What is the best architecture you've seen?
>>421241
This is without a doubt the worst tier chart I've seen anywhere on this website
;^)
Hard to beat Art Deco. Always my favorite.
but anon, that Norse hut looks comfy-tier as fuck.
>>421241
Brutalism.
>>421304
>>421313
>>421319
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>>421323
>>421304
Brutalism would look good if we could confine it all to one oppressive megacity and cover it with whores and neon signs in some space language.
>>421327
>>421335
>>421337
>>421354
>>421355
>>421359
>>421241
shit tier
>>421361
Gothic
>>421366
>>421334
They tend to be eyesores if surrounded by buildings in other styles, but that's pretty much true for any other style of architecture. They look fine if surrounded by nature (pic related), and look magnificent in organized building blocks.
>>421381
>>421382
>>421267
WE
Brutalism, not even once.
>>421386
>>421400
>>421406
>>421241
Looks comfy as fuck, tho.
>>421381
>They tend to be eyesores if surrounded by buildings in other styles, but that's pretty much true for any other style of architecture.
The biggest shame in architecture. I wish cities would have some balls and enforce stricter codes.
>They look fine if surrounded by nature (pic related), and look magnificent in organized building blocks.
I actually like many of the designs of brutalism, as well as the "ethos" but it's pretty much doomed to fail because bare concrete almost unfailingly looks decrepit after a short time, leading to buildings looking dated and rotten.
So many of these designs would look better painted.
>thread about great architecture
>some faggot dumps his brutalist shit all over
every goddamn time
Can Brazilia make up for this?
TASTEFUL concrete.
>>421480
Eastern Euro here, what made people think these ugly commieblocks are any good? It's a complete eyesore and the quality is pretty poor as well.
East Asian architecture, especially futuristic combined with traditional on mountains. I makes me feel fuzzy inside.
>>421480
Sorry, Brasilia, I'm stoned.
>>421493
I'm just a really classic modernist. International might be my favorite style, though I prefer more organic forms to straight up metal and glass skyscrapers.
If a commieblock were well-made, comfortable, and the property maintained, would it really be that ugly?
Some more East Asian architecture.
Last one I got in my folders
>>421508
It would still be shit and it would fall into disrepair soon. The only value commieblocks ever had was the fact you could mass produce them, pure quantity over quality.
No, brutalism is pretty fucking bad. Most people with souls take into account, at least a bit, that a great amount of people have to look at their shit all day.
>>421519
I don't think that's very fair. You're saying even a well-built commieblock STYLE building would fall in to shit?
>>421525
This. Brutalist architecture is good to have around in a dystopian videogame, but to actually LIVE surrounded by such monstrosities is suicide fuel.
>>421533
One of my favorites.
>>421241
>>421545
That's very lewd.
>>421533
Style regardless of material you mean? Because the reason they look the way they look is because they're made from pre-fabricated concrete panels that can be mass produced.
>>421554
See, I'm a fan of the paneled look. I like the pastel colors and slotted windows. That does't mean it actually needs to be assembled from pre-fabbed materials.
>>421351
PLEB ALERT
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>>421241
Norse architecture from around 1180
>>421446
Can't the concrete be somehow protected from decay?
>>421572
>>421567
NO
>>421293
Like art deco too.
>>421577
Find out what the Romans used. Or like, coat it or something.
>>421579
k mang
>>421587
More like this, okay?
Fascist
Srsly... fuck brutalism... commie block concrete shit. It's ugly and nowhere near true beauty
>>421584
Plaster?
>>421584
>what the Romans used
Volcanic ash.
>>421591
Looks cool.
>>421304
>the city of San Jose
I still like it, its literally a monstrosity in the middle of China Town, which I also hate
>>421597
Still doesn't work as well. for some reason.
>>421584
Pozzolana
>>421569
This hideous facade is strangely lovely. Moar please.
>>421351
>I'm a kid, please punch my face
muh brutalism
Hohenzollern Castle
>>421494
That's not architecture, that's a fucking cartoon.
>>421641
That's going into my fap folder.
>>421433
High child mortality
Dank as fuck and moldy shit everywhere
Lungs of an eighty year old chain smoker by the time you're 30
Having to clean cow shit out of your house every day in winter.
3/10
>>421569
YES
This is what should be done to Brutalist buildings
Bare concrete does not look good.
>>421652
Still owns most of Europe...
Some brutalism from my town. Colloquially known as "rockets".
>>421664
The rest of rural Europe lived like that too.
