Discuss urban developement, design, planning, urbanization, growth and future of cities, urban life style etc. All discussions about architecture, it's impact on daily life, trends(both historical and contemporary) and anything related to architecture in general, are welcomed here aswell.
Post pics of cities, urban areas, buildings, physical structures and infrastructure. Comment and rate.
Reforma business district in Mexico City
>>53979229
not bad, do you have daylight photos?
Not the nicest, but it's home.
I like how this pic explains bridges
>>53981424
it's pretty nice desu
>all these people in Melbourne complaining about it everyday when in fact it's one of the most livable cities in the world
I will never understand 1st worlders
>>53979383
this isn't a bridge
>>53983504
>>53983846
Chernobyl?
>>53983846
nice
>>53983966
construction of Prague gommieblocks
people were probably already living in the one on the left
when my parents moved in to our gommieblog , the pavements were just mud and stones
>>53984498
>>53983966
it was merely an act? :(
Best capital
>>53984900
Cathedral is quite old.
Slow shift tonight. Guess I'll dump old Norwegian churches. Here's one from 1100AD.
What do you think about tall buildings standing by themselves like this? This is something they're planning in Stockholm, the first concept was taller but the new plan has two slightly shorter towers. It kinda stands out compared to the surrounding houses
>>53987685
Another one, but in Oslo, with earliest datings going to 1080, but most likely being from the 12th century. Interesting thing about this one is that there's literal fossils engraved in the exterior walls.
>>53987873
Stavanger Cathedral from the early 1100's. Originally built as a Romanesque church, but later extended to a Gothic one. One of the best preserved churches in Norway, with very few alterations after the 13th century.
>>53987863
Skyscrapers should be built with friends. If not, they just look too out of place.
>>53988092
Göteborg forgot the memo, now they're talking about making this 300m+. But maybe that's just so they have some room to negotiate when they inevitably scale it back
My University
>>53987863
What do you think about redi in Helsinki?
>>53987863
Way too big. Totally out of proportion.
>>53987873
>Interesting thing about this one is that there's literal fossils engraved in the exterior walls.
Oh the ironing.
>>53988254
Looks nice.
>>53988254
Or thease to be build in Pasila
>>53988039
St. Mary's Church in Bergen, completed in the late 12th century. A mix between Gothic and Romanesque style. It burned a few times early on after its construction, but it didn't see any significant damage after that until the 19th century, when the left tower collapsed. Otherwise, it's a very much intact medieval church, especially in appearance. It's closely related to the original Lund Cathedral in Sweden.
>>53987873
>Interesting thing about this one is that there's literal fossils engraved in the exterior walls.
It would be if this wasn't super common in churches though
>>53988193
Beautiful.
>>53988376
Good tier urban planning.
>>53988254
I'm not convinced about the design. This is the newest render, they look cheaper with every iteration. I'm just afraid they will look really dated in a couple decades like Merihaka. I think they'll start building the first buildings this year, will have to wait and see
>>53987863
>>53988168
Stockholm and Göteborg competed against each oher here. Both wanted to build the highest building in Northern Europe. In the end, Stockholm got cuck'd
>>53988421
T-Thanks
>>53988376
Here's the concept for the whole area. Don't really know what to say about the taller buildings since they don't have any official design yet, they just started a competition for it. But as a concept it's pretty alright, they're not too tall and there's a decent amount of them so it looks pretty proportionate. The street level between the towers could be better though, since there aren't really any proper city blocks
>>53988513
First tower should be up by 2018
>>53988832
Pasila looks so depresing
>>53988832
Here's a larger picture of the south part. It's pretty wide open with some kind of meme walls to give it at least some structure. So I don't see that part having a lot of street life, but at least they'll look nice from afar. Not that Pasila has a lot of street life anyway
Who here lives /downtown/?
