Thread Rules:

This thread shall only feature examples of recently constructed buildings which adhere to historic architecture styles, with fidelity in design, materials, and/or construction methods.

This thread is NOT for recently constructed buildings which feature pseudo historic references with faux craftmanship.





Sanctuary of Truth - Pattaya Thailand
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctuary_of_Truth

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Neumarkt - Dresden, Germany
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neumarkt_(Dresden)

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Grand Mosque - Oman
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan_Qaboos_Grand_Mosque

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Sagrada Familia - Barcelona, Spain
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagrada_Fam%C3%ADlia

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Wat Rong Khun - Chiang Rai, Thailand
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wat_Rong_Khun

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Akshardham - Delhi, India
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akshardham_(Delhi)

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A few recently completed structures.

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pak152 at http://www.flickr.com/photos/pak152/sets/72157612302891734/

Thursday, October 08, 2009
NLM Interview with Ethan Anthony, President of Architectural Firm HDB/Cram and Ferguson
by Shawn Tribe

We have featured the work of architect Ethan Anthony and HDB/Cram and Ferguson, an architectural firm which is based out of Boston, Massachusetts, many times here on the NLM.

I have often been struck by the qualitative design and materials that are put into this firm's work. Of course this is not unique only to this firm, for we have also shown many fine examples of the work of other architects as well, including the stunning work of Duncan Stroik as just one example. One aspect that did strike me as rather more unique to this firm, however, is that it seemed to more consciously pursue the gothic form. This, along with the natural materials used in the building these same churches, piqued my curiosity and I determined to pursue an interview with Mr. Anthony in order to gain some sense of the principles and philosophy which informs their work.

Here is that interview.

Mr. Anthony, can you give us a little background about yourself and your firm?

Ralph Adams Cram founded the firm in 1889 and it has been in continuous practice since then. The firm has completed hundreds of new churches and additions and other projects in 44 state and France, Canada, Cuba and Panama. Much of the firm’s early renovation work was converting churches of various denominations from the dominant American Protestant style (Catholic churches were also often built in Protestant style) to a style based on orthodox Catholic liturgy. Up until Cram even Catholic churches in this country looked like congregational churches. Cram was smitten with the Catholic liturgy he saw in Italy and worked much of his life to return American liturgy to a Roman Catholic basis.

Part of that process was a revival of Catholic architectural styles including both Romanesque and Gothic. I came to the firm in 1991. When I arrived most of the practice was commercial architecture with a few church related projects. The firm’s most recent Gothicist had been John Doran and Alexander Hoyle and they died during the 1960’s. When I saw the body of work and the quality of the drawings I resolved to reinvigorate the church practice and now nineteen years later our practice is entirely religious and church related academic.

I was educated by the Jesuits at Xavier High School in Concord, MA and finished my architectural degree at the University of Oregon. I spent my first three years out of architecture school working at Payette Associates a prominent medical architecture firm here in Boston. I practiced independently for 7 years and then joined the firm which was then known as Hoyle, Doran & Berry, Inc; formerly Cram and Ferguson. That proved unwieldy as a name and I shortened it to HDB/Cram and Ferguson, Inc.

Many firms today operate within the context of a classical or Romanesque idiom, though yours seems to be more weighted toward a medieval, or gothic, form of building, is this merely incidental, or does your firm wish to focus on the gothic style?

Cram believed that the highest point of development of Catholic architecture was Gothic and that it had been cut short by the Reformation. He dedicated his life to designing new Gothic architecture because he saw it as a re-birth of Catholic architecture that could carry on to new heights and could have positive impact on the morality of our civilization. I agree with Cram that Gothic is the highest form of Catholic architecture and that it is by far the most beautiful spiritual architecture. Both Cram and I have clients who love Romanesque and who demand it and we both comply.

Who and what would you cite as particular influences in your design work?

I have studied all of the classical Gothic masters as represented by their churches. The greatest are unquestionably the French Masters who began what was known as “the style” that spread around the world. In France my favorite is Notre Dame but I also love Rheims, Rouen, Amiens, Chartres, Laon, in Italy; Li Duomi in Milan and Firenze, San Miniato, St. John Lateran, Assisi, San Marco, San Galgano; in Spain; Cordoba, Sevilla, Leon, Santiago de Compostela, in England; Glalstonbury, Rievaulx, Fountains, Bath Abbey, St. George’s, Windsor, just to name a few highlights.

What would be your thought on the gothic revivalists such as AWN Pugin, Sir Ninian Comper or G.F. Bodley?

We owe a tremendous debt to the Pugins. Father and Son were responsible for the revival in Gothic architecture and preserving and reviving Catholic architecture and liturgy more than any others. A. W. N. Pugin b.1812 (an Anglican convert to Catholicism in 1834) as the champion of Catholic Architecture in England following his conversion and the Catholic emancipation Act of 1836, inspired his contemporary Scott who inspired the next generation Bodley b.1827, who inspired the much younger Comper b. 1864 (a contemporary of Cram but practicing almost exclusively in England) who traced their inspiration back to the course set by Pugin. All of the followers of Pugin were High Church Anglicans including Cram. As Cram certainly did I have looked back to Pugin as a resource. I have his books and use them in my work.

Do you have an "ideal" church?

No, and that is important. Each parish is unique and the building should reflect the interests and liturgy of the parish and the time. In this way the parish gives live to the building. I think that is one thing that separates me from many architects. We do not arrive at the parish with a powerful bias for one style or another. I doubt we would be hired to design a Big Box church and I have no interest in that but any church that wants an interesting church based on faithful tradition and precedent and true spiritual values interests me.

This said, if there were architectural elements you would be interested in seeing a revival of, what might they be? For example, within the past two centuries, we saw the revival of elements like the rood screen as well as the ciborium magnum in other instances. Do you have any particular interests in this way and if so, can you explain what informs those interests?

I am a big fan of elaborate altar pieces, Baldacchini and assorted art work including mosaic and fresco and anything that puts the focus on the altar. I also like engaged altars and enjoy designing stone altars with carved panels.

Two churches which particularly stand out as products of your firm are Syon Abbey and Our Lady of Walsingham, churches which are noteworthy for their use of timber in the roof or porches, and which employ stone in their exterior and even interior construction -- materials which are more historically rooted in this style. Is their a philosophy or set of principles behind this?

Yes there is a set of principles. Some are carryovers from the firm such as honest use of materials, faithful expression of the liturgy and an emphasis on a search for beauty in mass and line and material. To that I would add a willingness to help the parish attain beauty at a reasonable cost. It is easier to achieve beauty when no mundane materials need be used and no expense is to be spared. In the practical world of parish architecture one must achieve beauty by sparing use of expensive material and thoughtful design.

Can you speak more to this principle of the "honest use of materials" as well as the "faithful expression of the liturgy"?

Materials are our palette and in parish work we must be very restrained in using expensive materials. We use some substitute materials and we use strategic placement of small quantities of high quality materials. We do not give up on providing the material that is expected. The ceiling is wood, the walls are stone. The materials chosen are selected because they can be produced economically with modern methods. For example we use small amounts of cut stone and large amounts of split which is less costly.

By faithful expression of the liturgy I mean expressing the liturgy and not our design of the liturgy. It is all about leaving our ego out and focusing on the message.

Many are bound to ask however, is not building with such materials not substantially more expensive?

It is more expensive than Strip Mall or Big Box Church or International Style Modernesque. As a general rule we use natural materials in place of man-made materials. We avoid materials that are inherently toxic or energy intensive like vinyl and plastics and brick. We do ship materials over great distances but also always consider locally available alternatives.

What do you see as the particular challenges for architects today who are trying to design in a spirit of continuity within the context of the Latin rite?

The greatest challenge is at the parish level. We are consultants and as such we serve the parish. The parish drives the liturgy within their church and in practice this is often the Pastor. In some cases it can be the Director of Liturgy but each church has a different situation and we typically discuss alternatives such as placement of the altar and Baptismal Font and provision of a communion rail with them during design. I try to make them aware of the historical and liturgical background so that they can achieve authenticity in their church but the decisions are ultimately made by the parish. I believe our role is to educate so that the client can make an informed decision. We are not crusading for ad orientam or communion rails or kneeling communion or any other specific liturgical usage. I am crusading for the employment of all the beauty, treasure and love the parish can offer and all the beauty, knowledge, authenticity, integrity, tastefulness and restraint I can bring to the design, construction and decoration I can bring to the building of their church.

These are difficult and highly emotional matters and it requires both sensitivity and courage on the part of the parish and the Architect to achieve a good solution.

In the West there is often an expressed concern about not being simply "revivalist" -- which is to say, not simply reproducing earlier historical styles. What are your own thoughts about this? Further, what, in your estimation, were some of the lost opportunities of the 20th century as it regards sacred architecture? Where have we succeeded and where have we, arguably, failed and what lessons might we take from this going forward?

The whole debate about revival began in the inception of the modernist period when the new modernist architects and their supporters tried to ridicule the traditionalist architects and traditional architecture with claims that their work was not genuine because it was not original. This argument set up a straw man, originality, as a test that had to be passed to claim relevance and that traditional architecture simply did not meet. It was the one real moment of genius of the modernist movement. It took fifty years 1925-1975 for architectural traditionalists to develop an effective counter argument.

In the meantime much of America’s traditionalist architecture was demolished through urban renewal. Many of the buildings demolished were based on Christian Romanesque church architecture including countless Richardsonian Romanesque town halls and railroad stations, and the largely Romanesque human-scale residential blocks of Boston’s West End, so powerful was the anti-traditionalist windstorm. They were largely replaced with “International Style” buildings that very deliberately eschewed Christian symbolism.

This anti-Christian and anti-symbolism storm gained strength beginning with the end of World War II and only began to die out in the 1980’s after Post-modernism re-legitimized quotational architecture as in the work of Charles Moore and Michael Graves. Their association with the Princeton architecture school made them unassailable by the promoters and protectors of modernism and Philip Johnson’s conversion with the AT&T building sealed the fate of modernism. Their work was non-religious but they opened the way for religious architects to begin using religious symbolism in buildings again. Ever since modernist architecture has been a distinguishable style with a beginning and (at last) an end. I identify all modernist architecture after 1985 as Modernesque since it too is imitating and copying something. In Colombia for example traditional Spanish Colonial buildings have all but disappeared in many cities to be replaced by leaden Corbusier and Mies knock-offs.

The current architectural traditionalist movement which I call the Third Revival, is really an outgrowth of Post-Modernism. Architects are once again free to use symbolism, even religious symbolism in their buildings. Art is also OK as is the contribution of the artist and the craftsman in making the building. The danger is that architects who have not studied or are insensitive to the intrinsic meaning of the symbols they use will use them incorrectly or inappropriately. Symbols from Roman architecture that once celebrated the Pagan gods, for example, used on a baseball stadium as decoration.

Are there any final thoughts you would like to aspiring and budding young architects who would like to design churches?

Five years ago I wrote an article for Sacred Architecture called “A Long Last Look at American Sacred Architecture” in which I lamented the demise of good religious architecture and its replacement with flying saucers, sheds and barns. When I wrote that article had already designed and built three new traditional churches. Five years later we have built another and designed two more churches and a new seminary as well as a number of smaller projects for furnishings and alterations to restore traditional church interiors destroyed during the last fifty years.

