few places, but that was a long time ago when I was in school. You can see his influence in a lot of the later buildings around here too, so Frank Lloyd Wright 'inspired' designs are pretty common. I just perused a few images, here's some of the more popular works he's done:

Falling Water

Robie House

The Rookery

Unity Temple

Larkin Building

Taliesin West (his winter home)

Lisnaholic · 11-29-2017, 09:27 AM

^ Nice pics! "Falling Water" must be the most photograped house in the world I should think, though I liked the Robie House more - and the Winter home one too.
The Brit equivalent of FLW might be Charles Voysey; in the 1900s both were building houses for the rich in a style that everybody copied for years to come:-

He wasn't as innovative as FLW and in fact you have to bit a bit of a specialist to see that they're innovative at all. Also, he never got a song written about him either, so if this is an Architecture Wars thread, I'll concede this round to the USA.

Plankton · 11-29-2017, 09:47 AM

^Without having any prior knowledge of him, and looking through a few of his works, I'd say his innovations were in the use of arches and off angles. Just a layman's observation.

...and, didn't we already beat you guys in some kind of war a while back? The War thing is so 3 centuries ago.

**Frownland** · 11-29-2017, 09:55 AM

Guy Dreier is a local dude with some cool stuff. Not sorry for the big pics.

Lisnaholic · 11-29-2017, 10:38 AM

^ Now those buildings are exciting! Especially the top two.

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Originally Posted by Plankton

^Without having any prior knowledge of him, and looking through a few of his works, I'd say his innovations were in the use of arches and off angles. Just a layman's observation.

^ Yes, that's about all I see too, also he occasionally went.... assymetric !

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...and, didn't we already beat you guys in some kind of war a while back? The War thing is so 3 centuries ago.

^

~~Cuthbert~~ · 11-29-2017, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic

I've never seen Ibrox Park, but you're right about the symmetry, etc. I am particularly impressed with the curved stair towers that've been added on; a pleasing shape, clearly from a different era, but blending into the original design. That's not an easy thing to get right.

^ You are very well informed, MLM. I think you have given the little-known Archibald Leitch the honour of being the first architect to get his own personal name check in this thread!

Cheers mate. Yeah it's definitely one of the better ones from the pre-war era imo, has the four individual stands that the old grounds have but the roofing is all level and well done, other grounds don't have that. Probably a bit lucky with it's location in that there is loads of room around it, grounds like Goodison are not really possible to just expand which is a shame.

I too would like to see posts from our European forumistas, I think Zaqarbal might be good in this thread. Hope he sees it.

Loving all these posts and pics

~~Cuthbert~~ · 11-29-2017, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Guy Dreier is a local dude with some cool stuff. Not sorry for the big pics.

Reminds me of Paisley Park.

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 11-29-2017, 12:59 PM

i can't remember if i posted this already but

that's the apartment building currently being built across the road from me. can't imagine why anyone would want to live there. ugly building with way too much glass imo, i feel like there's no privacy unless you have a blind down in every window.

Plankton · 11-29-2017, 01:03 PM

It's for people who don't throw stones.

11-29-2017, 07:50 AM	#81 (permalink)
Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	^ Yes, I'm afraid the people and country of Poland were hit particularly hard in the Second World War. Spoiler for Two of Yac's photos: ^ Those blank end-walls are just the perfect site for a mural; I think these two are my favourites, especially the last as it has a carefully designed paint job on the long facade too. In England, on a much smaller scale, we also had post-war "prefabs", which also were used for decades longer than originally planned:- We also have plenty of sixties tower blocks; it was a time when planners talked optimistically about "streets in the sky", ignoring the reality that a dull, narrow and windswept access-balcony miles from any communal facilities is nothing to enthuse about:- __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953

11-29-2017, 08:21 AM	#82 (permalink)
Plankton Just Keep Swimming... Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: See signature... Posts: 7,765	Can't have an Arch thread without FLW. A lot of his work is local to me, and I've visited a few places, but that was a long time ago when I was in school. You can see his influence in a lot of the later buildings around here too, so Frank Lloyd Wright 'inspired' designs are pretty common. I just perused a few images, here's some of the more popular works he's done: Falling Water Robie House The Rookery Unity Temple Larkin Building Taliesin West (his winter home) __________________ See location...

11-29-2017, 09:27 AM	#83 (permalink)
Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	^ Nice pics! "Falling Water" must be the most photograped house in the world I should think, though I liked the Robie House more - and the Winter home one too. The Brit equivalent of FLW might be Charles Voysey; in the 1900s both were building houses for the rich in a style that everybody copied for years to come:- He wasn't as innovative as FLW and in fact you have to bit a bit of a specialist to see that they're innovative at all. Also, he never got a song written about him either, so if this is an Architecture Wars thread, I'll concede this round to the USA. __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953

11-29-2017, 09:47 AM	#84 (permalink)
Plankton Just Keep Swimming... Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: See signature... Posts: 7,765	^Without having any prior knowledge of him, and looking through a few of his works, I'd say his innovations were in the use of arches and off angles. Just a layman's observation. ...and, didn't we already beat you guys in some kind of war a while back? The War thing is so 3 centuries ago. __________________ See location...

11-29-2017, 09:55 AM	#85 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Guy Dreier is a local dude with some cool stuff. Not sorry for the big pics. __________________ 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

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