Your favourite interesting and amazing buildings - Page 2

indosky · April 13th, 2011, 03:03 AM

The new Michael Lee-Chin Crystal - The Royal Ontario Museum,Toronto

Photos World Architecture and wordpress

OakRidge · April 13th, 2011, 04:13 AM

I hate Libeskind. He has ruined a proud and handsome building with a vomit of glass and metal.

guy4versa4 · April 13th, 2011, 05:03 AM

velopark

london cit hall

indosky · April 13th, 2011, 06:41 AM

Pittsburg PPG building

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pics courtest prism magazine, emporis and photozo

***Taller, Better*** · April 13th, 2011, 08:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OakRidge

I hate Libeskind. He has ruined a proud and handsome building with a vomit of glass and metal.

At no point does the new structure even touch the existing building, no matter how close they are. Doesn't even have one tiny bolt going into it. The new structure is a completely separate entity. They were very careful to do this to try and prevent people saying they have ruined the old building. That, rather obviously, didn't work.

Prince Valium · April 13th, 2011, 11:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Taller, Better

At no point does the new structure even touch the existing building, no matter how close they are. Doesn't even have one tiny bolt going into it. The new structure is a completely separate entity. They were very careful to do this to try and prevent people saying they have ruined the old building. That, rather obviously, didn't work.

well that's quite impossible to totally avoid that

I like it..as you said, the new, modern part seems to be a seperate building, but at the same time it seems to expand directly out of the old building..

awsome..

swerveut · April 13th, 2011, 12:36 PM

Deconstructivism is the new black... as it was last season, and as it is going to be for the foreseeable future.

indosky · April 13th, 2011, 04:30 PM

Incheon Airport= South Korea

Courtesy Architecture Name, wikimedia panoramio

KingNick · April 13th, 2011, 08:00 PM

Since someone above me brought up airports:

There's no way, anyone could beat this timeless beauty at JFK:

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us/nyc/twa terminal/02 von Hagen Stier auf Flickr

HexagonSun · April 14th, 2011, 03:00 PM

hmmm ..... lots of deconstructivism

indosky · April 14th, 2011, 04:51 PM

To think this amazing timeless skyscraper was built nearly 80 years ago is mind boggling

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photos courtesy ask bluey

indosky · April 14th, 2011, 05:25 PM

Aurora place sydney renzo piano

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photos sydney architecture, travelpl, martin vanderwal

indosky · April 16th, 2011, 10:49 PM

Mode Gauken tower, Nagoya Japan

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pics topboxdesign, flickr

indosky · April 16th, 2011, 11:06 PM

Mode gauken, cocoon tower shinjuku, tokyo. An absolute stunner

pics exworld, ikimedia, kevblog, markb

krkseg1ops · April 16th, 2011, 11:21 PM

holy crap, the cocoon tower looks stunning!

the spliff fairy · April 17th, 2011, 10:47 AM

+1

Dunzdeck · April 17th, 2011, 06:42 PM

The Maison Saint-Cyr in Brussels, designed by Gustave Strauven and very recently renovated:

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Maison Saint-Cyr, Bruxelles by twiga_swala, on Flickr

the spliff fairy · April 18th, 2011, 12:25 PM

Leuven Town Hall/ Stadhuis, Belgium

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Carlo Vingerling, http://www.flickr.com/photos/vingerling/3564190820/

El_Greco · April 18th, 2011, 08:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dunzdeck

The Maison Saint-Cyr in Brussels, designed by Gustave Strauven and very recently renovated:

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Maison Saint-Cyr, Bruxelles by twiga_swala, on Flickr

Ahh, Art-Nouveau, truly sublime style, on par with Gothic and Deconstructivism.

Izzy Hungwell · April 19th, 2011, 01:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OakRidge

I hate Libeskind. He has ruined a proud and handsome building with a vomit of glass and metal.

This comment has been said by quite a few people... who seem to forget that that side of the ROM had next to nothing there before the "Crystal" was built.

Maybe the juxtaposition is what "ruined" it for you... but it definitely didn't cover much up over the old building... at least cover much that mattered.