There is still just one school of architecture in this country that teaches the design of traditional religious architecture, the University of Notre Dame. None of the others feel it is important enough to include it in their curriculum but that is a reflection of the ambivalence of the public toward traditional religious architecture. It is still true that future generations will judge us by the buildings we leave just as we judge past generations by the same measure. We have made a step in the direction of a more responsible and responsive architecture but the people must make the choice every day whether they will support us in this quest.

We have seen traditional religious design projects put on hold in a few parts of the country as the recession has impacted parishes. This is the opposite reaction to that of past generations who pushed forward with their plans in defiance of the great depression. For this fledgling movement to survive the architects and designers who have committed themselves to restoring traditional religious architecture need employment. If the parishes who want to build in traditional styles do not push forward with their projects in spite of the recession this movement will die and it will have been the Long Last Look. The University of Notre Dame is producing young architects who want to design and build beautiful new churches, our country must provide them with the opportunity to build new churches. The parishes must move ahead with their plans to build if they are to be able to realize their dreams.

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To learn more about the work of the HDB/Cram and Ferguson, please visit their website: www.hdb.com


http://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2009/10/nlm-interview-with-ethan-anthony.html


Recently completed chapel at Thomas Aquinas in Santa Paula, California.

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I had the good fortune to visit the new chapel at the Seminary of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Denton, Nebraska last week. Its architect, Thomas Gordon Smith (http://www.thomasgordonsmitharchitects.com/), has been a leader in the use of New Classicism for Catholic churches for some time, and though this project has moved slowly as funds have some in, it is nearing completion.
A few notable points. First, this building has been ratcheted down in the budget without losing a convincing traditional design: the shiny copper used for the cornice on the exterior replaces stone, interior columns are made of cast stone (high quality "concrete") which nonetheless look beautiful and have a high level of detail, and stenciling on the ceiling was done by the students of the seminary themselves.
A few other points of design sophistication: the exterior porch shows a great sense of the thickness of the wall (about 5 bricks thick) which saves the building from looking like a strip mall of pseudo-classical veneer and instead makes it appear deep and authentic. The porch also has round openings which not only reinforce the sense of the thickness of the wall, but show that the porch is tall inside and therefore a grand space. A very clever touch is seen in the front exterior entablature above the inscription: the center part is enriched with dentils and a more elaborate architrave (sorry for the architecture-ese) and then it quiets down at the edges. Saves money and adds design sophistication.
The half round or "thermal" window on the side has an arch composed which is three brick thick instead of merely one, suggesting the strength of the arch. The interior has a truly noble simplicity as well as beauty. The high altar under construction was taken from a closed church. More great work from a very talented architect. Enjoy!

http://www.creativeminorityreport.com/2009/12/new-photos-from-ol-of-guadalupe.html


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Newly planned buildings - Kiev, Ukraine

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Shri Swaminarayan Mandir - Toronto, Canada

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Mamila shopping center, Jerusalem:
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The right building is an old building which was moved and the left one is a new hotel:
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Love the posts & the concept of the thread!! :banana:

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This building is a prime example of what NOT to post in this thread.

Please refer to the Rules in my original post.

It's not bad at all though. Well proportioned, no kitsch, quite classy.



Anyway, I really like this thread. I was about to open such one here, as we have one in the German architecture forum. I'll add some European examples later on.

Hotel Ostrovskogo Square - St. Petersburg, Russia

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Temple of the Vedic Planetarium - Mayapur, India (Planned)
http://tovp.org/index.php?lang=en-GB

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nice good thread :))

Bai Dinh temple complex, built 2008

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^^^^

Thanks!!! Excellent addition to the thread!

Globe Theatre - London, England
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globe_theatre

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Church of All Saints - Minsk, Belarus

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Zamora Cathedral, Mexico.
Santuario Guadalupano Zamora

Construction
Started 1898
Completed 2009

The tallest and largest church in Mexico.
Height: 350 ft

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Carhart Mansion - New York City, USA
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Minsk City Hall - Minsk, Belarus

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Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, 2003:
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Schermerhorn Symphony Center - Nashville, USA

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Castle Kataryna - Schweitzer, USA
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I'll consider bumping unto this thread a X-mas gift.

oh sorry that too old.

What year was this building constructed? I'd like to keep this thread to fairly recent (last 20 years or so).

a reconstructed french-style old building from Bucharest Romania
accomplished in 2009

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^^
Awesome. Thanks for posting!

Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque - Beirut, Lebanon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Al-Amin_Mosque

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3532/3460828738_065e738641_o.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29006319@N03/3460828738/

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2490/4175330498_f39c6cc452_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wainhouse/4175330498/

Sameba Holy Trinity Cathedral - Tbilisi, Georgia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tbilisi_Sameba_Cathedral

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2310/2521589577_e7e4ecd149_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fatboyke/2521589577/

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1284/1231906461_6eff57a3dc_o.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/m_rubov/1231906461/

2140 N. Kenmore - Chicago, USA
http://www.melrosepartners.com/

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/268/lkjh.jpg

http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/5229/lkjhgfd.jpg

Stone Cottage - Cumberland, USA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Cottage

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/05_Moran_Exterior.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/26/StoneCottageLivingRoom.jpg

Cathedral of Christ the Savior - Moscow, Russia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral_of_Christ_the_Saviour

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3320/3551742376_3f295d50cc_o.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gadasyuk/3551742376/

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/37/83022969_dd1ca12016_o.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisflyer/83022969/

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Church of the Life-Giving Life-Creating Trinity - 1995-2008 - Mari Eclecticism
Russia / Mari El Republic / Yoshkar-Ola

http://www.skypalace.org/images/europe/slavic/east_slavic/russia/modern/masonry/003_009.jpg

Picture Page (http://varandej.livejournal.com/137076.html) | Varandej (http://varandej.livejournal.com/) | LiveJournal (http://)

Modern Russian Churches: Stone/Brick (http://www.skypalace.org/europe/slavic/east_slavic/russia/modern/masonry_churches.shtml)

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Church of St Sergius of Radonezh - 2006 - architect Leonid Tkachenko
Russia / Moscow Oblast / Sergiyev Posad Raion / Gremyachy Klyuch

http://www.skypalace.org/images/europe/slavic/east_slavic/russia/modern/wooden/011_001.jpg

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Modern Russian Churches: Wooden (http://www.skypalace.org/europe/slavic/east_slavic/russia/modern/wooden_churches.shtml)

^^^^

Thank you very much for your contributions!!!

Thank you very much for your contributions!!!
You're welcome!

Temple of the Vedic Planetarium - Mayapur, India (Planned)
http://tovp.org/index.php?lang=en-GB

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/7964/renderfront1253x940b.jpg
That's one bitchin' planetarium!

Sarasawati Mandir - Pilani, India

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Vpi1h92tIbQ/SD5khem9LkI/AAAAAAAACVc/od53QQpoa9A/Copy+of+IMG_4821.JPG

http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/7770/img3682w.jpg

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Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul - Prokhorovka, Russia

http://www.skypalace.org/images/europe/slavic/east_slavic/russia/modern/masonry/012_001.jpg

http://www.skypalace.org/images/europe/slavic/east_slavic/russia/modern/masonry/012_002.jpg

Church of St. George - Koptovo, Russia
http://www.pomor-plotnik.ru/gallery/01/section1.php?IBLOCK_ID=43&SECTION_ID=312

http://www.pomor-plotnik.ru/upload/iblock/d4f/1.jpg

http://www.temples.ru/private/f000054/058_0003180b.jpg

Balinese Temple - Brussels, Belgium

http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/4995/63353354.jpg

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/670/43048053.jpg

Jain Center of New Jersey - Essex Fells, USA (PLANNED)
http://www.jaincenternj.org/html/picture%20gallery.htm

http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/5114/front20view.jpg

http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/3397/rear20view.jpg

香港 志蓮淨苑 Chi Lin Nunnery located Hong Kong

http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BF%...B7%A8%E8%8B%91

The Chi Lin Nunnery was founded in 1934 but was rebuilt in 1990 following the style of Tang Dynasty (618 AD to 907 AD), traditional Chinese architecture.

Wanfo Tower 万佛塔

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s57/world-2/450px-Chi_Lin_Nunnery_03.jpg

Visit Chi Lin Nunnery at Diamond Hill of Kowloon, Hong Kong.

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s57/world-2/chininnunnery-2.jpg

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s57/world-2/chininnunnery.jpg


Nan Lian Garden

a walk in Hong Kong's Nan Lian Garden and Chi Lin Nunnery
flick photos from sftrajan
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sftrajan/sets/72157603706528971/with/2190617316/


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http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s57/world-2/nanliangarden.jpg

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s57/world-2/nanliangarden-2.jpg


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Tang dynasty shopping center located Fisherman's Wharf ,Macau,unfotunately it will be demolished !

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s57/world-2/cityofTangDynasty-3.jpg

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s57/world-2/cityofTangDynasty.jpg

Thanks for posting HKG. I reaally appreciate it!!!

Jakriborg - Jakriborg, Sweden
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakriborg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2653/3800462395_b725af0df4_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/influcom/3800462395/

http://www.thekollektiv.se/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/jakriborg-1024x731.jpg
http://www.thekollektiv.se/

:cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers:

New Grand Mosque - Manama, Bahrain (Planned)
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=533334

http://i21.tinypic.com/k2fcwp.jpg

http://i24.tinypic.com/zwnr48.jpg

Safi Village, Beirut, Lebanon- A residential neighborhood built with traditional Lebanese Architectural Styles

http://i47.tinypic.com/34sh5iv.jpg

I'm getting tired of all the neo-haussmannian crap built in Paris' suburbs.

http://www.etc-patrimoine.com/photos/perlputeaux.jpg

Gosh it's boring. :sleepy:

^^ I actualy like it
By the way the Val d'Europe could be included in this thread (Hotel l'Elysée)

Un mini-orasel/cartier/suburbie la vreo 30 de km de Paris
Val d'Europe (aici era si cel mai mare outlet)
http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/7598/dsc00259ne.jpg

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/9202/dsc00256u.jpg

http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/2318/dsc00257wu.jpg

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/6587/dsc00258iv.jpg

^ That stuff isn't really convincing at all. It has some plastic look to it I just can't stand about some neohistorist buildings. The feeling for historical proportions and materials somehow got lost over the last decades.


I'm in love with Jakriborg. It's really well done, comparable to Poundbury in England. That's how it should be done.


Tang dynasty shopping center located Fisherman's Wharf ,Macau,unfotunately it will be demolished !

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s57/world-2/cityofTangDynasty-3.jpg

Why the heck would they demolish it? Talking about Chinese buildings and sustainability...