>>53989105
Me
>>53989100
Tampere will be doing it better as usual
>>53989408
>>53989449
>>53989408
What's the latest on this, it's been in limbo for so long. At first they were supposed to finish this by 2012, now they're talking about 2020 ice hockey championships
India doesnt have that much of a pretty skyline, yet i love that place.
>>53990070
Skylines are overrated, or at least now that every place can build these things they're not that amazing anymore. But in 1930 this must have been something special
Wat
>>53990229
Now that is a beautiful skyline.
>>53988379
Forgot the most important one. Nidaros Cathedral, built from the mid 1140 to 1300 on top of the great St Olaf's burial ground, and one of Europe's most famous pilgrim destinations during the middle ages. It partially burned down only 30 years after initial construction, and then got further fucked up throughout history by more fires and even some lightning. Since the plague happened, and poverty followed, it wasn't rebuilt until the 1800's again. The majestic and ornate front wall was the most badly damaged, as in, completely gone for the most part, except for the lowest row of statues and entrance, so the present day one is a lose reconstruction, as little sources from the middle ages exist as far as its appearance was concerned. All that was known is that the wall had a large golden rosette and many statues all over. Inspiration for the reconstruction was mainly sought from English and French Gothic cathedrals, as Norway had deep ties to those countries back then and the cathedral was most likely based on those. But for all we know, the cathedral could historically have been prettier than it is now. It took between 1869 and 1968 to rebuild, with finishing touches going all the way to 2004.
>TL;DR
>>53990889
wew lad, pretty colorful
reminds me a bit of this
>>53987863
Always your first skyscraper will stand alone. That's just a start.
>>53991207
Yes, very English.
>>53990229
>Skylines are overrated, or at least now that every place can build these things they're not that amazing anymore.
nope
only large metropolies can actually build skylines, and only the very few of them can afford to build the actual ones, with decent planning (like NYC, Chicago)
>>53990889
>>53991314
They're kinda out of ideas huh, can't think of a way to reinvent a modernist box so they just start throwing random colors everywhere. Or maybe it's because there are more female architects now
>>53987863
Skylines only look "good" when you have at least 10 or so buildings.
Unlike traditional architecture where if the skyline is dominated only by a single church spire and a few smaller chimneys, it still looks nice. And of course you also have more developed ones like pic related.
>>53991861
Here are some modern commies being built in an Oslo suburb. Not sure why this is even allowed.
>i-it's fine becuz colours
>>53991978
Doesn't look too bad really, bland but alright. Higher quality materials than plain concrete
>>53991861
Heh.
May the random colour cladding phase come to a swift end.
I think even Modernists, with their ultra-low standard for aesthetics, started getting bored of the same old shit buildings being built everywhere, and so their big innovation was: we'll make the buildings with random colouring.
Pic related. It's different shades of blue. Amazing.
>>53991818
Korab, you left the trip on, you worthless tard.
>>53991861
Seriously, what the fuck was NYC thinking when they gave the green light to build that flimsy piece of shit skyscraper?
>>53992130
reeeee a picture for ants
also why all of this hate for modernism? literally *tips fedora of architecture
>>53992251
$$$
>>53991861
that thing looks awful
>>53992288
>>53992130
youre not gonna see innovation in commercial buildings that look for cheap meme materials to uild with (like colored aluminum sheets for example)
the colors are a convergence of architecture with the graphic design aesthetic imo
>>53992397
*tips
>implying everyone must build only traditional buildings and never invent anything new
>>53992363
I don't think it's the worst in the city, it just really sticks out since it's so much taller than other buildings
>>53992554
well NYC is full of generic boxes
american """architecture"""
>>53992554
I personally think it's pretty bad, not because of height, but because of its unimaginative design. I know the architects actually set out to make the plainest tower they could, but I'm not sure if that's good for a landmark tower of those proportions.
