penny-dreaddfull Posted May 24, 2009 Author Posted May 24, 2009 the coolest thing about buildings like this is that you get the feeling of being one with the outdoors a very aussie thing Quote
Reeyo Posted May 24, 2009 Posted May 24, 2009 I love this topic!!!! Great idea, Drea And if I should ever have my own house I'm gonna need a bookshelf-staircase like the one you posted Quote
penny-dreaddfull Posted May 24, 2009 Author Posted May 24, 2009 hey reeyo!! im glad you like it too.. that bookshelf blew my mind!!!!! its funny how i can just look at this stuff and it clears out my brain perhaps i should study architecture, get a degree and build some shit of my own, eh?? nah, itd never work...i have to use my fingers when i add numbers together lolololololololol ill just go on admiring...though in sublte ways im going minimalistic. the first step is the dreaded.......STORAGE +shudders+ lolol Quote
penny-dreaddfull Posted May 24, 2009 Author Posted May 24, 2009 i wish this pic was bigger!!! its amazing how the inside mimics the outside Quote
Reeyo Posted May 24, 2009 Posted May 24, 2009 I've been to Barcelona with my school class a few years ago. There you find Gaudi buildings everywhere. The most famous one is probably the Sagrada Familia. First pic is from the i-net, the other ones were taken by me Quote
TheBaronOfFratton Posted May 24, 2009 Posted May 24, 2009 Great thread idea, my dear penny! And some of those houses are just stunning. Would that I had the kind of money to commission my own abode... Now, I may be biased I know, but I do so love the architecture of my own fair winded city. I appreciate what you said about 'cluttered minds' - and the calmness such places of tranquility can do for this. But Buenos Aires is a big, sprawling, noisy, polluted, chaotic city; and I adore it! It does, in it's own way, have the 'clean lines' you like. The Capital Federal (where I live) is pretty much based on Paris, with Haussmann (another fine Baron! ) inspired avenues, and tree-lined boulevards from the 1850's. The buildings are a melange of Neoclassical and Art Nouveau styles. If only you could look up and appreciate them more from street-level without having to worry about the dog shit and gaping holes in the pavement! But I wanted to post some pictures from the Abasto barrio. It's about 20 minutes from my own apartment, and is where the famous tango singer Carlos Gardel was born. As such they've taken the initiative to preserve the streets around there in the old fileteado style of the beginning of the 20th century. It's an ornamental design of flowers, lines and plants. I love walking around there as it's so colourful: There's a throwback to that style on the local buses, which still have the different colour schemes and styles, as opposed to numbers to know which one to catch! (Though that's the only good thing about them - otherwise they speed around the city bellowing black smoke and not stopping at red lights): Quote
sarnic Posted May 29, 2009 Posted May 29, 2009 oh i like the bookshelf/stairwell thing too!! I also liked that building in the forest this is not really cool or anything but kind of pretty. My friend just got married in this chapel. I thought it was beautiful. It's located at the top of this really steep hill and I think it was built in 1936-37. picture doesn't do it justice though <_< Frost Chapel Quote
*Bronx_Bomber* Posted May 31, 2009 Posted May 31, 2009 Very beautiful pics everyone. Notre Dame in Paris is unbelievably gorgeous to me. Each time I see it in person I actually cry cause I'm always so overcome with it's beauty.Seeing it near to sunset is indescribable. Quote
midnight lady Posted June 1, 2009 Posted June 1, 2009 a gorgeous aussie skyline view <dont know of which city> :| I...I...I... I wanna live there Quote
TheBaronOfFratton Posted June 7, 2009 Posted June 7, 2009 Very beautiful pics everyone. Notre Dame in Paris is unbelievably gorgeous to me. Each time I see it in person I actually cry cause I'm always so overcome with it's beauty.Seeing it near to sunset is indescribable. ^Sure looks beautiful there! I went to Paris a few years ago - but Notre Dame was being restored and was covered in scaffolding... Quote
*Bronx_Bomber* Posted June 13, 2009 Posted June 13, 2009 ^ Oh that stinks.I'm not religious by any means,but that is one of the most gorgeous structures I've ever seen or been inside.Completely amazing.Paris is fantastic,so much to do and see.I've been a few times and always have the best time. Quote
penny-dreaddfull Posted June 18, 2009 Author Posted June 18, 2009 i am so freaking thrilled all of you guys responded.. i truly thought it would be me posting to/for myself like in the beginnings of the unique and strange pic thread and all of the pics posted are AMAZING all of the churches.... Barons 'city of good air' im so excited!! :chicken: ive been collecting some more stuff..... the exterior of an amazing new house i saw on dwell.com and some interior shots the bedroom Quote
penny-dreaddfull Posted June 18, 2009 Author Posted June 18, 2009 i love this one.. so clever.. the metal... i dont know what to call it....shell? i just looked it up in the article and they call it a 'shading structure' lolol and all the siding used on the house keep the temp at 70 degrees even in the depths of a desert summer with no money spent on electricity even I would consider living in the hot,insect filled, chock full o' reptillian desert for a dwelling this freaking cool Quote
penny-dreaddfull Posted June 18, 2009 Author Posted June 18, 2009 this is the stafne house... the building itself is standard modern architecture.. but the wild, gorgeous spot it was built upon makes it truly sweet to me Quote
*Bronx_Bomber* Posted June 19, 2009 Posted June 19, 2009 Amazing ^ I've always wanted to visit Spain,but France won a few times.I will though...it's a must.Baron....beautiful pics! Quote
penny-dreaddfull Posted July 10, 2009 Author Posted July 10, 2009 heres a really cool vid showing some buildings that are still in the concept phase and some that have laready been built Quote
penny-dreaddfull Posted July 10, 2009 Author Posted July 10, 2009 heres another house that is stunning and gorgeous in its simplicity Quote
penny-dreaddfull Posted July 10, 2009 Author Posted July 10, 2009 heres a real cool moduolar5 home thats still in the conceptual stage.. i cant wait to see it realised!!reminds me of my old hamster house!but these types of homes are built very enviuronment friendly and very cost effecient... and of coursethey look good!!!! Quote
Layla90 Posted September 29, 2009 Posted September 29, 2009 Oh, I really need to bring this thread back to life, it's awesome!! I see I'm not the only one who LOVED this staircase/bookshelf thing. It's so awesome! Some time ago, there was a list of the most interesting/crazy buildings in the world, made by some American architecture magazine... guess what won? Obviously, Poland haha, to be more specific, a building in Sopot (the city which is known from music festivals-worse with every year, but I won't say more; it's situated by the sea ) called "Krzywy dom". I guess people who see it for the first time should not be drunk, cause otherwise... Here it is: I think the building at #2 was a library that is in US, and it looks like the building is upside down? Unfortunately, I don't have pics of it, and can't find the link where I read about it Quote
penny-dreaddfull Posted September 30, 2009 Author Posted September 30, 2009 ^^^ that is freaking cool!!!!! im feeling slightly tipsy just looking at it!!!!! i actually forgot about this thread until i saw you had brought it back from the deep, dark depths of thread obscurity. ive decided that tomorrow is my internet day.. im gonna be glued to this idiot box!!! woooohooo ill find some more goodies for the thread.. thanks for the amazing building, darling layla Quote
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