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BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir - Lilburn, USA
http://atlanta.baps.org/

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1430/1442358461_7315eae2d8_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/robertlz/1442358461/

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1408/1444067930_cffa7554eb_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/robertlz/1444067930/

St. Demetrios Church - Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo
http://www.kosovo.net/news/archive/2005/November_10/1.html
I would say this isn't the best recent traditional architecture from the Balkans. For example, I find this one to be a timeless masterpiece :

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_3NwOiNxH3Rc/SDWenydfwVI/AAAAAAAAAVY/Qj9r2F_QWcM/IMG_2244.jpg

Picture Page (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/z1hV44W8NZd5WAEPp6NBig) | Vladimir Sonkin (http://picasaweb.google.com/sonkin) | Picasa Web Albums (http://picasaweb.google.com/)

Name: Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ
Serbian Name: Саборни Храм Христовог Васкрсења
Alternative Serbian Name: Saborni Hram Hristovog Vaskrsenja
Year: 1993 onward
Architects: Predrag Ristić, Jovan Popović
Height: 40 m
Location: Podgorica / Montenegro

External Links:

► Official Web-Site (http://www.sabornihram.org/)
► English Wikipedia Entry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral_of_the_Resurrection_of_Christ_%28Podgorica%29)
► Additional Picture (http://www.omniplan.hu/20081018-26-Montenegro/L1/IMG_4991-Podgorica-Church.jpg) (Source (http://www.omniplan.hu/20081018-26-Montenegro/MNE02-Home-Podgorica.htm))
► View from the Apse Side (http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/8606/hrampgai5.jpg) (Source Lost)

Indeed, that is one outstanding structure. Thanks for introducing Alexei :)


It seems they're always looking for pretty traditional elements when building new orthodox churches, almost comparable to traditions in building Hindu temples. I haven't seen any modern examples so far, so I guess there aren't (m)any eh?

Indeed, that is one outstanding structure. Thanks for introducing Alexei :)


It seems they're always looking for pretty traditional elements when building new orthodox churches, almost comparable to traditions in building Hindu temples. I haven't seen any modern examples so far, so I guess there aren't (m)any eh?

In some Orthodox countries (Greece, Armenia, Macedonia) they have a prescription for success from which there was very little derivation. In Russia, Romania and Serbia, on the other hand, we see a lot more diversity. Yet, all the churches are still built within the local architectural traditions. That is partly due to the fact that the Orthodox church is a very conservative institution and partly due to the fact that the local traditions are spiritually self-sufficient. A special case is Ukraine where we see a lot of experimental architecture - that is due to the fact that Ukraine had never gotten a chance to develop a local "eternal style" of masonry architecture (wooden (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=972588) - yes, but not masonry) - so now there are searches for such (although in the Russian-speaking parts of the country the people are satisfied with local interpretations of Russian styles).

PS: This one (http://www.temples.ru/show_picture.php?PictureID=18569) (Magnitogorsk, Russia) looks unusually modern.

This one is under construction
It is located in Bucharest's historical area and will host luxury shopping galleries and a 5 star hotel. It is a french concpt called Vendome

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/120/77446123.jpg

http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/2221/18895058.jpg

http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/9300/66496333.jpg (http://img31.imageshack.us/i/66496333.jpg/)

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/6241/22668030.jpg (http://img23.imageshack.us/i/22668030.jpg/)

In some Orthodox countries (Greece, Armenia, Macedonia) they have a prescription for success from which there was very little derivation. In Russia, Romania and Serbia, on the other hand, we see a lot more diversity. Yet, all the churches are still built within the local architectural traditions. That is partly due to the fact that the Orthodox church is a very conservative institution and partly due to the fact that the local traditions are spiritually self-sufficient. A special case is Ukraine where we see a lot of experimental architecture - that is due to the fact that Ukraine had never gotten a chance to develop a local "eternal style" of masonry architecture (wooden (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=972588) - yes, but not masonry) - so now there are searches for such (although in the Russian-speaking parts of the country the people are satisfied with local interpretations of Russian styles).

PS: This one (http://www.temples.ru/show_picture.php?PictureID=18569) (Magnitogorsk, Russia) looks unusually modern.

When talking of orthodox architecture - is it all about a mere taste for tradition or is it some kind of canonical rule to be strictly followed?

When talking of orthodox architecture - is it all about a mere taste for tradition or is it some kind of canonical rule to be strictly followed?
One thing that is universally advised by spiritual authorities is modesty. But it is not a part of the canon. In case of Dharmic architecture I assume there are local canons regulating every little detail - which I suppose could be compared to icon-painting in Orthodoxy.

I would say this isn't the best recent traditional architecture from the Balkans. For example, I find this one to be a timeless masterpiece :

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_3NwOiNxH3Rc/SDWenydfwVI/AAAAAAAAAVY/Qj9r2F_QWcM/IMG_2244.jpg

Name: Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ
Serbian Name: Саборни Храм Христовог Васкрсења
Alternative Serbian Name: Saborni Hram Hristovog Vaskrsenja
Year: 1993 onward
Architects: Predrag Ristić, Jovan Popović
Height: 40 m
Location: Podgorica / Montenegro
Links: Picture's Page (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/z1hV44W8NZd5WAEPp6NBig) | Vladimir Sonkin (http://picasaweb.google.com/sonkin) | Picasa Web Albums (http://picasaweb.google.com/)

External Links:

► Official Web-Site (http://www.sabornihram.org/)
► English Wikipedia Entry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral_of_the_Resurrection_of_Christ_%28Podgorica%29)
► Additional Picture (http://www.omniplan.hu/20081018-26-Montenegro/L1/IMG_4991-Podgorica-Church.jpg) (Source (http://www.omniplan.hu/20081018-26-Montenegro/MNE02-Home-Podgorica.htm))
► View from the Apse Side (http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/8606/hrampgai5.jpg) (Source Lost)


Thanks very much for your glowing example!

Izmailovo Moscow - trade center of folk art built 2000-2005

http://content.foto.mail.ru/mail/orhidy82/1009/i-1012.jpg


http://www.openspace.ru/m/photo/2009/04/23/01fgfdsds_big.jpg


http://copypast.ru/uploads/posts/thumbs/1250098235_0_6.jpg


http://copypast.ru/uploads/posts/thumbs/1250098235_0_10.jpg


http://copypast.ru/uploads/posts/thumbs/1250098324_0_15.jpg


http://www.fotokritik.ru/photos/big/2006/08/28/125752.jpg


http://copypast.ru/uploads/posts/thumbs/1250098235_0_3.jpg

^Is this a new trade center for real? It looks more like Disneyland to me.

I'm getting tired of all the neo-haussmannian crap built in Paris' suburbs.

http://www.etc-patrimoine.com/photos/perlputeaux.jpg

Gosh it's boring. :sleepy:

It is nice.:cheers:
Will it be luxury apartments?

^Is this a new trade center for real? It looks more like Disneyland to me.
It's a family-oriented theme park. However, this part (http://www.skypalace.org/images/europe/slavic/east_slavic/russia/modern/wooden/013_002.jpg) of it is authentic-style architecture (separate photo (http://www.skypalace.org/images/europe/slavic/east_slavic/russia/modern/wooden/013_001.jpg) of the church (2 MB)).

Both photos contributed by the staff of the park's official web-site (http://kremlin-izmailovo.com/).

Museum next to the BAPS temple in Toronto:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2537/4094221899_f7152e5f6f_b.jpg

Picture Page (http://www.flickr.com/photos/forevernomad/4094221899/) | Forever Nomad (http://www.flickr.com/photos/forevernomad/) | Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/)

Cathedral of the Resurrection Of Christ - 1992 - Korçë/Korça - Albania

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3658/3397473665_2e85af525c_b.jpg

Picture Page (http://www.flickr.com/photos/36338186@N05/3397473665/) | David&Bonnie (http://www.flickr.com/photos/36338186@N05/) | Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/)

why is almost every building in this thread christian in origin?

why is almost every building in this thread christian in origin?

A quick glance through this thread and one will notice that it is dominated by an overwhelming number of religious examples. There is a reason for this but it is one which I do not care to elaborate on at this time.

The rigid criteria which I had established is not the easiest met but I feel that there is a fair representation of edifices from all of the world's major religions.

If you would prefer to see a greater display of Sikh Gurdwara's for example, then it is up to you to contribute to this thread as much as the rest of us.

Finally, this thread is not reserved only for religious monuments but for any structure which adhere to the tenets that I had promulgated early on.

Indeed, that is one outstanding structure. Thanks for introducing Alexei :)


It seems they're always looking for pretty traditional elements when building new orthodox churches, almost comparable to traditions in building Hindu temples. I haven't seen any modern examples so far, so I guess there aren't (m)any eh?
There are modern examples, but the vast majority is "traditional"

Bijeljina, Republika Srpska, BiH

http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/3839/20951086.jpg (http://img22.imageshack.us/i/20951086.jpg/)

Banja Luka

http://g.imagehost.org/0362/DSCN4914.jpg

http://g.imagehost.org/0941/DSCN4897.jpg

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/3839/20951086.jpg (http://img211.imageshack.us/i/20951086.jpg/)


http://static.flickr.com/46/124988560_788dea3a0d.jpg?v=0

http://manastir-lepavina.org/novosti/images/uploads2008/crkva-i-opstina-naslovna.jpg

Trebinje

Hercegovačka Gračanica - Херцеговачка Грачаница

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/7977/hgr054mp.jpg

http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/1690/hgr049fu.jpg

http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/5375/hgr024mg.jpg

http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/5966/hgr035sc.jpg

http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/8171/hgr064ap.jpg

http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/3148/hgr088yh.jpg

http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/2290/hgr094ol.jpg

http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/364/hgr118kk.jpg

http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/6404/hgr131oq.jpg

http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/7856/hgr148vd.jpg

http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/7637/hgr153jj.jpg

http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/7605/hgr183dd.jpg

http://p.vtourist.com/1665350-Travel_Picture-Trebinje.jpg

http://p.vtourist.com/1665353-Travel_Picture-Trebinje.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/102/297712793_d89a05a07a.jpg?v=0

http://static.flickr.com/98/250977047_bbc132c01d.jpg?v=0

http://static.flickr.com/115/250977647_9a197b509b.jpg?v=0

Svete Trojice Church- Црква Свете Тројице
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g146/osavic/banjaluka/evon/z4.jpg

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g146/osavic/banjaluka/evon/z3.jpg

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g146/osavic/banjaluka/blkg1.jpg

http://www.banjaluka.rs.ba/velike_slike/Pravoslavna_crkva.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/70/217063183_0a112b41d4.jpg?v=0

Stanisic, Bijeljina

http://i31.tinypic.com/1jrz8i.jpg

Exellent thread! Thank you.

Nice thread.

Hi ~ This is definitely not a traditional architectural style in India. It is inspired directly from the US Capitol, basically European architecture that has been modified to suit local tastes. I don't think it is suitable for this thread.