My only complaint is that the cladding was a disappointment given the renderings that they presented originally. It's hardly crystal-like.

Also, there are already a few other similar designs out there by Libeskind. They being the Denver museum and the MGM Mirage Centre in Vegas... and I seem to recall seeing a school or college building that looked like it too somewhere... and the Hong Kong Media Center. So the ROM addition is no longer all that "special" to anyone who loved it.

April 13th, 2011, 03:03 AM	#21
indosky Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 481 Likes (Received): 15	The new Michael Lee-Chin Crystal - The Royal Ontario Museum,Toronto Photos World Architecture and wordpress Last edited by indosky; April 13th, 2011 at 03:09 AM.

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OakRidge Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 302 Likes (Received): 16	I hate Libeskind. He has ruined a proud and handsome building with a vomit of glass and metal. __________________ "I had my back to the light and my face was turned towards the things which it illumined, so that my eyes, by which I saw the things which stood in the light, were themselves in darkness." - Confessions (Book IV), Augustine of Hippo "Laws are made for these reasons: that human wickedness may be restrained through fear of their execution; that the lives of innocent men may be safe among criminals; and that the temptation to commit wrong may be restrained by the fear of punishment." - The Visigothic Code (Book I, Title II, Part V)

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swerveut quit wasting my time !! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Austin TX Posts: 3,770 Likes (Received): 9	Deconstructivism is the new black... as it was last season, and as it is going to be for the foreseeable future. __________________ My Architectural Works TCF - Change lives through education\|\| Karachi - A megacity! \|\| History of Karachi

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indosky Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 481 Likes (Received): 15	Incheon Airport= South Korea Courtesy Architecture Name, wikimedia panoramio Last edited by indosky; April 13th, 2011 at 04:47 PM.

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indosky Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 481 Likes (Received): 15	To think this amazing timeless skyscraper was built nearly 80 years ago is mind boggling image hosted on flickr photos courtesy ask bluey Last edited by indosky; April 14th, 2011 at 05:08 PM.

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indosky Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 481 Likes (Received): 15	Pittsburg PPG building image hosted on flickr pics courtest prism magazine, emporis and photozo

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KingNick Wiener Blut Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 2,945 Likes (Received): 1659	Since someone above me brought up airports: There's no way, anyone could beat this timeless beauty at JFK: image hosted on flickr us/nyc/twa terminal/02 von Hagen Stier auf Flickr

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HexagonSun Registered User Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Prague & Cambridge & Bangkok Posts: 10 Likes (Received): 0	hmmm ..... lots of deconstructivism

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indosky Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 481 Likes (Received): 15	Mode Gauken tower, Nagoya Japan image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr pics topboxdesign, flickr Last edited by indosky; April 16th, 2011 at 11:08 PM.

April 16th, 2011, 11:06 PM	#34
indosky Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 481 Likes (Received): 15	Mode gauken, cocoon tower shinjuku, tokyo. An absolute stunner pics exworld, ikimedia, kevblog, markb Last edited by indosky; April 16th, 2011 at 11:32 PM.

April 16th, 2011, 11:21 PM	#35
krkseg1ops Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Kraków - dawna stolica Polaków Posts: 1,320 Likes (Received): 82	holy crap, the cocoon tower looks stunning!

April 17th, 2011, 10:47 AM	#36
the spliff fairy ONE WORLD Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: london Posts: 7,170 Likes (Received): 249	+1

April 17th, 2011, 06:42 PM	#37
Dunzdeck living in the past Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Leiden Posts: 57 Likes (Received): 0	The Maison Saint-Cyr in Brussels, designed by Gustave Strauven and very recently renovated: image hosted on flickr Maison Saint-Cyr, Bruxelles by twiga_swala, on Flickr __________________ "...they loutishly reject the fact that, for the rest of us, buildings are scenery" - Jonathan Meades

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the spliff fairy ONE WORLD Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: london Posts: 7,170 Likes (Received): 249	Leuven Town Hall/ Stadhuis, Belgium image hosted on flickr Carlo Vingerling, http://www.flickr.com/photos/vingerling/3564190820/

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