>>421577
Of course, you just have to build it properly in the first place, and also have a plan that doesn't make water gather in every courner. Hard to do with a brutalist style though.
Concrete can actually be a very elegant and beautiful material, you just need to know how to use it. It also helps if you have a high budget and not having your sense of aesthetics all fucked up.
>>421683
Here's some brutalism from my hometown.
>>421719
>>421241
The Bay Area was a pretty gorgeous place until suburbia and then silicon valley came around.
>>421334
This
>>421683
>>421719
>>421721
Seriously guys, cut it out. Brutalism is hideous.
Here, have some nice vernacular architecture instead.
>>421334
>commieblocks, oppression, whores and neon signs
So basically Russia?
>>421750
Now that's hideous.
>>421241
thoughts?
>>421801
Hey. psst, Everything's a dildo if you're brave enough.
thoughtz?
>>421293
>>421582
Nouveau>Deco
>>421334
That's Birmingham ,UK in a nutshell
>>421594
>you will never live there
>>421559
That SAS building is a box. A child would design a better building. Homer Simpsons car design was better.
>>421812
would ski down roof/5
>>421494
this picture made me a weeb
>>421837
One day you will, Anon. Just make sure you get there.
https://youtu.be/Gt_Se7BtSQg
>>421903
Should've posted this instead.
>>421241
The Church of St. Michael in Ljubljana, Slovenia. I think it has an unique appearance to it.
>tfw just changed majors from Construction Science to Poultry Science
Farewell, my beloved Architectural History courses; you were my favorite and helped me get out of bed in the mornings.
Also thanks for transferring as International Culture and Diversity credits for some reason.
>>421841
>yemen's gingerbread cities
shame it's been unstable/at war for 30 years
>>421545
Just who was/were the idiot/s that did that.
This is a Frank Lloyd Wright house situated in Alabama. It was my first exposure to the Usonian style... I toured it one day while I still lived in the area with my father. Great bonding time as he showed me what he knew about Wright's style.
If you're in Bama and lurking this thread, look up the Rosenbaum House in Florence. Very worth the fee to go on a tour, and Florence is a nice town
>>422188
>poultry
>science
>>421569
Now if brutalism could combine some ancient/ traditional aspects of the places/cultures around where their built, then it could like something.
>>421391
XD
>>422282
100% Employment rate in the field; starting average is 60-70k in normally low income rural areas.
Not a bad gig desu.
The chicken and the turkey are big staples of the American diet and it's a big job to ensure the health, productivity, and breeding of billions of animals.
But at the same time I'm going to miss Architecture.
We just finished up the Neo-Palladian/Ecole de beaux arts section over France and Colonial America.
If y'all wanna see something pretty though take a gander at the Sargada Familia Church.
Started in 1882 and still not done; the head architect only saw 25% of the building completed but it was already revolutionary.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagrada_Fam%C3%ADlia
>>421241
>2015
>still not Gothic master race
I mean come on!
>>422336
>Not following the Strawberry Hill method of Gothic architecture
>not throwing random anachronistic spires and vaulted ceilings in literally random places
Autist.
>>422317
It gets boring soon when you live (or work) in the city t.b.h. Barcelona is a beautiful city and has better hidden gems in my opinion.
>>422343
Wrong post m8
>>422343
>Barcelona is a beautiful city and has better hidden gems in my opinion.
Care to share?
>>421509
>>421516
>cartoons
>>422317
They should have named that church Our Lord of Pizza Cutters.
>>421241
The Jains got pretty based temples.
Indian stairwell structure
Sino-islamic fusion mosques in northwestern China
>>422645
typical minaret roof of this kind
>>422645
Vietnamese forbidden city with slight Indian influence.
>>422368
Go visit the modernist section of the Hospital of Sant Pau next time you're in the city. It's part of the catalan modernism like the Sagrada Familia although more comfy and less overdone than Gaudi's works, but still pretty colorful.
Less swarmed by tourists too.
Bahai'i temple of north America
Meccan big Ben
Confucian temple in Hanoi
>>422317
Reminder that it will never be finished
Anzhen castle, Fujian
Jinci temple, Shanxi
Nothing particular with the structure, but books in the 6th century mentioned that it had been there for about 1000 years or more.
Hanyuan court of Daming palace, Chang'an
It's slightly bigger and (I personally think) more aesthetic than the forbidden city in Beijing.
It could have served as a way better palace if torching down the palace of the former dynasty wasn't our hobby.
Zoroastrian temple, Shanxi.