>>53992631
Something happened in the 60s and 70s
Sears tower will always be the GOAT skyscraper
>>53992686
Same spot 20 years later
>>53992711
You mean Willis Tower senpai
>>53992648
Oh yeah that's what I meant, if it wasn't so tall the architecture wouldn't be so bad. But it's not worthy of being one of the tallest
>>53992711
There are people in this thread RIGHT NOW who weren't alive when the Sears Tower was still the tallest building on Earth.
>>53992648
432 park avenue's design is completely not suitable for such tacky and dominant tower
>>53992711
>edgy dark facade
>two evil horns to commemorate satan
>based on a cigarette box
Always gave me the most evil of vibes.
>>53992711
>mfw there are people who actually think that one world trade center is the tallest building in the western hemisphere
>mfw no face
>>53992936
I love black but a black skyscraper? A black building in general? What the fuck is this Mordor? It's kind of negative energy desu.
But anyway, it's classic.
>>53993009
MUH HEIGHT TO THE ROOF
>>53993063
>not loving big black buildings
>>53993112
>muh spire
kill yourself my man
>>53992851
>people born in 98 are now allowed to post here
>>53993154
a spire is a part of a building
you will not count spire in churches either?
>>53993226
holy shit stop making me feel depressed ;_; I just remembered I'm going to die
>>53993063
Post your buildfu.
>>53993915
looks like HQ of some evil corporation
>looking at buildings under construction in nyc
>they're all skinny, ugly pieces of shit
>look at skyscrapers under construction in Norway
>there are none
>>53994037
Imagine how fucked the skyline will look in 20 years.
>>53994037
>>they're all skinny, ugly pieces of shit
reeee I hate when all these people from America talk like "LOOK AT THIS BUILDING BOOM IN NYC CHINA IS NOTHING LOOK WE STILL THE BEST WE ARE BUILDING MOST USA #1 USA #1 USA #1" when everything they build in NYC are slim tacky towers when in China they build monumental giants
>>53992733
Weren't set backs required after a certain height? Did they just stop giving a shit in the 60s?
>>53994204
Not very. Or rather, I think it was already fucked when they built tons of those big cubes
>>53994204
The skyline has been fucked since the 60s with the corporate shitboxes just now instead of offices its empty foreign investment pencil towers
>>53995216
Yeah. Partially so that the streets would get sunlight, but I guess also because there wasn't a good way to light up the interiors of the houses so they couldn't be super wide. Then when that was technically convenient, they could just build boxes with a lot of floorspace
>>53995245
Oh wait that's not the picture I wanted to post. This is the one, it has the ones currently being built, or at least some of them
>>53995274
>empty
>>53995451
People buy those apartments as an investment and to hide their money, but they'll spend maybe two days a year in those apartments
>>53995553
or they maybe let their kids live there Idk
NYC has one of the lowest vacancy rates in the world I don't believe any fucking building like this in Manhattan just stays empty
>>53995683
They affect the skyline immensely but they dont have a huge effect on occupancy rate since the skinnyscrapers going up have like one unit a floor. The Penthouse owner of 432 Park says he never intends to live there Im not sure if he's even visited yet
>>53992549
>>implying everyone must build only traditional buildings and never invent anything new
You can invent new things without completely ignoring history and location.
>>53995992
no one is fucking destroying entire cities and building modern shit, people just want to make something NEW and they are fucking bored of all the same traditional architecture(most of which is just reviving the older architecture)
I don't even know how building something different is ignoring history and location lol you are just mad something doesn't fits in your narrow-minded vision of the world
if people thought like this we would never invent a fucking wheel
>>53996201
>people just want to make something NEW
Why are they still making modernist boxes that could have been made any time over the past 100 years then? And you've completely misinterpreted my post regardless. I wasn't talking about destroying cities when I talked about ignoring history and location, I was talking about purposefully ignoring lessons learnt over thousands of years of architecture and building glassy boxes in locations that aren't suited to them. Being called narrow-minded by a modernist is pretty hilarious though so thanks for that.