Temple of the Vedic Planetarium - Mayapur, India (Planned)
http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/3034/humaneyesideview1253x94.jpg

Museum of Religion, Glasgow. Built 1997.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/89/271061055_619ea00194_b.jpg

Radisson Hotel, Edinburgh. Built 1990.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3037/2637205399_06ee60a17f_b.jpg

Adriatica, a Croatian village in McKinney, Texas.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4067/4335485899_17afae5cc5_o.jpg

http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/2/3/5/2/3/ar124866886832532.jpg

http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/5/1/2/6/1/ar124866930316215.jpg

http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/5/3/2/5/6/ar124866934465235.jpg

http://www.discoveramerica.com/ca/images/places/southwest-region/texas/mckinney/images/mckinney-adriatica-at-stonebridge.jpg

http://www.jesusbelltower.com/resources/Adriatic_400.JPG
http://www.adriaticamckinney.com

Neo-baroque in Kazan city, in construction. It's all apartments:

http://www.antika-plus.ru/pics/lists/other/f12_kopiya(1).jpg

http://www.antika-plus.ru/pics/lists/other/5(1).jpg

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/4013/saladin8.e/0_42e0e_8c71994_XL

Another one project is ready:
http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/3201/saladin8.0/0_23aa9_1ba8b758_XL

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/5209/kas1nn8.jpg

Photos by aidar89@SSC

King Chulalongkorn Memorial - Utanede, Sweden
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Chulalongkorn_Memorial_Building

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2655/4178009000_2a31dfb237_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wessberg/4178009000/

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2509/4178005740_eda32fd3da_o.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wessberg/4178005740/

Stanisici - Stanisici, Bosnia and Herzegovina
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stani%C5%A1i%C4%87i_(ethno_village)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3507/3855905813_ae5d35cfd0_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/suvajac/3855905813/

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3638/3388453976_4fe5133502_o.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ceca67/3388453976/

This one (being a monumental, somewhat kitschy building) doesn't apply to the rules of this thread, so I just give the link:

Kazan | Agriculture complex administration | 2010 neo-empire style (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1075025)

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q112/TY-214/front_2.jpg

^ Didn't you read my previous post, mate? :ohno:

Moscow

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/20/lifedata.0/0_76f2_3f32bb65_XL

The Ritz-Carlton Moscow
http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/3805/marina-saif.7e/0_3960e_2288875a_XL

Pskov


http://zn-hotel.ru/images/stories/nab2_b.jpg

Kazan
http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/4/romalaw-007.0/0_1e83_eb0cd72_XL


Sochi

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/3106/svetlan-fink.10/0_27ff4_939f49fe_XL

Yekaterinburg


http://s57.radikal.ru/i158/1003/9a/b5f29d782d0a.jpg

This is a brand new building!? It seems like a refurbished old building.


http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/3805/marina-saif.7e/0_3960e_2288875a_XL

But it's not.

This is a brand new building!? It seems like a refurbished old building.

New building 2006
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=219816

That's a fantastic example. Could even have extended the glass portion a few levels up and it'd still look great at street level.

Saint Petersburg

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/4109/fotosait99.70/0_3400c_7da483f6_orig

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/3813/fotosait99.70/0_3400b_ee654eb5_orig

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/4013/fotosait99.70/0_3400a_4770d4c0_orig

Hotel in St.Petersburg built 2008

http://www.archi.ru/files/img/news/large650/48921.jpg

http://www.archi.ru/files/img/news/large650/48922.jpg

New Infosys Training Complex in Mysore (India)

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4068/4450374669_61bd8a4022_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sownak/4450374669/

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/8893/4420163276e8bc8ab809b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sownak/4420163276/

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/6393/44186706814802092321b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sownak/4418670681/in/photostream/

Belgrade

:cheers:

http://i42.tinypic.com/1jvl6u.jpg

by wuxa

Great pics everyone!

What building is that in Belgrade? Any other pics of it?

some of them look like they are 100 years old!:yes: very nice the hotel in St. Pete!:yes:

St. John Neumann - Farragut, Tennessee
Architect: HDB/Cram & Ferguson

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Quite impressive, the structure was only completed last year. There are only a few details I would change. They need to do something with that parking lot, the bell tower could be a tad slimmer, and the columns in the interior should be more pronounced with corresponding arches. Beyond that the new paintings, stained glass, and mosaics are something not seen for quite some time in the United States

Henry Edwards
St. John Neumann Church has the most elaborate stained glass program of any recently constructed U.S. church I’ve heard of, and fortunately it has been pretty comprehensively documented in both image and word. It was carefully and consciously designed to tell as much of the content and history of the Catholic faith as possible, and to explicitly support the liturgy offered within the church. However, this content is not easily located at the sjnknox.org web site, so let me give a few clues.

In the Nave (God’s Plan and the 7 Sacraments)
http://sjnknox.org/content/view/78/2/

The Stations of the Cross
http://sjnknox.org/content/view/29/2/

The Dome and Penditives
http://sjnknox.org/content/view/27/2/

These pages just scratch the surface of the overall plan. Now go back to the “art directory” page

http://sjnknox.org/content/view/213/1/

and scroll down past the half dozen construction photos at the top until you see

Click on the below items for close-up views of our church art and architectural features.

Then you can begin to get into detail like

Clerestory Windows (the 20 Mysteries of the Rosary)
http://sjnknox.org/content/view/18/2/

:cheers:

Dar Al-Hujja in Mashhad:

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http://www.aqrazavi.org/UserFiles/Image/Photo%20Service/1387/05/Eftetah%20DarAlHojjah%2023-5-87/size600/11.jpg

http://www.astanqodsrazavi.biz/UserFiles/Image/1387/04/monabat09.jpg http://www.astanqodsrazavi.biz/UserFiles/Image/1387/04/monabat11.jpg

http://www.aqrazavi.org/UserFiles/Image/1387/04/monabat02.jpg

http://www.aqrazavi.org/UserFiles/Image/Photo%20Service/1387/05/Eftetah%20DarAlHojjah%2023-5-87/size600/10.jpg


http://www.aqrazavi.org/UserFiles/Image/1387/04/monabat15.jpg http://www.aqrazavi.org/UserFiles/Image/1387/04/monabat04.jpg

http://www.aqrazavi.org/UserFiles/Image/Photo%20Service/1387/05/Eftetah%20DarAlHojjah%2023-5-87/size600/03.jpg

http://www.aqrazavi.org/UserFiles/Image/1387/04/monabat07.jpg

http://www.aqrazavi.org/UserFiles/Image/Photo%20Service/1387/05/Eftetah%20DarAlHojjah%2023-5-87/size600/04.jpg

http://www.aqrazavi.org/UserFiles/Image/Photo%20Service/1387/05/revaghe%20darolhojeh/3P7Y0531%20(08).jpg

http://www.aqrazavi.org/UserFiles/Image/Photo%20Service/1387/05/revaghe%20darolhojeh/3P7Y0531%20(03).jpg

Why wouldn't the Kazan building apply?
From what I see, it dosen't look kitschy?

hotel in Calabria-south Italy
finished in 2008
http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/2528/immagine3rj.png

Askario, are there any threads on the Russian forum regarding those neo-baroque apartments?

Vendome Palace - Bucharest, Romania (Planned)
http://www.galerievendome.ro/

http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/6971/hhhhs.jpg

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/27/kjhgfdd.jpg

Brauer Hall at Washington University in Saint Louis. Due to be completed in the fall.

http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/5858/wuschoolofengineeringap.th.jpg (http://img687.imageshack.us/i/wuschoolofengineeringap.jpg/)http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/9500/brauerweb722620185.th.jpg (http://img192.imageshack.us/i/brauerweb722620185.jpg/)http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/8856/brauerweb722648914.th.jpg (http://img192.imageshack.us/i/brauerweb722648914.jpg/)

I suggesting checking this out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_University_in_Saint_Louis

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Two new Yale residential colleges that will start construction in the future:

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Whitman College is one of the six residential colleges at Princeton University, New Jersey, United States. The college is named after Meg Whitman, former CEO of eBay, following her $30 million donation to build the college. The structure was designed by architect Demetri Porphyrios. Construction of Whitman College was completed in Fall of 2007; 2007–08 marked the inaugural academic year for the college.

Whitman is a four-year residential college, open to students of all four academic classes. Its sister two-year college is Forbes College. Although it is possible for any upperclassman to live in Whitman, priority for housing is given to those those upperclassmen who lived in either Whitman or Forbes as underclassmen.

The master of Whitman is Harvey S. Rosen, the John L. Weinberg Professor of Economics and Business Policy. The Dean is Dr. Rebecca Graves-Bayazitoglu, the former Director of Studies for Rockefeller College. The Director of Studies is Dr. Cole M. Crittenden, the former Allston Burr Resident Dean of Currier House at Harvard University. The Director of Student Life is Christina Davis. Josue Lajeunesse, a custodian at Whitman College, is a main subject of the documentary film The Philosopher Kings, and is also an active humanitarian working to make clean water accessible to the people of his home village of Lasource, Haiti.

The residential college comprises seven dormitories: South Baker Hall, Hargadon Hall, Fisher Hall, Lauritzen Hall, Class of 1981 Hall, Murley-Pivirotto Family Tower, and North Hall. The college's dining hall is called Community Hall, so named not for the University community but rather for the eBay community.

One of the more unique aspects of the Whitman College system is its tradition of weekly "College Night" dinners, sponsored by the Whitman College Council and open to Whitman residents only. College Nights involve a number of different themes including Carnival, Halloween, and even a dinner themed after the NBC series "The Office". College Night dinners are popular among Whitman students but have sparked some controversy among the rest of the Princeton community.

Whitman College participates in seasonal intramural athletics, including soccer, volleyball and Ultimate Frisbee. Whitman also organizes a variety of other recreational activities, including a craft circle and the Jane Austen literary society.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitman_College,_Princeton_University

Two recently completed townhouses at Chicago's Lincoln Park.

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/8851/orchard1204997.jpghttp://img6.imageshack.us/img6/6383/orcharddetail1247206.jpg
These two townhouses were built on spec in Chicago's Lincoln Park, just north of the Loop, and designed by Timothy LeVaughn. Congratulations to him for this excellent work. He is an architect and partner in Melrose Partners. Its web site suggests that the firm does much rehab work in old residential buildings in Chicago, but these two buildings are brand new.

Melrose is a design-build firm, which means the eyebrows of most architects are raised. I'm not sure why, but here is Wikipedia's take on design-build. Apparently the general idea is to cut out the architectural firm as an independent contractor, and use architects hired directly by the building company. Design-build is considered an inroad on the power and prestige of pure architecture, but if it can produce such a high quality of work, then I say bring it on.

http://news.beloblog.com/ProJo_Blogs/architecturehereandthere/2010/03/new-constructio.html


Recently completed Le Virage luxury townhomes at Habersham, SC.

http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/2533/4407355076e9196329d5b38.th.jpg (http://img188.imageshack.us/i/4407355076e9196329d5b38.jpg/)http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/1364/4407354500081b3fa3a1b38.th.jpg (http://img72.imageshack.us/i/4407354500081b3fa3a1b38.jpg/)http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/6151/4407358882192a253551b40.th.jpg (http://img215.imageshack.us/i/4407358882192a253551b40.jpg/)http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/6497/4407356448fd3fd74994b40.th.jpg (http://img691.imageshack.us/i/4407356448fd3fd74994b40.jpg/)

Macatawa Bank in Holland, Michigan, completed in 2006.

http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/3346/3543023471fe5f790e05b47.th.jpg (http://img22.imageshack.us/i/3543023471fe5f790e05b47.jpg/)http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/3747/35438343648a5ee018b6b48.th.jpg (http://img96.imageshack.us/i/35438343648a5ee018b6b48.jpg/)

Rhodes College Library, completed in 2005.

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/5646/358897343712203693f5b51.th.jpg (http://img88.imageshack.us/i/358897343712203693f5b51.jpg/)http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/7504/3588966671ce61bd1763b51.th.jpg (http://img339.imageshack.us/i/3588966671ce61bd1763b51.jpg/)http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/9548/445804080574015e6642b52.th.jpg (http://img190.imageshack.us/i/445804080574015e6642b52.jpg/)http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/4554/4458798040efafc3f59cb53.th.jpg (http://img38.imageshack.us/i/4458798040efafc3f59cb53.jpg/)

Alvarado Transportation Center, completed in 2006

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Meier Hall of Elmira college, yet to be completed.