Manichaeism temple, Fujian
>>421594
brutalism is actually budgetism.
>im not painting my building on purpose! its not because im cheap or anything
>>422789
I don't think so. They were first persecuted in the 9th century alongside with the buddhists and later synthesized into various folk religions and underground societies like Mingjiao (sometimes seen as the origin of the Ming dynasty by conspiracists), Bailianjiao and even triads in the early 20th century who later formed KMT. They are Zoroastrians if you think the Theseus ship is still the original one.
>>421446
>I wish cities would have some balls and enforce stricter codes.
>I wish people were forced to adhere to a certain architectural style or suffer penalties or even violence.
Stop, technocratic scum.
>>422789
No, only in India (and Iran of course).
>>422874
>I want the entire city to look at my shitty special snowflake building.
No. Ugly environments have an effect on people. Shitty buildings are litter.
>>422932
Guess what. State enforced architecture would have an effect on people too.
>uggly
>shitty
>litter
>"an effect"
literal muh feels argument
>>422946
I'm not saying state enforced necessarily. I just think it's retarded to give planning permission to some futurist glasshouse in an 18th century neighbourhood, for example. Build that shit elsewhere.
I've been to places without building regulations. They're fucking retarded looking.
Nobody wants to live in an ugly neighbourhood. Nothing "muh feels" about house prices and gentrification.
>>421594
>ywn live in a comfy english village, with a qt wife and have tea everyday
what is the fucking point
I will never be that comfy
>>422680
Just look at that shit hole, t-thanks Muhammed
>>422946
You never lived in an Eastern European city I take it.
South East Asian pride
>>423030
This.
Warsaw in winter literally aggravated my depression, and it's probably far from the worst place you can go.
>>423014
I kinda like it tb h. It's surrealistic to see such structure there.
I always thought the Teutonic red brick castles in Prussia were interesting, this is the largest one, Marienburg Castle.
Here's a different view of Hohenzollern Castle that was posted earlier in this thread
>>421362
Tbh looks super comfy
This is Hohenwerfen Castle, in Austria. It's where they filmed Where Eagles Dare, in the movie they called it the Schloss Adler
Here's Castle Stalker, well known for being in the end scene of Monty Python and the Holy Grail
>>423077
Marienburg is in Poland, also one of the most beautiful places I've seen.
This is Rochester Castle, in England
>>421241
This is my favorite building in the world
>>421351
>>422801
I seriously don't understand why people hate these so much
I like them!
Its better than the usual shit you get to see with regular ass rectangles and concrete blocks like pic related.
What make is an eyesore? The fact that it stands out?
>>423132
They did a great job restoring it, it was in ruins after world war two
>>423148
This is pretty sweet, where is it?
I always thought the Leaning Tower of Pisa was pretty neat, even if they messed up the foundation
Another Teutonic red brick castle, Ordensburg Marienwerder. This one is notable for it's large toilet tower, or dansker.
>>421241
CEAUSESCU STRONK
ONLY GENIUS OF THE CARPATHIANS CAN MAKE SECOND LARGEST BUILDING IN ALL OF WORLD
>>423151
>Its better than the usual shit you get to see with regular ass rectangles and concrete blocks like pic related.
That's LITERALLY what brutalism is though.
>>423208
>they are both LITERALLY pieces of metal
they way the rectangles are placed matters m8
>>423148
>Tacky plastic shit
wew lad
>>423224
>I can't appreciate abstractism and simplicity
WEW
>>423229
We appreciate simplicity by replying to you.
The Tower of Babel was pretty cool until God had to ruin it all
>>423217
All those buildings in the pic you posted are brutalist though, they're just not the fancy ones you like.
Enjoy your seasonal depression though.
>>423254
>they're just not the fancy ones you like.
they are though.
I don't know, my favorite color is grey, so maybe I'm just used to depressing scenery
>>421822
>tfw Schaarbeek has been ruined beyond all recognition
Being Belgian is sufffering.
>>421241
Pretty much everything in Venice.
Also, in Italy fascist architecture had its moments, and produced quite nice things actually, even though they're far from GOAT.
Instead have the water tower of my city. It was built in 1926. I don't know why but I always loved how it looks.
>>423353
Because it's phallic
>>421516
>>421509
>>421494
At least post some real world shit you faggot
>>423435
>>423449
Mont St. Michel in France
>>423454
>>422982
>I'm not saying state enforced necessarily. I just think it's retarded to give planning permission
You understand the contradiction, yes?
Who are "we" and where do "we" get the power to decide what style can be used on a building that we do not own?