>>53987863
Do Swedes like this?
>>53997277
they hate it
>>53997277
That tower is too good for Malmö 3bh
What do you think of this proposal for Brooklyn? Pretty weird location
>>53998311
no I think it's reall good they are starting to develop another parts of the city
I kind of like the project itself, someone in /urban/ once said it's very ugly but I don't really think so
it's much better than 432 avenue : ^ )
>>53998311
Interesting design, but as you say, odd placement. At least for an underdeveloped area.
most skyscrapers in a city are lame, but then i think how cities without any skyscraper are boring unless they ahve historical buildings
cities with skyscrapers feel like every corner is its own world, theres always something to discover somewhere
Time for some Norwegian skyscraper proposals. This one is the current tallest at 140 metres, and part of a new area planned outside of Oslo, around where the Statoil Headquarters are.
>>53999151
Another one, but across the whole country, in Stavanger. It'll be 118 metres, just 1 metre taller than our current tallest.
>>53999213
Back to Oslo, with one seen in these threads before. It'll be about the same height as the second tallest tower in our cunt, which would be 110m.
>>53999284
Pretty sleek
>>53999284
Here's also in Oslo, just in front of the pictured """cluster""" there. Part of the new train station development, and probably going to be about 95 metres tall. Criticized by many for looking like a ramp.
>>53995553
>meters
>>53999393
>imperial system
>>53999151
>>53999213
>>53999284
SKYLINE NÅR?!?!?!
>>53999380
Winner of a competition to redesign our second tallest (Postgirobygget). All green n shiiet, with increased height from 110 to 130m. I have mixed feelings about it, especially since even if it's technically taller, the redesign makes it look shorter.
>>53999317
Yeah, it's the only one I really want to see go through of these.
>>53999510
Kan vel bli noe de neste 10 år. Barcode er så å si ferdig nå, og disse to går nok igjennom så snart nye Oslo S kommer igang >>53999380
>>53999284
>>53999380
Fæl fåvæ
Shinjuku, Tokyo's busiest district, in 1930
>>53993965
R8
>>54000030
breddy gud, but
>not the cocoon tower
shit's so mad alien
>>53999151
>>53999213
>>53999284
>>53999380
>norwegian "skyscrapers"
Is Romania too poor for skyscrapers?
>>54000486
What can I say, it's a small nation and our nature doesn't make it easy, but at least we tried.
>>54000625
I wanna see a huge modern Scandanavian long house. A hockey rink and football field in one place.
>>53979383
Monterrey, Mexico
>>53992554
It is the worst building. The last thing New York City needs is more property marketed to sand niggers with oil.
>this is the tallest building in my city
wew lads
>>53992554
It's being joined by a bunch of other skyscrapers with similar heights. The place will even out. The buildings are pissing off the locals though because it's only increasing value for the ultra rich and blocking the sunlight from getting into central park. As much as I love skyscrapers and dense cities, I am with the poorfags on this one.
>>54006154
>Townsville
>Town
>Ville
Do we need to explain what a city is?
>>54006154
>City of citycity
>>53999380
They're planning to build a kinda similar structure in Tampere railway station.
>>54007049
I like this
>>54007049
>>54003901
Here cleanse your palate with some nicer buildings.
>>54007143
Atm the area looks pretty much like this, they're going to cover all the tracks.
>>54007257
This one is a little strange looking, but I still like it.
How about antique urbanism ? Roman theatre
>>54007314
Still used for various events today
>>54007304
>>54007314
>>54007337
It's nice to see old structures still in use.
It's 2016 and they're building a shopping mall this unimaginative in the centre of our our 2nd largest city... Where's all the ambition?
>>54007366
Man these air conditioners look really ugly haging out of windows.
>>54007385
That is pretty bad. Looks almost like a warehouse from that pic.
>>53999928
Truly beautiful
>>54007366
>It's nice to see old structures still in use.