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Saint Martin's Episcopal Church located in Houston, Texas (Completed 2004)
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The neo baroque apartment blocks in Kazan are just a little bit over the top... No, actually they're tasteless kitsch. (As most of the EE buildings.)

I love the additions in Glasgow and Edinburgh as well as the townhouses in Chicago. Style and proportions are just perfect. You could never tell they're not a hundred years old. :)

Kitsch? I think they are lovely structures. Far better than any glass cube.

Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar Bagac, Bataan Philippines

fromhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/billydon2009/
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4055/4631886554_dfa999e9d4.jpg

fromhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/irwinmoya/
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4063/4322036224_bcd05cf0ba.jpg

Kitsch? I think they are lovely structures. Far better than any glass cube.
Now, now - I think we should trust Tiaren's judgment to distinguish between tasteful and tasteless kitsch - after all, he's from Germany - the land of chocolate, kitsch and easy women.

Now, now - I think we should trust Tiaren's judgment to distinguish between tasteful and tasteless kitsch - after all, he's from Germany - the land of chocolate, kitsch and easy women.

I don't agree. I think the buildings have taste. Nationality means nothing, my people built the Empire State building, that doesn't give me anymore of a say in the architectural debate than anyone else.

The Shree Sanatan Mandir Hindu temple in Wembley, London

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3640/3590876192_e141a8fc5d.jpg
gitamalhotra on flickr

Tianjin Concert Hall - Tianjin, China

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3098/2902828785_e398558141_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/icurt_production/2902828785/

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3025/2677432986_77dfbd305e_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/portablematthew/2677432986/

Dar Al-Hujja in Mashhad:

http://www.aqrazavi.org/UserFiles/Image/Photo%20Service/1387/05/Eftetah%20DarAlHojjah%2023-5-87/size600/04.jpg

http://www.aqrazavi.org/UserFiles/Image/Photo%20Service/1387/05/revaghe%20darolhojeh/3P7Y0531%20(08).jpg

http://www.aqrazavi.org/UserFiles/Image/Photo%20Service/1387/05/revaghe%20darolhojeh/3P7Y0531%20(03).jpg

Beautiful!!!

Where is this located and what is the name in English?

I don't like this glass tiling. Much prefer those ceramic tiles.

I like it. It feels like the interior represents the Divine Light.

Tianjin Concert Hall - Tianjin, China

http://www.flickr.com/photos/icurt_production/2902828785/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/portablematthew/2677432986/

Lovely structure, but it is so strange that the Chinese would use European architecture. 0_o
Still beautiful. :cheers:

JK Temple - Kanpur, India

http://i594.photobucket.com/albums/tt23/rammanpandu5/2700266057_ec17e2ef20_b.jpg
http://media.photobucket.com/image/jk%20temple%20kanpur/rammanpandu5/2700266057_ec17e2ef20_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2339/2463802638_520a3b0b9a_o.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ranjanpriyesh/2463802638/

Now, now - I think we should trust Tiaren's judgment to distinguish between tasteful and tasteless kitsch - after all, he's from Germany - the land of chocolate, kitsch and easy women.

Come on mate, that wasn't necessary by any means. :|

Everyone's up to his own opinion.

Interesting thread. This (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3037/2637205399_06ee60a17f_b.jpg) looks quite authentic, but some examples here aren't really convincing.

JK Temple - Kanpur, India



Not a traditional style. Its a new style and uses modern construction methods.

Still it follows the intention of this thread, I think. As it's clearly inspired by traditional Indian architecture styles.

This is great, thanks!

Interesting thread :))meny nice buildings;)

Minangkabau Traditional Buildings, West Sumatra - Indonesia



Pagaruyuang Palace
http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/9121/istano.jpg (http://img32.imageshack.us/i/istano.jpg/)


http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/5525/cushot.jpg (http://img138.imageshack.us/i/cushot.jpg/)


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http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/5295/tamharunand.jpg (http://img189.imageshack.us/i/tamharunand.jpg/)


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Doesnt matter what some think, I think those buildings in Kazan are absolutly amazing !!!!!!
Congratulations, hope many more cities will build historical style buldings like this without any prejudices, much , much better than those modern glass and steel cold buildings that make all cities look the same !!

Neo-baroque in Kazan city, in construction. It's all apartments:

http://www.antika-plus.ru/pics/lists/other/f12_kopiya(1).jpg

http://www.antika-plus.ru/pics/lists/other/5(1).jpg

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/4013/saladin8.e/0_42e0e_8c71994_XL

Another one project is ready:
http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/3201/saladin8.0/0_23aa9_1ba8b758_XL

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/5209/kas1nn8.jpg

Photos by aidar89@SSC
Is there any post where we can see all the beautiful buildings in Kazan and projects made in historical style?...any post related to that topic ?

Congratulations, hope many more cities will build historical style buldings like this without any prejudices, much , much better than those modern glass and steel cold buildings that make all cities look the same !!

I agree ,but I still find that big Kazan building kitchy ... not because of the architectural style , but because of some elements like mirror glass we find on modern buildings , the dome and especially that tree which have spoiled the whole thing.

^ Totally agreed. It'd have been awesome if they spare the modern aspects that make it look pseudo-historical in a kitschy way.

^^
When something is built in historical style, there is always a certain amount of kitsch, I think. But at the same time those examples in Kazan belong to the better examples I've seen. They look sterile, because they are brand new, but in a few years, no-one can see the difference. The 19th century was full of neo-styles as well and today in a lot of cases, those neo-buildings are among the most popular to live in in many cities around Europe.

^

Building historic buildings definitely doesn't have to be kitschy. All you have to do to avoid such thing is to build all visible elements accordingly to the chosen style without any modernism such as in this Kazan building. The structure it self and non visible elements can be done in a modern way.

Personally ,I would add another condition : that these buildings are being built only in historic centers of the cities (if they are built in cities). It would be stupid building a baroque building in some new part of the city.

^

Building historic buildings definitely doesn't have to be kitschy. All you have to do to avoid such thing is to build all visible elements accordingly to the chosen style without any modernism such as in this Kazan building. The structure it self and non visible elements can be done in a modern way.

Sorry, but I don't agree with you. I think that what you describe would be the way to copy a builing, not to build a totally new structure that never existed before. This would be new neo-baroque or new neo-something and I really quite like it.


Personally ,I would add another condition : that these buildings are being built only in historic centers of the cities (if they are built in cities). It would be stupid building a baroque building in some new part of the city.

Why not, a place like Novi Beograd for exemple has already a lot of different styles (and still a lot of space). What would be the problem to have 1 blok in all of Novi Beograd with this kind of architecture (of course with different details to refer to local styles)?

Is there any post where we can see all the beautiful buildings in Kazan and projects made in historical style?...any post related to that topic ?
Project of the National Library:

http://antika-plus.ru/eng/sketches/the-national-library-of-tatarstan/

I think it was rejected. Thread in the Russian forum:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1147843

Also, this is a flawless archetype of a traditional skyscraper:

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/4013/saladin8.e/0_42e0e_8c71994_XL

Now, now - I think we should trust Tiaren's judgment to distinguish between tasteful and tasteless kitsch - after all, he's from Germany - the land of chocolate, kitsch and easy women.

I reported you. :) Not only for just that...

Project of the National Library:

http://antika-plus.ru/eng/sketches/the-national-library-of-tatarstan/

Wau. 100/100 from me.

The images from Sumatra are breathtaking as well, btw. They seem a bit overlooked now and I think they shouldnt.

The examples from Kazan though just surprised me a bit more (Not that library, because I think it is way over the top), for I could imagine them somewhere in my own neighborhood.

I reported you. :) Not only for just that...
If we would start stirring shit, you know damn well it will be at your expense.

This project of the library is amazing !!!!

Why was it rejected?

I am sure it would bring hundreds of tourist each year just to see that gem, and would bring a very strong historic power to the very center of the town !!

^ Come on, don't fool yourself.

It'd be an impressive neohistoricist building, but no one would travel exclusively for something like this.

Sorry, but I don't agree with you. I think that what you describe would be the way to copy a builing, not to build a totally new structure that never existed before. This would be new neo-baroque or new neo-something and I really quite like it.



Why not, a place like Novi Beograd for exemple has already a lot of different styles (and still a lot of space). What would be the problem to have 1 blok in all of Novi Beograd with this kind of architecture (of course with different details to refer to local styles)?

No, I didn't say we should copy the buildings. I don't even think we should nesseserilly copy the stiles ( althow that would be good to ). If we build a building in per example neo-classicism than we should stick to elements that can be associated with that style ... and that is definitely not that modern mirror glass in these Kazan buildings. When building it you don't have to copy anything , but the result would have to be that uninformed persons cannot notice that the building is newly built , that an average person really has the impression that the building is 100+ years old ,even if it knows its not.

Without that effect, I believe it becomes kitschy and you will not have that effect if you put modern elements or if you build it in some place like Novi Beograd. Only traditional materials and shapes should be used in visible parts and its location has to be only in older parts of the city where it is surrounded by really old buildings and where it will really visually belong.

^^ OK, that would be the most preferable situation of course, but builings as the ones in Kazan would become extremely expensive and I think it wouldn't have been possible to build them...

^ Come on, don't fool yourself.

It'd be an impressive neohistoricist building, but no one would travel exclusively for something like this.

I haven't ever thought of visiting that city until I saw this building.
It definitly adds something to the city. None CW box could have done that.

I love Turning Torso but I'd never go to Malmo for seeing it.

i just wondered if anyone knew of any french architects who design apartment blocks in the classic Haussman style

Without that effect, I believe it becomes kitschy and you will not have that effect if you put modern elements or if you build it in some place like Novi Beograd. Only traditional materials and shapes should be used in visible parts and its location has to be only in older parts of the city where it is surrounded by really old buildings and where it will really visually belong.
Kitsch is meant to impress with something very superficial (luxury, etc. - the chocolate box aesthetics). To a certain degree, it's a reflection of a particular mentality. Either of a sub-culture (for example, of a certain business community) or a culture of an entire nation. Tackyness is something designed for the sake of being trendy. And finally, there's a plain bad taste. This is something in violation of objective perception only.

^ Come on, don't fool yourself.

It'd be an impressive neohistoricist building, but no one would travel exclusively for something like this.

I dont fool myself, thats really what I think, Kazan is making suh a good job with all those beautiful historicism buildings, making the city look even more beautiful that already is, and trying to fix some of this bullshit that Stalin and the soviet years brought to so many cities, not to say the especulative 60,70 and 80 did to the western cities.

Just look at Kiev, they are doing such a great job in the same direction, I was there last summer, and instaed of finding the typical huge cold ex soviet city, we found a very beautiful historic city, rebuilding and building new projects in such a warm , beautiful old style, congratulations to both cities !!

^^ OK, that would be the most preferable situation of course, but builings as the ones in Kazan would become extremely expensive and I think it wouldn't have been possible to build them...

Definitely not. It will certainly be more expensive but not so expensive that it isn't worth the extra cost.