Is the price of your house enought to justify prohibiting another man to build his as he prefers? Save for safety measures of course.
I doubt architecture has been as censored as other forms of art, but this would be akin to prohibiting exibits of certain style of paintings, or certain genre of songs. Definitely hindersome for architecture, and any other art, is to restrict the freedom needed for it to blossom.
>>422265
Daniel Libeskind
>>423254
>All those buildings in the pic you posted are brutalist
why even post in an architecture thread when you don't know anything about it
>>423294
how? I was there last summer and it seemed pretty nice.
Belgium has the best architecture, by the way, so stop complaining
>>421241
Didn't the Sassanids at Ctesiphon create the largest overhanging arches in the Classical era?
>>422674
Is that the one near Northwestern University? I've been in there.
Can some architects here explain to me how new artstyles are developed usually? Is it just the emergence of new building materials or is also related to art movements being transferred to architecture? What are some new building materials people are using/thinking of using and what are the trends currently in architecture.
>>421241
Best architecture is half timbered houses. Doesn't get any better, ever.
>>421822
Damn right
>>423651
Dunno but this guy is pretty big.
I wouldn't consider the time period where the Sassanids existed to be part of the "Classical Era" though.
>>423813
Late Antiquity includes Classical era.
>>423817
Seems arbitrary to call it classical then, but I'm not gonna put my nose in the terminology from a language that is not mine.
>>421525
Does anybody actually like it who hasn't been taught to or has actually lived in a city full of it? One of the most depressing days of my life was one stuck driving around Coventry. What a fucking shit hole.
>>421622
>architects are actively building cities exactly like this right now and thinking people want it
just kill me lad
How long until we see something on par with Art Nouveau again? Nearly 100 years on and we're still stuck in the same frame of mind when it comes to creating buildings with ornament.
>>423727
well steel gave way to skyscrapers and gigantic glass corporate buildings (monadnack building, seagram building.) a lot of western architecture gets influence from ancient greek. (columns on everything.)
my favorite modern style is the international style. some people just started saying fuck ornaments and fuck color and wa la!
>>423893
>my favorite modern style is the international style
The cancer that just keeps spreading
>>423858
My city has a few brutalist buildings that are desperately being covered up with modern black steel and glass.
>>423903
>spreading
the style is pretty much dead today desu.
>>423919
I was more talking about the hatred of ornaments and the overall idea of it. Modern developments are built pretty much anywhere in the world without much regard for the environment in which they're being built desu, international style itself is basically gone though yeah
>>421391
DOMESTICATED AUROCHS
>>423200
>Sen's fortress
>>421605
I have a friend who went to school there
I like Sahelian architecture desu
>>424693
Looks like a sand castle
>>424744
It is, pretty much.
>>424693
Looks so human.
>>423091
was that a palace castle, or an actual piece of medieval fortification? because holy hell I would not want to siege that place
>>423014
Nice cause and effect deducing skills.
>>422666
That's in Hue right?
[spoiler]Battlefield: Vietnam[/spoiler]
>>424525
Holy fuck
>>423245
good thing glorious eu rebuilt it
5000 people live here.
>>425066
It wouldn't be so hideous if it weren't for those windows. Nice to see another Croat.
>>424537
>tfw wanted to visit there since I was a kid
>now Saudi Arabia is missile spamming all over Yemen
Thanks, Obama.
>>424965
now thats ironic
>>421267
>>421241
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>>425127
4000BC +- 500
Step Pyramids
>>425130
Sardinia Step Pyramid
4000-3600 BC
>>425131
Sardinia
Probably my favorite church building.
This thread really got.. brutalized.
>>421241
The Dymaxion House
>>425344
>>425354
>>421616
Source on this? I find this one really impressive being built in the middle of a lake
>No image to bump with, probably will get ignored
>>425321
Kek.
>>425362
File name.
>>425362
>I find this one really impressive being built in the middle of a lake
It's not in the middle of a lake, it's Mont St Michel in France and this is what it looks like when the tide's not in. There's one in Cornwall like it as well.
>>423863
Problem?
What is the greatest mosque ever constructed originally as a mosque?
>>423127
I think this is the location of the end fight in The Scarlet Pimpernel. Awesome movie btw.
>>424608
kek
>waiting
>>424537
Yemen is probably the most beautiful country on Earth if you include Socotra. The stark nature is gorgeous, and its cities seem to blend seamlessly into it. I can imagine the awe cities like Sanaa and Aden inspired all the way back when.