Those Roman arenas too are still used for concerts
>>54007484
>>54007385
This new residential area being constructed right now will also be dull af, those monotonous brick facaded soviet blocks are just meh...
>>54007522
RIP
>>54007509
Metallica came here
>>54007508
Gentrification is taking its toll on Brooklyn; here's hoping the projects don't last.
>>54007509
>>54007590
Based, there's another thing to eventually do.
>>54007603
Last pic from me.
Sarona. First a German colony, then an army camp and as of last year an open-air mall with shops and restaurants, after years of construction that included moving entire buildings. The latest in a series of old compounds around the country turned into shopping districts.
Honestly, I'm disappointed. It's not worse than the soulless mall they would have put in if they had permission to tear the old houses down, but everything outside the houses is underwhelming. The streetlights, the footpaths, the gardening, it all looks like the default stuff you'd see in a recently renovated municipal park.
>>54007561
>>54007522
>>54007484
>>54007462
>>53999928
now just commieblocks : ^ )
>>53997277
The building itself is amazing, it's just out of place.
>>54013322
nice
>>54018775
Where is this?
>>54019101
Paris. Interesting towers, as they look much taller than they actually are.
>>54015178
Wow.
>>54007385
They are building these in Manchester.
Manchester wants to be our second city. But who will it attract when it looks like this?
I remember hearing a news story about some Mediterranean footballer moving to Manchestter to play for Manunited, and his girlfriend, and him, were saying how miserable it is and how offputting the miserableness of it is with regards to moving there.
But then, as I have said before, modernist architecture is about making things which looks like prisons or warehouses, so what do you expect.
>>54022104
Looks like outskirt housing, so not too bad. I visited Manchester, and it certainly felt like a proper second city. Everything was very large-scale, and things were constantly under construction.
Posting city i live close to:
”Örlogsstaden” Karlskrona, The city was founded in 1680 when the Royal Swedish Navy was relocated from the Stockholm area to the Trossö island (picture). The city name means Karl's Crown in honour of King Karl XI of Sweden.
The city has kept its street structure since its foundation. Since the streets all follow a grid pattern the winds can blow freely from the sea right into the heart of the city. Parts of the city (mainly the Naval Port) have been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
In October 1981 the Whiskey-class Soviet submarine S-363 (called "U137" by the Swedes) ran aground in the archipelago near Sturkö just outside Karlskrona.
The city is positioned at the south east corner of Sweden with excellent connections to the other side of the Baltic Sea. There is a ferry line to Gdynia in Poland (cheap as fug) transporting both goods and passengers.
Military Academy Karlberg, Stockholm
Karlaplan, Stockholm
Stockholm
>tfw China has five 10 million + urban areas
>>54025151
And all look like shit tbqh.
>>54025151
>>54025288
Also, post some Warsawa.
Very friendly reminder that Chicago is a shithole, a "city" catering to tourists and a blatant tourist trap at that. Almost all skyscrapers are unused (vacant office space is sky-high). Shitcago is shit.
>>54025526
Most American city's are shitholes with no soul.
>>54025631
Wrong, you idiotic Scandicuck. NYC and certain parts of Miami are great.
>>54025684
"most"
>>54025288
>>54025372
lel Chinese megacities look better/on par with Warsaw desu
>>54027377
amazing photo
>>54027425
I WANT WARSAWA
>>53995325
So glad they ditched the 'spire' on Nordstrom.
>>53998311
Pretty terrible render. Hard to judge properly, especially the color.
>>54025631
That's because white people fled the cities.
>>54025151
It's more than that nowadays.