Kitsch is meant to impress with something very superficial (luxury, etc. - the chocolate box aesthetics). To a certain degree, it's a reflection of a particular mentality. Either of a sub-culture (for example, of a certain business community) or a culture of an entire nation. Tackyness is something designed for the sake of being trendy. And finally, there's a plain bad taste. This is something in violation of objective perception only.

Do you mean that ornaments make a building kitschy or by "luxury" you mean something else? If you consider all buildings with lots of ornaments like kitsch, there is a good kitsch like real historical baroque and a bad kitsch like that modern-baroque in Kazan ... and still , the architecture I was talking about doesn't have to be kitschy (with lots of ornaments). Neo-byzantine architecture is ,I think, a good example of that.

It is important that, while planing neo-historical buildings, the new complex gives the impression that it was created spontaniously. It means that the architecture of the individual buildings, urbanism and the decisions which building in the complex will be in which style must be done in that way that this part of the city really seams to be 100+ years old ... respecting of course the latest requirements and standards. I'm convinced this can be done with relatively low extra cost.
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Do you mean that ornaments make a building kitschy or by "luxury" you mean something else? If you consider all buildings with lots of ornaments like kitsch
No, only "bling bling"-kind of ornaments. ^_^

No, only "bling bling"-kind of ornaments. ^_^

I didn't mean on those.

I've seen your thread about medieval Balkan. It is unclear to me why neo-byzantine architecture is used almost entirely on religious buildings when it would go very nicely on residential or commercial ones. Imagine a shopping mall built in that style.

Luang Por To Temple - Korat, Temple

http://www.pixpros.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=253945&stc=1&d=1261735499

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2556/3936786942_7e98a0bf39_b.jpg

Wat Sothon - Chacherngsao, Thailand

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2777/4342895170_3f4ea4d1a7_o.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/asiaproductsllc/4342895170/

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4061/4523148796_6b081ce91f_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/earlsy1/4523148796/

Beautiful!:yes: ^^

Wat Khiri Wong - Nakhon Sawan, Thailand

http://www.kiriwong.net/vip/m41.jpg

http://kiriwong.net/TAVO/wong5-48/DSC07925.jpg

Phra Maha Chedi Chai Mongkol - Noi, Thailand

http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/8714/asassam.jpg

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/5972/asassap.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thirdbeat/4547585001/lightbox/

Geil temples, that's how it should be done :applause:

New building from my home town:

http://i47.tinypic.com/1603h9y.jpg

Malay Traditional Architectures - Malaysia

Pullman Putrajaya Hotel, Putrajaya
http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/rr295/aismanggo/3021356684_17164bb183_b.jpg

http://i565.photobucket.com/albums/ss97/ethanielsiaw/IMG_1619.jpg

http://i565.photobucket.com/albums/ss97/ethanielsiaw/IMG_1639.jpg

http://i565.photobucket.com/albums/ss97/ethanielsiaw/IMG_1650.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2799/4081944001_802018263e_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2453/4082705922_c21a486ed1_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2633/4082704554_7fbccd3236_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4030/4207398327_8a7f2e146f_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3569/3408684577_dac3d6d0b5_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2631/4207403331_f030170969_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2638/4208181068_35cf8158c9_o.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4016/4207395375_d755c8f3fd_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2488/4208217596_d296259615_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3592/3607904872_86fc3254ee_b.jpg


Sultan Mahmud Airport, Terengganu
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3047/2755948050_0864341d7d_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2451/3620260072_4ef6dd9123_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3219/2732228529_d0cd71c634_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2514/3847863851_371c5dcdf1_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2653/3847882945_62f6c48ede_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2572/3848665428_628d4083a2_b.jpg

http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/98/miniskyscraper007hg2.jpg

http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/5508/miniskyscraper008ci6.jpg

http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/8691/miniskyscraper009vk6.jpg

http://www.picamatic.com/show/2009/05/17/02/17/3667587_496x371.JPG

Melawati Palace, Putrajaya
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4056/4367399219_d3eb523493_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/35/73551055_1f0e0be2e9_b.jpg

Melaka Sultanate Museum
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2456/3714612967_96f90ed6bf_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3579/3948731682_1b4516e560_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2494/3948772252_c358498b44_b.jpg

Gallery Sultan Azlan Shan, Perak
http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/651/49770272.jpg

http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/9295/50763793.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3009/4013535221_b34a8ee6de_b.jpg

http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/6172/10714033.jpg

That Malaysian stuff seems a bit over-the-top, except for the modest Melaka Sultanate Museum. :dunno:


But the last one is quite an interesting imitation of Second Empire / Belle Epoque elements.

Love them all!!

Wat Thai Lumbini - Lumbini, Nepal

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3084/3155832806_e880dc648c_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3084/3155832806_e880dc648c_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2111/2169174605_c3c191f13c_o.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lealedu/2169174605/

That Malaysian stuff seems a bit over-the-top, except for the modest Melaka Sultanate Museum. :dunno:


But the last one is quite an interesting imitation of Second Empire / Belle Epoque elements.

The definition of "traditional" in this thread seems too loose to me. Is anything that somewhat/vaguely resembles older architectural styles acceptable?

Wat Thai - Kushinagar, India

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3332/3506338793_bf7232deed_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lobeliatoadfoot/3506338793/

http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/51874/_mg_5682-edited.jpg
http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Asia/India/North/Uttar_Pradesh/Kushinagar/photo1101094.htm

That's an amazing building! ^^

Brandevoort - Brandevoort, Netherlands

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2448/3601083836_c4ec78fcb9_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tvdelshout/3601083836/

http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/2873/1468683663161a133723o.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomasmooren/1468683663/

If we have Brandevoort in this thread, Jakriborg and Poundbury should be here, too. :)

If we have Brandevoort in this thread, Jakriborg and Poundbury should be here, too. :)

They have already been posted a few pages back.

Buddha Tooth Relic Temple - Singapore, Singapore

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3205/2775466761_6fbab52d4a_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/martin_kaftan/2775466761/

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3436/3899459398_d3f4743c57_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/maxmam/3899459398/

St. John The Baptist Church - Bethany, Palestine

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2788/4417626229_2628989930_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jenniferjlewis/4417626229/

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2325/2172056080_d4d446b62c_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/manuelezunelli/2172056080/

Church of St. George - Samara, Russia

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/97/212562897_6b7ac61e27_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/susandray/212562897/

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2492/4074312557_8ac8c05718_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/radzhi/4074312557/

Brandevoort - Brandevoort, Netherlands




Dude, you're shitting me; is that new?!
WOW! Looks old and beautiful.

Especially the tiles. You can usually tell if they're new or old, but this looks really old.

:cheers:

That part is pretty great, most of Brandevoort looks a little strange and artificial, though.


Like that:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Brandevoort_-_De_Veste.jpg/800px-Brandevoort_-_De_Veste.jpg
Wiki (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Brandevoort_-_De_Veste.jpg)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Brandevoort_1.JPG/800px-Brandevoort_1.JPG
Wiki (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brandevoort_1.JPG)

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4050/4377031688_25be4a9c49_o.jpg
flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jvanpassel/4377031688/sizes/o/)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3057/2318048837_64d50ddbdf_o.jpg
flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/svd/2318048837/sizes/o/)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3008/2319922433_318c1c0d1e_o.jpg
flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/svd/2319922433/sizes/o/)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2773/4377031400_3af1875c0c_o.jpg
flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jvanpassel/4377031400/sizes/o/)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2749/4377032184_63e87a073a_o.jpg
flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jvanpassel/4377032184/sizes/o/)



I like Jakriborg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakriborg) way better. And Poundbury (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poundbury) also seems like a more refined solution of New Urbanism.

Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar Bagac, Bataan Philippines

fromhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/billydon2009/
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4055/4631886554_dfa999e9d4.jpg

fromhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/irwinmoya/
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4063/4322036224_bcd05cf0ba.jpg

From What I understand of the original decoration of classical buildings this colour scheme comes close to what you would hAve seen in the ancient greek and roman cities.
The asian craftsmanship arounfd the original post is awseome. Will be looking at more of that later.
Did you hear the one about Terry Quinlan at Regents park knocking down a building designed by Nash to make way for one of his own contemporary classics?

Buddha Tooth Relic Temple is amazing, i like this style, dream about travelling to Singapore)

Guedelon Castle (http://www.guedelon.fr/index.php?lg=en)

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/07/31/world/01castle2/CASTLE2-popup.jpg

A French Castle Built of Stone and Dreams (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/01/world/europe/01castle.html?ref=world)
By STEVEN ERLANGER

TREIGNY, France — Maryline Martin, like a lot of little French girls, was besotted with the Middle Ages, with castles and maidens and knights. She worked for Pier 1 Imports for a while, then came back to this part of Burgundy and thought she would grow mushrooms. She worked instead in an agency trying to find work for the jobless, but the fakery and cynicism involved outraged her, she said.

“I decided to do something for them instead, in this very small part of the world,” Ms. Martin said.

So of course she decided to build a replica of a medieval chateau of the mid-13th century, using the techniques of the time: iron tools and no electricity.

In partnership with Michel Guyot, a neighbor who restored the nearby Château de St.-Fargeau, she bought an abandoned red sandstone quarry and the woods around it, which contained the oak trees, clay, sand and water (found, she said, by diviners) that would be needed for construction. The first stone was cut and laid in 1997, and now the shape of the castle is taking form, with its round towers, great hall and ribbed, vaulted arches.

The walls are now high enough that stones are raised using a pulley system driven by a man walking in a large wooden wheel, like a hamster in a treadmill. Plans call for a new wheel soon, in which two men can walk.

The castle, called Guédelon, named after the surrounding forest, is now a self-sustaining concern. There are 67 employees, an annual budget of around $3.25 million and about 315,000 visitors a year, including 80,000 schoolchildren, to this fairly remote site two hours from Paris. The regular entrance fee is 9 euros, and the profitable tavern is leased to a private company.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4057/4494332313_209c74a1b4_b.jpghttp://farm4.static.flickr.com/3019/3022647339_00b2beec26_b.jpg

Also, this is a flawless archetype of a traditional skyscraper:

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/4013/saladin8.e/0_42e0e_8c71994_XL

I prefer this style to the absolute rubbish that is being churned out in Australia and New Zealand.

This was a reconstruction of a temple on the same site that was destroyed by fire in 1848. The new temple completed in 2002 has an identical exterior to the original, however the interior is in the style of the era but is a more classical layout in the style of Utah temples.

Original
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/Nauvoo_Temple_daguerreotype.jpg

Reconstruction

http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/nauvoo/gallery/images/nauvoo-mormon-temple78.jpg

http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/nauvoo/gallery/images/nauvoo-mormon-temple14.jpg

http://www.nauvoonews.com/temple/finished/int/entry.jpg

http://www.nauvoonews.com/temple/finished/int/2NT.jpg

http://www.nauvoonews.com/temple/finished/int/3NT.jpg

http://www.nauvoonews.com/temple/finished/int/4NT.jpg

http://www.nauvoonews.com/temple/finished/int/font1MR.jpg

http://www.nauvoonews.com/temple/finished/int/7NTspiral_stairs_down.jpg

http://www.nauvoonews.com/temple/finished/int/8NTupperAR.jpg

http://www.nauvoonews.com/temple/finished/int/9NT_AR.jpg

http://www.nauvoonews.com/temple/finished/int/9NT_AR.jpg

http://www.nauvoonews.com/temple/finished/int/15Celestial.jpg

Restoration of the Imperial palaces of Hue.