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=cities+in+China+with+population+greater+than+10+million
Also
>93 cities of 5 million or more
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=cities+in+China+with+population+more+than+5+million
>>54027557
but it's Warszawa lad
>>54029359
yeah I know I just went with official urban area stats
honestly it's pretty hard to judge how big exactly are the Chinese cities
>>54029359
lol this link you gave it's bullshit Zhoukou, Nanyang, Baoding are all small cities
These cities are for sure 10m+:
Shanghai
Beijing
Guangzhou
Tianjin
Shenzhen
Chongqing
But probably some other cities like Chengdu have metro of 10m+
Why do Asian cities try and make their cities as bright as possible?
>>54029707
It depends on methodology, if you are talking urban, metro, conurbation, etc. By some counts they are definitely 10 million+.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baoding
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanyang,_Henan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhoukou
I think if you used flexible counting there are probably 10 or more cities that qualify.
POST MORE HONG KONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>54030228
I just noticed on the Baoding page it says:
>13 Chinese cities with a population of over 10 million
Lots of disagreement among sources, but god damn China is populous.
>>54030457
Ok.
>>54030561
>>54030228
none of these 3 cities have real metro of 10 million(desu I never even heard about any of these cities), they can be counted as conurbation at best, and it's just probably because of fucked up Chinese statistics, like they claimed Chongqing is "40 million city" when in fact most of it's area is rural
>>54030623
>>54030672
Probably true.
>>54030457
OK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>54022104
The shopping centre I posted is being built in Tampere, which has a nickname of "Manse" since it's like the Manchester of Finland :^)
>>54030746
The pride of my city :S
>>54030771
I love those apartment blocks on the hills.
>>54030771
>>54030746
>>54030623
>>54030561
Thanks guys!!!!!!
And are you the only urban pole? Normally he's got no trip.
>>54030807
>>54030904
I just love the cyberpunkism.
How does SF and Seattle rank to other cities? Boring? Dull? Small?
>>54031012
I love how absurd parts of Hong Kong look.
This building is my favorite.
>>54030892
Same Area
>>54031025
Are we talking skylines?
Seattle is the second best skyline in USA.
SF is boring as fuck.
IMO
>>54031177
third best*
Dunno how I mistyped that.
post penthouses guys
>>54031289
The new massive building looks somehow creepy in a futuristic way.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reUxh8hEpTY
>>54030938
yeah I'm this Pole though there is a second one now
>>54031080
feng shui/10
>>54031342
>>54031391
Seoul on that photo looks like some kind of futuristic dystopia
Btw another supertall will be built there, Hyundai Global Business Center
>>54031693
A bunch of before and after pics in my city,most show the effect comunism had over city planing.
>>54031793
This area is called the ''cucu'' market, and that big grey thing is the palace of justice
>>54031757
I think this is tied with Steinway for best looking towers going up in NYC
>>54031883
Moscow. near Timirjazevskaja's station
Now they are building 4th house
>>54031793
Communism is disgusting
These threads are so fucking depressing. I will never live in any of the places that are posted here.
Posting Oslo because it's the place I'm stuck in for the next six years.
>>54031881
Every morning when i go to college there is a trafic jam here
>>54031945
Why? Oslo is better than most of these cities
>>54031978
Moscow, Hodynskoje pole
My favorite subway's part, Preobraženski metro brigdge
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9o8MngkUTKE
>>54032032
A change for the better. That area used to be really poor,and the comunists simply demolished it and made a park there. Now we have this office building
>>54031964
>These threads are so fucking depressing. I will never live in any of the places that are posted here.
Yeah desu all this vibe and energy and you will never experience it yourself. >:
>>54032034
what are your thougts on MIBC?
>>54032137
This area used to be flooded every major rain,until they made the local river secure,building ditch
>>54032031
Not him, but Oslo is pretty weak for a capital city, and it's too split between the really high-class west and the really shoddy east.
>>54032221
don't understand
>>54032447
Do you like the Moscow International Business Center?
new thread
>>54032606
>>54032606
>>54032606
>>54032326
I mean there's not much that can be done right? Small country population and weather isn't exactly helpful.
>>54008174
Sarona is literally disgusting. It is hipster shit for the masses