East and West corridors completed in 2010.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4099/4866340705_7617a5f2d5_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4122/4866376393_5947c22816_b.jpg

http://barefootbeach.smugmug.com/Travel/Hue-and-Hoi-An-Vietnam/IMG3665/938364478_do9xv-XL.jpg

http://ericngahaley.smugmug.com/Vacation/Viet-Nam-2010/Vietnam-2010-432/945624727_RLUeT-X2.jpg

Brandevoort looks quite interesting, somewhere you would like to explore. Its nothing like Poundbury ; Poundbury looks like an ill-thought out theme park somewhere in the USA, while Brandevoort looks old and established, indeed if you didnt know you would never tell it was recent creation.

How about the Holland Town and Thamestown in Shanghai:

http://cnngo.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/inline_image_624x416/2010/07/07/nederland-general--inline10.jpg

http://www.cnngo.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/article_large/2010/07/07/holland-town-windmill--main.jpg

http://cnngo.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/inline_image_624x416/2010/07/07/netherland-streets--inline1.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/IMG_4308.jpg/800px-IMG_4308.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Thames_Town_in_Songjiang.jpg/800px-Thames_Town_in_Songjiang.jpg

http://media.smithsonianmag.com/images/495*329/Thames-Town-Tudor-Shanghai-5.jpg

http://media.npr.org/programs/morning/features/2006/dec/shanghai/thamestown/street500.jpg?t=1248631012

http://www.shanghaiist.com/attachments/shang_peijin/thamestownshanghai.jpg

^^
That's just strange.

How about the Holland Town and Thamestown in Shanghai:

They even have Czech town in Shanghai.. :ohno:
http://img.ihned.cz/attachment.php/430/25243430/QgMJkLu3jDT6iwS58lG9AbUhWeKVnzpq/1016820763_P4170153_650x433_.jpg
http://img.ihned.cz/attachment.php/440/25243440/tuv58BCFHKLMNj6PQcdefhrxz0SU2AVm/1016820763_P4170145_650x433_.jpg
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North Bohemia: Houses built in a traditional style of a half-timbered cottage, typical for Giant Mts and the surroundings (Vysoke n. Jizerou):

http://sachtyski-realitni.cz/ag25_galerie/ag25_fotogal_01928.jpg

http://sachtyski-realitni.cz/ag25_galerie/ag25_fotogal_01927.jpg

1st phase already done..

http://sachtyski-realitni.cz/ag25_galerie/ag25_fotogal_05545.jpg

http://sachtyski-realitni.cz/ag25_galerie/ag25_fotogal_05549.jpg

http://sachtyski-realitni.cz/ag25_galerie/ag25_fotogal_06134.jpg

http://sachtyski-realitni.cz/ag25_galerie/ag25_fotogal_06139.jpg

http://sachtyski-realitni.cz/ag25_galerie/ag25_fotogal_06140.jpg

edit: photos taken from http://sachtyski-realitni.cz/index.php?idAktualni=897&jazyk=eng

Great contributions everyone!

Restoration of the Tu Phuong Vo Su pavilion in Hue imperial city. (original structure built in 1923 in Franco-Vietnamese architecture, destroyed in 1968)


Before:
http://media.photobucket.com/image/recent/huevietnam/Hue%2520landscape/311312190_bXf3H-XL-1.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2648/4100648984_4a273197e9_b.jpg

Now:
http://i921.photobucket.com/albums/ad55/huevietnam/disanHue/Hu2010-07-2215_21_01.jpg

Great!:okay:

thank you very much!!

There's a Gothic monastery set to be built in Wyoming.
http://www.newmountcarmelfoundation.org/

Not without NIMBY's (http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iA8RKa-zG-tqDMUdSoTTr4G3WjqgD9HONOLG0) of course.

http://www.newmountcarmelfoundation.org/images/monastery_large2.jpg

^^

Wow - what a random. It will dominate that landscape.

Leng Noei Yi Monastery - Bangkok, Thailand

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4027/4546366838_708a5b5c37_o.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/drflint/4546366838/

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4098/4808471432_a087fd9c95_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/neung-chalit/4808471432/

thanks for your share.

Ralph Lauren Mansion - New York, United States of America

http://theshophound.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451e6b169e20134875fe2cb970c-800wi

They even have Czech town in Shanghai.. :ohno:
http://img.ihned.cz/attachment.php/430/25243430/QgMJkLu3jDT6iwS58lG9AbUhWeKVnzpq/1016820763_P4170153_650x433_.jpg
http://img.ihned.cz/attachment.php/440/25243440/tuv58BCFHKLMNj6PQcdefhrxz0SU2AVm/1016820763_P4170145_650x433_.jpg
http://img.ihned.cz/attachment.php/490/25243490/8dJEu3CnP4hxSGNys67FmOR2vHzpTAiL/1016820763_P4170146_650x433_.jpg

^^ The buildings in the last two pix don't look Czech at all.

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Ralph Lauren Mansion - New York, United States of America

http://theshophound.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451e6b169e20134875fe2cb970c-800wi

nice building:):banana:

Graff Diamonds - Chicago, United States of America

http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/5878/graffi.jpg

China just tries to copy european culture & architecture whenever it can but it simply dosn't seem to work. " It looks way too artificial"!!!!
" By the way the building in Chicago looks great".

China just tries to copy european culture & architecture whenever it can but it simply dosn't seem to work. " It looks way too artificial"!!!!
" By the way the building in Chicago looks great".

I agree with you,chinese trys to copy european style ,there buildings look cheap quility

" By the way the building in Chicago looks great".

well, Elyssium tower looks like vomit...

Wat Nongwan - Khon Kaen, Thailand

http://www.bloggang.com/data/a/abird/picture/1265593235.jpg

http://www.bloggang.com/data/a/abird/picture/1265594158.jpg

Adisoemarmo International Airport
Solo, Indonesia

A Solo-Javanese airport architecture

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/7537/1405202puc1.jpg

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/6434/bandaraadisumarmosolo.jpg

http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/5462/cimg0803.jpg

http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/4411/cimg9982.jpg

http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/5523/cimg0807.jpg

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/3438/cimg0806a.jpg

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/5439/cimg1227d.jpg

This is very interesting: Tsukiji Honganji, a Buddhist temple in Tokyo, Japan - an eclectic building combining different Indian architectures and Japanese architecture, as well as a dash of European influence.

http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/6803/tsukijihonganji20060502.jpg

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/2954/tsukijihonganji.jpg

Awesome!

Any idea of when it was built?

The last I really love it !

Gorodetc,Russia

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/4508/mezhdusosen.59/0_4f153_14b49297_XXL

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/4604/akimbuko.22/0_3e1f9_6d0f9464_XXL

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/4600/akimbuko.22/0_3e1f0_45f90c09_XXL

Sakya Monastery - Kaza, India

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4085/5078840346_55f19002ba_b.jpg

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Parrillo Mansion - Chicago, USA

http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/3933/captureyn.png

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1224/5132241346_501540469e_b.jpg

^^ Very nice, I love it.

Parrillo Mansion - Chicago, USA

http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/3933/captureyn.png

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1224/5132241346_501540469e_b.jpg

Wow, BEAUTIFUL. :)

This new building is in traditional construction style, but with "cladding". Hence the name "Millennium Monastic Guest House" :D

Location : Tabo Monastery, Himachal Pradesh, India

http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/4480/dscn2489l.jpg
http://picasaweb.google.com/saswati.chanda/KinnarSpitiOCT2010#5537822086131938450

Rajecké Teplice, Slovakia. This is reconstructed building of spa

http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/4718/hotelaphroditerajeckete.jpg

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/4875/kupele3.jpg

http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/7259/kupele2.jpg

http://www.slovakia.travel/Photo/data/Images/DetailSize/0/Rajecke_Teplice_AVO_185014013.jpg.jpeg

http://img541.imageshack.us/img541/273/kupele.jpg

I'm getting tired of all the neo-haussmannian crap built in Paris' suburbs.

http://www.etc-patrimoine.com/photos/perlputeaux.jpg

Gosh it's boring. :sleepy:

welll, it´s better, than some other modern designed buildings.... or even compared to socialist architecture -blocks of flats ... i like this, even i know it could be better...

Neo-baroque in Kazan city, in construction. It's all apartments:

http://www.antika-plus.ru/pics/lists/other/f12_kopiya(1).jpg

http://www.antika-plus.ru/pics/lists/other/5(1).jpg

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/4013/saladin8.e/0_42e0e_8c71994_XL

Another one project is ready:
http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/3201/saladin8.0/0_23aa9_1ba8b758_XL

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/5209/kas1nn8.jpg

Photos by aidar89@SSC

well i really likew this style!!!

[QUOTE=No1_Saint;62043935]This was a reconstruction of a temple on the same site that was destroyed by fire in 1848. The new temple completed in 2002 has an identical exterior to the original, however the interior is in the style of the era but is a more classical layout in the style of Utah temples.


http://www.nauvoonews.com/temple/finished/int/7NTspiral_stairs_down.jpg

- I love historical staircases!!!

fake architecture

Plis post more pictures, i love this thread.

fake architecture

Strange comment!

It is actually quite uninteresting what is real and what is fake. The important question: is it done in a good way.

if you can touch it then it isn't fake.

That part is pretty great, most of Brandevoort looks a little strange and artificial, though.


Like that:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Brandevoort_-_De_Veste.jpg/800px-Brandevoort_-_De_Veste.jpg
Wiki (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Brandevoort_-_De_Veste.jpg)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Brandevoort_1.JPG/800px-Brandevoort_1.JPG
Wiki (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brandevoort_1.JPG)

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4050/4377031688_25be4a9c49_o.jpg
flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jvanpassel/4377031688/sizes/o/)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3057/2318048837_64d50ddbdf_o.jpg
flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/svd/2318048837/sizes/o/)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3008/2319922433_318c1c0d1e_o.jpg
flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/svd/2319922433/sizes/o/)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2773/4377031400_3af1875c0c_o.jpg
flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jvanpassel/4377031400/sizes/o/)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2749/4377032184_63e87a073a_o.jpg
flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jvanpassel/4377032184/sizes/o/)



I like Jakriborg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakriborg) way better. And Poundbury (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poundbury) also seems like a more refined solution of New Urbanism.


doesnt look artificial to me, maybe a little "too neat" but not artificiall, looks pretty old world (as in the fact that its old, not just made to look old) :cheers:

Austrian cottage Builded by Austrian mmigrants in Bariloche , Argentina.
Between 1920-1930

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs067.snc3/13442_107687675950352_100001273614614_54279_7778949_n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs048.snc4/34774_107694149283038_100001273614614_54428_396916_n.jpg

Meier Hall at Elmira College is finally finished.

http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/830/46629586779076f5ac21b80.jpg
Elmira College @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/elmiracollege/4662958677/
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/6480/4705753203c578a08f3bb81.jpg
Elmira College @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/elmiracollege/4705753203/
http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/2951/4706396550f6542e19f3b82.jpg
Elmira College @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/elmiracollege/4706396550/
http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/6008/46635812084f52d7f18ab83.jpg
Elmira College @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/elmiracollege/4663581208/
http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/7126/4616290991cb085a31c9b88.jpg
Elmira College @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/elmiracollege/4616290991/

Simon Hall at Indiana University Bloomington
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/4080/4875885748ed8301d54bb84.jpg
Brent A. Jones @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/brentajones/4875885748/
http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/4060/4875261135c76b4e3125b85.jpg
Brent A. Jones @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/brentajones/4875261135/
http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/9195/393815061271900cf856o86.jpg
StevenW @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/helloeveryone123/3938150612/
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/804/48758882882aeb09c4a3b87.jpg
Brent A. Jones @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/brentajones/4875888288/

Ayuntamiento de Guadalajara - Guadalajara Mex.

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/2976/15004410375602844594622.jpg (http://img146.imageshack.us/i/15004410375602844594622.jpg/)

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/6186/4183226853409eb7cb2fo.jpg (http://img210.imageshack.us/i/4183226853409eb7cb2fo.jpg/)

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/9747/42269902499a71bffa04o.jpg (http://img255.imageshack.us/i/42269902499a71bffa04o.jpg/)

Is the above a new building?

Completed a few months ago:

George Dean Johnson, Jr College of Business and Economics - Spartanburg, South Carolina
http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/9375/geo1.png
flounderman @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/flounderfishcamp/4896095043/
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/4895/47265461744a9c51ac67b09.jpg
jennymunro @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/28150717@N06/4726546174/
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/5797/11359548.jpghttp://img8.imageshack.us/img8/7163/21389037.jpghttp://img822.imageshack.us/img822/5247/31415350.jpg
http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/5364/41447519.jpghttp://img534.imageshack.us/img534/6113/51477768.jpghttp://img833.imageshack.us/img833/3938/61498626.jpg
Above from http://www.dmsas.com/Our_Portfolio/Project.aspx?listing=type&itemId=6&pId=75
Charged with a vital role in the economic redevelopment and reinvigoration of downtown Spartanburg, the 60,000 square foot, three-story George Dean Johnson, Jr. College of Business and Economics building will be the University of South Carolina Upstate’s first downtown. The College is adjacent to the recently completed David M. Schwarz Architects-designed Chapman Cultural Center, and thus its design reflects a compatibility with its next-door neighbor. The College includes a business incubator space for new ventures in addition to technology-enhanced classrooms and faculty offices. University and city officials see the College as an institution with great potential for the city of Spartanburg and a long-term commitment to higher education in the region. With respect to this long-term vision, the project is in the process of obtaining LEED certification and opened in June of 2010.
http://www.dmsas.com/Our_Portfolio/Project.aspx?listing=type&itemId=6&pId=75

The Meier Hall at Elmira College is astonishing! :drool: How long did it take to be built?

@charlesboguer dude, the Ayuntamiento (City Hall) de Guadalajara has at least one century, if not more.

The Meier Hall at Elmira College is astonishing! :drool: How long did it take to be built?

About two years or so.

@charlesboguer dude, the Ayuntamiento (City Hall) de Guadalajara has at least one century, if not more.

Actually not, it was built in the 50´s (i´m not sure) based on the tipical architecture of the city... Well is not that new, after all.

Dar Al-Hujja in Mashhad:


http://www.aqrazavi.org/UserFiles/Image/Photo%20Service/1387/05/Eftetah%20DarAlHojjah%2023-5-87/size600/11.jpg

http://www.aqrazavi.org/UserFiles/Image/Photo%20Service/1387/05/Eftetah%20DarAlHojjah%2023-5-87/size600/10.jpg

http://www.aqrazavi.org/UserFiles/Image/Photo%20Service/1387/05/Eftetah%20DarAlHojjah%2023-5-87/size600/03.jpg

http://www.aqrazavi.org/UserFiles/Image/1387/04/monabat07.jpg

http://www.aqrazavi.org/UserFiles/Image/Photo%20Service/1387/05/Eftetah%20DarAlHojjah%2023-5-87/size600/04.jpg

http://www.aqrazavi.org/UserFiles/Image/Photo%20Service/1387/05/revaghe%20darolhojeh/3P7Y0531%20(08).jpg

http://www.aqrazavi.org/UserFiles/Image/Photo%20Service/1387/05/revaghe%20darolhojeh/3P7Y0531%20(03).jpg

Stunning! :eek2:


That Malaysian stuff seems a bit over-the-top, except for the modest Melaka Sultanate Museum. :dunno:


But the last one is quite an interesting imitation of Second Empire / Belle Epoque elements.

Well what seems to be over the top for you is the style and character of the region. Its what makes it unique!

Is the above a new building?

Completed a few months ago:

George Dean Johnson, Jr College of Business and Economics - Spartanburg, South Carolina
http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/9375/geo1.png


definately liking this style!

Looks very nice...i like to visit small towns with buildings in such architechtual style)

More pseudo german architecture from Bariloche, Argentina.
Build between 1930-1950

http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs032.ash2/34952_107688095950310_100001273614614_54286_1580666_n.jpg

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs122.snc4/36454_107693985949721_100001273614614_54427_2835666_n.jpg

http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs001.ash2/33426_107692719283181_100001273614614_54401_6370105_n.jpg

http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs020.snc4/34360_107692985949821_100001273614614_54411_6938959_n.jpg

http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs059.snc4/35313_107694439283009_100001273614614_54429_6062077_n.jpg
http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs016.snc4/34162_107692635949856_100001273614614_54398_4427258_n.jpg

that´s not new!

all of it is at least 70 years old!

http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs001.ash2/33426_107692719283181_100001273614614_54401_6370105_n.jpg

this one Seems To Be from 1993.

http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs016.snc4/34162_107692635949856_100001273614614_54398_4427258_n.jpg

this one is pretty new

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs070.snc4/34843_107690989283354_100001273614614_54380_5476698_n.jpg

Now a days the people of Bariloche prefer to build with canadian style

reconstruction of the old Cabildo (town hall) of Buenos Aires
build in the city of San Luis to commemorate Argentina's Bicentennial

http://admin.cultura.sanluis.gov.ar/CulturaWeb/Contenido/Pagina144/Image/cabildo3.jpg

http://admin.cultura.sanluis.gov.ar/CulturaWeb/Contenido/Pagina144/Image/cabildo4.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PMHkHTdME_g/TKNbHUPHvcI/AAAAAAAAGwg/CDFw1SqV4PY/s1600/DSC_0025.JPG

http://www.bicentenario.sanluis.gov.ar/BicentenarioWeb/Contenido/Pagina188/Image/cabildo5_300_201.jpg

How use to be
http://lukasnet.com.ar/blogwp/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/cabildo.jpg

How looks nowadays
http://conociendobsas.blog.terra.com.ar/files/2009/07/cabildo.jpg

http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/4060/4875261135c76b4e3125b85.jpg
This looks more like a prison!

I notice most of the buildings in this thread are religious. Even the university buildings cannot hold a candle to the mosques, temples, and churches pictured. Why must religion have a monopoly on great architecture?

This looks more like a prison!

I notice most of the buildings in this thread are religious. Even the university buildings cannot hold a candle to the mosques, temples, and churches pictured. Why must religion have a monopoly on great architecture?

Because religion values the art of craftmanship and slow development while the secular forces worship the religion of progressivism...

Neoclassical kitsch architecture of São Paulo :puke:

http://i544.photobucket.com/albums/hh342/guerratogabriel/itaim%20bibi/01.jpg
http://i544.photobucket.com/albums/hh342/guerratogabriel/itaim%20bibi/10.jpg
http://i544.photobucket.com/albums/hh342/guerratogabriel/itaim%20bibi/14.jpg
http://i544.photobucket.com/albums/hh342/guerratogabriel/itaim%20bibi/999991.jpg
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=799452

Projects: :puke:
:puke:
:puke:

http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/2095/ogaaapidydz1ikbytsw3dcc.jpg
http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/717/predio2ni8.jpg

that is not traditional style, that´s Frankenstein!

they remind me some buildings in Chile, in Viña del Mar.

Linh Ung Temple, Danang

http://nguyentl.free.fr/Public/Guy/Phat_Ba_a_Danang_2.jpg
http://www.baodanang.vn/dataimages/201008/original/images545090_anh_1__chua_Linh_Ung__2mot_diem_trong_tuor_du_lich_tam_linh_rat_thu_hut_khach__1_.jpg
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g131/NTBphoto/Da%20Nang%20April%202010/Tuong-phat-Ba-chua-Linh-Ung.jpg

...

Impresionantes todos :)

La arquitectura tailandesa debe ser una de las mas esteticas de mundo junto al Gotico, sera que me gustan esa exuberancia formal que expresan.

Al Saleh Mosque, Sana'a, Yemen 2008

http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/276/cache/ngpc-wp-wk-3-16_27646_990x742.jpg

http://englishrussia.com/images/new_images//al-saleh_mosque-7.jpg

http://girlsoloinarabia.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/10/16/grand_mosque_dome.jpg http://girlsoloinarabia.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/10/16/grand_mosque1.jpg
http://girlsoloinarabia.typepad.com

http://www.ronniearnold.com/Images/09/YEMosque/IGB019.jpg

^^ Really nice one.

Marrakech Train Station,Marrakech,Morocco

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5143/5563314341_87eab36dd1_z.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3327/3199942140_f459b05670_z.jpg?zz=1

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5055/5563891080_4d8e7d0712_z.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4120/4891609311_f47270254c_z.jpg

^^ NICE!

The Palladium in Carmel, Indiana. It was finished within the past year or so.

http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/5395/567801766965c4e1cc5db79.jpg
GK Photo @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/36026557@N05/5678017669/
http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/3696/567801901579324acbcfb80.jpg
GK Photo @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/36026557@N05/5678019015/
http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/22/567858271843fa93831eb81.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/36026557@N05/5678582718/
http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/1163/5678054501a05e7ae583b83.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/36026557@N05/5678054501/

The Carole Weinstein International Center at the University of Richmond. It was finished within the last year.

http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/2015/internationalcenter2579.jpg
Kacie @ http://spiderdiaries.richmond.edu/kacie14/2010/10/08/
http://img804.imageshack.us/img804/2078/internationalcenter3583.jpg
Kacie @ http://spiderdiaries.richmond.edu/kacie14/2010/10/08/
http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/516/internationalcenter5588.png
Kacie @ http://spiderdiaries.richmond.edu/kacie14/2010/10/08/

Wow, some of these are really nice, but others look like cheap pieces of crap. It's weird, that with all our technological advantages we cannot build as nice buildings like we could 100 years ago. And some of these have stupid looking "classical" details, it's as if the designer had no clue of any historical details!

The recently completed Brauer Hall at Washington University in St. Louis.

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/2672/dsc0878hires.jpg
wustl @ http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/21165.aspx
http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/2530/img1260brauerhallxx.jpg
Jeffrey Edward Tryon @ http://tryography.blogspot.com/2010/10/washington-university-of-st-louis.html
http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/8636/img1259brauerhallhires.jpg
wustl @ http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/21165.aspx
http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/7932/brauer20frontgeoff20sto.jpg
wustl @ http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/21165.aspx

WOW! WOW! WOW!
I love this! I really do! Back in Romania many old buildings are erased to leave place for new office buldings and in some countryies people are mading buildings in old style. Good! This means that you respect your architectural heritage.

^^ love it... amazing work :applause: