[Dac150]

This competition is to measure you pure design and creative abilities. Your job is to design an art-deco building of any size, amount of floors, and for any use.

There will be a poll thread open on the date August 10, 2007 so people can vote for their favorite building. You CANNOT post your design prior to that date. Any who do so will be taken out of the competition.

Most of you already know what the rules are, but for those of you who do not I'll post them again.

Rules:

-No Textures
-No windows
-only pure design
-nothing from 3-D wharehouse

Please for those who want to join in the competiton, please announce it on this thread prior to the poll date.
I'll also ask that someone please make a seperate poll thread for us to vote on the date of the 10th. Whoever does so please PM me so that I know prior to putting the thread out.

The designs will be posted on that poll thread "AND NOTHING ELSE" on the day of the 10th, so people can view all the designs and then vote.
Everybody who decides to join, have funa and good luck. :tup:

Everybody who decides to join the competiton MAKE SURE YOU HAVE READ ALL THE RULES, good luck, and most of all have fun!:yes: :tup:

Thank you.

[Austin55]

I cant do it I dont think,Im busy all next week:(but also,If I can,August 10, 2007 I will be gone for a week just before that date.

[Mocholate]

I will do one , but i will have to texture it cos i want to put it in my SSP city
and because alot of mine are textured by hand/mouse i have to add it during the build :tup:

[Tanster]

dac? no textures at all so it has to be white??

[Peter]

I will do it, however, I believe you should alter those rules a little. Yes, pure design, as in, no whole-building textiures, however, the entire facades can be designed including windows and up-close textures (like "stucco" or "concrete" for example) may be used so the buildings have not just a plain appearance. Those who agree with this please say so, so the rules can officially be changed.

[Dac150]

The point of this project is to showcase your ability in design therefore a pure white building would be best.

You can use google textures like concrete. roofing, etc...., if you wish.

[Mocholate]

I think we need to , window design and colour shemes are 2 elements that strongly define a deco design

[Dac150]

You can use colors but no windows.

[malec]

^^ Why not just build the windows from scratch

[mikeR]

i dont understand why we cant have windows either or textures we have made ourselves

I want to be in the compition by the way.

[Dac150]

Forget everything I said and do what you want. I don't care anymore.

[Austin55]

:previous: jeez.cont me in though.honestly I am very proud of mine,and I cant wait to post it!can we have multiple entries?

[Dac150]

Someone else either make a new thred or take charge of this one. I'll still put in an entry, but I no longer want to run the competition. Sorry.

[Austin55]

you can do it,just calmdown a bit:D

[Dac150]

you can do it,just calmdown a bit:D

I dont need to calm down, and I dont want to do it anymore. :D :rolleyes:

Just someone take it over and change the rules.:yes:

[Austin55]

mocholate:P

[Mocholate]

:haha: i don't wanna take over :P

but maybe we can have 2 divisions like austin mentioned , 1 - plain white/some plain texture 2- with hand drawn windows :shrug:

these comps are never easy to agree on :tup: :haha:

[Austin55]

:previous: thats what om doing,but thats not what I said.for the crown what sirt if material would one use?

[Dac150]

It gets just too complicated. Perhaps fox or Patrick will do it?

[Mocholate]

I was thinking maybe CGII could , he always has some good ideas :tup:

[Austin55]

I have a slight prob,im going to be gone all next week,should i post my stuff now or what?

[Dac150]

Thats up to whoever makes a new deadline. I for one don't see why not. The more entries the better.

[Austin55]

ok ima post it now,will someone post it in the poll later on?

[Austin55]

Cathedral tower,
Info,
850 feet tall
san felix or manhatten
mixed use
it took me only 20 minutes,and is a very nice ESB ripoff:P :haha:


http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x111/austin5555/t5.png
http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x111/austin5555/t4.png

I will post more info later. thanks for allowing me to bend the rules.

[Dac150]

Here is mine:

Name: Parc East
Location: Manhattan
Floors: 25
Use: Luxury Residential

http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/2645/frontvh0.jpg

http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/402/upon2.jpg

http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/4603/topei0.jpg

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/5631/sideeo0.jpg

http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/4666/reartk2.jpg

There you have it............
Hope you enjoy!:D

[Austin55]

:tup:

[Peter]

nvm

[Peter]

nvm

[mikeR]

here is mine it is in my city Wickliffe but i never finished it but now it is.

Confluence Tower 92 stories 375m built in 1932

http://www.photojiggle.com/miker/confluence_tower1.jpg

http://www.photojiggle.com/miker/confluence_tower3.jpg

http://www.photojiggle.com/miker/confluence_tower2.jpg

[Patrick]

Are we allowed to post buildings form our own city?

[Dac150]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
No, I think an original building is better.

[CGII]

I was confused about your instructions at first, especially how a lack of windows meant 'skill,' but what you want is a massing model, not a detailed model of any building. You want the buildings judged on their form and nothing else, and you want entries that look like Hugh Ferris sketches:

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s/DISPLAY/chrysler/images/ferris.jpg

[Dac150]

Yes. That is exactly it. Look at my entry on the 1st page as an example.

[Cirrus]

It is complete folly to suggest that geometric shape is the only component of design. The detail of texture is as or even more important, particularly in regards to pre-modernist styles such as Art-Deco.

Not that I don't think massing models are useful, but to suggest that massing = design is narrow minded.

[Cirrus]

Anyway, I have a design sitting around here I may as throw into the ring... though I'll have to find it.

[mikeR]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
No, I think an original building is better.

please clarify a little better about how my design isn't original and why it is better if I just come up with the idea now instead of 3 months ago.

I'm just a little confused here

[Dac150]

please clarify a little better about how my design isn't original and why it is better if I just come up with the idea now instead of 3 months ago.

I'm just a little confused here

It's better in this case if it's fresh from the mind. So if you don't mind, make a new one from scratch.:yes:

[mikeR]

It's better in this case if it's fresh from the mind. So if you don't mind, make a new one from scratch.

No, Thanks I'm ok with my current design.

O and my mind was fresh the whole time I was making it.

[Mocholate]

I think all who have already posted their design should start again anyway and post it as per original instructions ,i.e 8th August - it makes it more likely that someone will top your design knowing what you guys have already done

[Mocholate]

10th August ,oops

[mikeR]

Mocholate I think if we did that it would take away from the competitiveness of the competition.

I might make another design anyway. But I'm pretty lazy

[Dac150]

My design is the one that follows the guidelines the most. Use mine as an example you all of you can understand what to do. Look at page one to see.

For those who have it any other way will not be in the competition. You need to follow the guidelines. People like mikeR, austin55, etc... need to put in a new design that complies with the rules.

That is how a competition works, by following rules.

[Austin55]

For those who have it any other way will not be in the competition. You need to follow the guidelines. People like mikeR, austin55, etc... need to put in a new design that complies with the rules.

mine was textured cause I placed it in SF:shrug: I edited my post and will post more pics later.

[CGII]

http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/2438/tower2kb0.jpg


dac, your entry has textures.

[mikeR]

Dac i believe yours would be out of the competition also because you also have textures

so you might want to make a new one from scratch. :yes:

Also I'm not sure your mind was fresh enough when you made your building

[Austin55]

do the trees in my entry count?:jester: no really?

[Dac150]

Dac i believe yours would be out of the competition also because you also have textures

so you might want to make a new one from scratch. :yes:

Also I'm not sure your mind was fresh enough when you made your building

Don't be a smart ass. If you read correctly I said textures that google sketchup provides are accepted.

And BTW what I said before was not suppose to be an insult. Lighten up.:yes:

[mikeR]

here is my new one since my first one didn't fit the compitition apparently

http://www.photojiggle.com/miker/artdeco1.jpg

http://www.photojiggle.com/miker/artdeco2.jpg1

http://www.photojiggle.com/miker/artdeco4.jpg

[Dac150]

Sofar we have acceptable entries form:
-Dac150
-austin55 (just the version un-textured)
-CGII
-mikeR

Patrick & Cirrus will be putting entries in.


And austin, you are allowed trees.

[Austin55]

TY I will go edit my post now. When will the poll start?

[Dac150]

There will be a poll thread with a (poll obviously), and pictures of all the entries on August 10th (open until August 20th).

[mikeR]

alrite mine is acceptable

Dac my bad for being a smartass I just like to do that sometimes:haha:

[Dac150]

alrite mine is acceptable

Dac my bad for being a smartass I just like to do that sometimes:haha:

Its, alright, we've all been there.:yes:

[Patrick]

Heres mine, its not very good, or creative, or sexy, but what the hell.
http://i19.tinypic.com/4tknl14.jpg http://i10.tinypic.com/4lerfib.jpg http://i15.tinypic.com/625mzbn.jpg

[Austin55]

is anyone else making one?
Foxmtbr,Tanster,treres,daneoo8,boiseairport,flyersfan? mo,your making one no?

[Mocholate]

ok,

here is mine , but i think its more Gothic than Deco :P

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c297/choppdat/gotham.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c297/choppdat/ooooooooo111.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c297/choppdat/c123.jpg

[DanE008]

Alright I made one, but the rules were a little difficult to understand.....
many contradictions. Anyways, this is a 13 story tower with no textures? but it has windows? and that's it.

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa181/supafly4life/20070806190525_2m17s.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa181/supafly4life/20070806185656_6m51s.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa181/supafly4life/20070806182929_27s.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa181/supafly4life/20070806191501_8m26s.jpg

[foxmtbr]

is anyone else making one?
Foxmtbr,Tanster,treres,daneoo8,boiseairport,flyersfan? mo,your making one no?

I have the intent of making one, but I have no idea what to do, and I'm not sure whether I'll have the time to do it. It's safe to say that you shouldn't hold your breath. :frog:

[Austin55]

IMO a good comp. would be something like boris 550's superblock.:shrug:

[Mocholate]

yeah , good work everyone :tup:

what's a Boris 550 superblock?:shrug:

[treras93]

:previous: check out the last page of the steinopolis thread:)

[ThatKidFromBoise]

I tried making an Art-Deco tower...ugh, I just don't have the knowledge or creativity to design one. I started one and it was pretty much fugly, lol.

Anthony

[Tanster]

is anyone else making one?
Foxmtbr,Tanster,treres,daneoo8,boiseairport,flyersfan? mo,your making one no?

Im working on it :tup:Do we need to post information on the design??

[Lecom]

Dac, this contest was a great idea. Everyone here did a good job, mut my favorite ones are from Patrick and Mocholate.

[Dac150]

Cirrus-

This is a message for you. Could you possibly make a poll thread on August 10th and transfer everybodies entries over to the poll thread. I would greatly appreciate it.:haha:

If you can, thank you,
-Dac150:tup:

[Cirrus]

Uh, OK. I guess. Dunno how I got drafted for the job, but I'll do it.

[Dac150]

Uh, OK. I guess. Dunno how I got drafted for the job, but I'll do it.

I just figured that because your a mod, you'll be responsible and remeber. No offence to anyone else.

But thank you Cirrus.

[Tanster]

okay Im done.. heres the Design for the entry.

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g280/Joey313_photos/CrossTower1.jpg


http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g280/Joey313_photos/CrossTowerCrown.jpg



http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g280/Joey313_photos/CrossTower3.jpg


http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g280/Joey313_photos/crossTower4.jpg

[Mocholate]

oooh , sexy :boogy:

[Austin55]

:tup: ok

[Mocholate]

no :whip:

btw , good on ya Cirrus :tup: :cheers:

[Dac150]

who else is making one? we cold probably start the poll early.

The date is August 10th for the poll and thats it. Don't confuse people.

[Aleks]

hmmm.... idk if this counts but im just gonna post some pictures anyways...
does this work?
http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/Aleks0o01/46.3.png
http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/Aleks0o01/46.1.png
http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/Aleks0o01/46.2.png

[Dac150]

No, thats not art-deco. That to me looks like a modern building in Dubai. But it's a very beautiful building.

[Aleks]

well what about this?
http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/Aleks0o01/ArtDecoCompetition.2.png
http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/Aleks0o01/ArtDecoCompetition.1.png
http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/Aleks0o01/ArtDecoCompetition.png
is this art deco?

[Dac150]

No, that is like mid east architecture. Look at the above entries for a reference.

[Patrick]

THIS is art deco.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ad/Buffalo_City_Hall_-_001.jpg/300px-Buffalo_City_Hall_-_001.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Chrysler_Building_by_David_Shankbone.jpg/300px-Chrysler_Building_by_David_Shankbone.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9f/Griffobserva.jpg/300px-Griffobserva.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7e/Cincimuseum.jpg/300px-Cincimuseum.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/2005-04-11_780x1400_chicago_carbon_building.jpg/300px-2005-04-11_780x1400_chicago_carbon_building.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Peace_Hotel.JPG/300px-Peace_Hotel.JPG

[Aleks]

hmm... i give up its supposed to look like the building right under Big Ben. isn't that art deco? or gothic?

[Dac150]

hmm... i give up its supposed to look like the building right under Big Ben. isn't that art deco? or gothic?

That building under Big Ben that you are refering to is not art deco to my knowledge, and the building you made does not resemble it IMO. Sorry if I'm being a jerk, but I'm trying to be honest to get you a proper entry. :yes:

[Aleks]

no your not being a jerk. its actually an good thing criticizing because that way when i become an architect i won't bother when people criticize my work.
by the way i want to start a competition too. Is it best that I wait until this 1 is over to start it?

[Mocholate]

your last attempt could be deco -minus the taller spires and add some more setbacks :tup:

[CGII]

Art Deco was a popular design movement from 1920 until 1939, affecting the decorative arts such as architecture, interior design, and industrial design, as well as the visual arts such as fashion, painting, the graphic arts, and film. This movement was, in a sense, an amalgam of many different styles and movements of the early 20th century, including Constructivism, Cubism, Modernism, Bauhaus, Art Nouveau, and Futurism. Its popularity peaked during the Roaring Twenties. Although many design movements have political or philosophical roots or intentions, Art Deco was purely decorative. At the time, this style was seen as elegant, functional, and ultra modern as well.

History
After the Universal Exposition of 1900, various French artists formed a formal collective. This was known as La Société des artistes décorateurs. Founders included Hector Guimard, Eugène Grasset, Raoul Lachenal, Paul Follot, Maurice Dufrene, and Emile Decour. These artists heavily influenced the principles of Art Deco as a whole. This society's purpose was to demonstrate French decorative art's leading position and evolution internationally. Naturally, they organized the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes (International Exposition of Modern Industrial and Decorative Art), which would feature French art and business interests. Russian artist Vadim Meller was awarded there a gold medal for his scenic design.

The initial movement was called Style Moderne. The term Art Deco was derived from the Exposition of 1925, though it wasn't until the late 1960s that this term was coined by art historian Bevis Hillier, and popularized by his 1968 book Art Deco of the 20s and 30s. In the summer of 1969, Hillier conceived organizing an exhibition called Art Deco at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, which took place from July to September 1971. After this, interest in Art Deco peaked with the publication of Hillier's 1971 book The World of Art Deco, a record of the exhibition.[1]


Sources and attributes
It was widely considered to be an eclectic form of elegant and stylish modernism, being influenced by a variety of sources. Among them were the "primitive" arts of Africa, Egypt, and Aztec Mexico, as well as Machine Age or streamline technology such as modern aviation, electric lighting, the radio, the ocean liner and the skyscraper. These design influences were expressed in fractionated, crystalline, faceted forms of decorative Cubism and Futurism, in Fauvism's palette. Other popular themes in art deco were trapezoidal, zigzagged, geometric, and jumbled shapes, which can be seen in many early pieces.

Corresponding to these influences, Art Deco is characterized by use of materials such as aluminium, stainless steel, lacquer, inlaid wood, sharkskin (shagreen), and zebraskin. The bold use of stepped forms and sweeping curves (unlike the sinuous, natural curves of the Art Nouveau), chevron patterns, and the sunburst motif are typical of Art Deco. Some of these motifs were ubiquitous — for example, sunburst motifs were used in such varied contexts as ladies' shoes, radiator grilles, the auditorium of the Radio City Music Hall, and the spire of the Chrysler Building.

Art Deco was an opulent style, and its lavishness is attributed to reaction to the forced austerity imposed by World War I. Its rich, festive character fitted it for "modern" contexts, including the Golden Gate Bridge, interiors of cinema theaters (a prime example being the Paramount Theater in Oakland, California) and ocean liners such as the Île de France and Normandie. Art Deco was employed extensively throughout America's train stations in the 1930s[2], designed to reflect the modernity and efficiency of the train. The first Art Deco train station in the United States was the Union Station in Omaha, Nebraska.[3] [4] The unveiling of Streamline trains paralleled the construction of the Art Deco stations.

A parallel movement called Streamline Moderne, or simply Streamline, followed close behind. Streamline was influenced by the modern aerodynamic designs emerging from advancing technologies in aviation, ballistics, and other fields requiring high velocity. The attractive shapes resulting from scientifically applied aerodynamic principles were enthusiastically adopted within Art Deco, applying streamlining techniques to other useful objects in everyday life, such as the automobile. Although the Chrysler Airflow design of 1933 was commercially unsuccessful, it provided the lead for more conservatively designed pseudo-streamlined vehicles. These "streamlined" forms began to be used even for mundane and static objects such as pencil sharpeners and refrigerators.

The Art Deco style celebrates the Machine Age through explicit use of man-made materials (particularly glass and stainless steel), symmetry, repetition, modified by Asian influences such as the use of silks and Middle Eastern designs. It was strongly adopted in the United States during the Great Depression for its practicality and simplicity, while still portraying a reminder of better times and the "American Dream".


Decorative arts
Among the decorative arts during this period, architecture and sculpture are easier to recognize than other forms of Art Deco, for they experienced the greatest popularity and with greater longevity than others, such as lacquering, glass work, and industrial design. Popular sculptors include Lee Lawrie, Rene Paul Chambellan, Paul Manship, C. Paul Jennewein, and Joseph Kiselewski.

Architects of this time include Albert Anis, Ernest Cormier, Banister Flight Fletcher, Bruce Goff, Charles Holden, Raymond Hood, Ely Jacques Kahn, Edwin Lutyens, William van Alen, Wirt C. Rowland, Giles Gilbert Scott, Joseph Sunlight, Ralph Walker, Thomas Wallis, and Owen Williams.

Other forms of decorative art were very focused on elegance, dynamic design, and bright colours, while expressing practical modernity. Many popular interior designers of this period were also furniture designers. Artists like Eileen Gray, Jules Leleu, Santiago Martinez Delgado and Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann all fit into this category.

A select few industrial designers were extremely popular, such as Walter Dorwin Teague, Maurice Ascalon, and Donald Deskey. Other notable artists were Georg Jensen (silversmith), Jean Dunand (lacquer), Edgar Brandt (wrought iron), Harry Clarke (stained glass) and Cartier (clocks and jewelry).


Decline
Art Deco slowly lost patronage in the West after reaching mass production, when it began to be derided as gaudy and presenting a false image of luxury. Eventually, the style was cut short by the austerities of World War II. In colonial countries such as India and the Philippines, it became a gateway for Modernism and continued to be used well into the 1960s. Before destruction in World War II, Manila demonstrated many Art Deco buildings; a symbol of the American colonial past. Theatres and Office Buildings have been lost in the war and recently demolished and abandoned for new development. A resurgence of interest in Art Deco came with graphic design in the 1980s, where its association with film noir and 1930s glamour led to its use in ads for jewelry and fashion. South Beach in Miami Beach, Florida has the largest collection of Art Deco architecture remaining in North America as well as Tulsa, Oklahoma. Napier, New Zealand has an almost entirely Art Deco town center, rebuilt after a devastating 1931 earthquake, and mostly left unchanged since then.


Modern applications
Although Art Deco fell out of vogue in the 1940s, it has had small rebirths over subsequent decades. Its designs frequently appear in modern architecture, entertainment, and media when a "classic retro" look is sought. In media, such examples are obvious in Batman: The Animated Series from the early 1990s in which the show's creators used Art Deco styling fused with a deliberate darkness to create an Art Deco variant style often referred to as Dark Deco. Films such as Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Dick Tracy, and King Kong have various Art Deco elements as well. In Marilyn Manson's The Golden Age of Grotesque, he demonstrates an Art Deco style mixed with his Gothic trademark.

In Long Beach, California, much of the recent city development has been presented in an Art Deco-like, postmodern style. Similarly, Downtown Disney in Anaheim, California has an Art Deco-themed section. A section of the planned community of Ladera Ranch, California, has a shopping center themed to Art Deco.

Art Deco can also be seen in the graphic design of various video games, such as BioShock and the Fallout series, which use it to give their high tech settings a retro-futuristic feel. The film noir-type adventure game Grim Fandango largely takes place in a very pronounced Art Deco environment. The computer game Sim City 4 makes heavy use of Art Deco buildings.

Shanghai had a distinct Art Deco style. Today, some Shanghainese are attempting to save that architecture.

Some examples:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Eaton%27s_College_Street_Store_Toronto_Canada_-_7th_Floor_Lobby_Sketch.jpg/800px-Eaton%27s_College_Street_Store_Toronto_Canada_-_7th_Floor_Lobby_Sketch.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ec/Snowdon_Theatre_%28Montreal%29.jpg
http://www.travelpictures.co.uk/TP/FLORIDA/230225dMiami%20southbeach-pp.JPG
http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/wisconsin/milwaukee/gas/whole.jpg
http://www.dkimages.com/discover/previews/773/240031.JPG
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/fa267/20th/nyc_citybank.jpg



Basically, think of ancient themes/motifs (particularily Egyptian and Mayan) applied to classical form (base, shaft, capital, etc) with modern flair.

[Dac150]

^^^^^^^^^
Is that last building suppose to be 20 Exchange place in Lower Manhattan?

[CGII]

Why yes it is. That was back before it got dirty and before it got all the transmission equipment mounted on the roof.

[Dac150]

Love that building!

[foxmtbr]

Well, I built mine, but it doesn't follow the rules at all. :( I have windows and textures. (Though they are basic brick and glass textures, similar to my hotel tower)

I'll wait and see if people want me to post it anyways.

[Peter]

this is my attempt. :shrug: if the design is not allowed just say so, so i can make another before the date. the first image is supposed to be like an advertisement for the building in the 1920s.

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/7661/003vd8.jpg

Building proposal---
Name: Socony Plaza
Location: Midtown Manhattan, New York City
Construction:1925-1927
Height: 458 feet to spires, 445 feet to rooftops
Floor Count: 48 stories
Floor Area: 1.2 million sq. ft.

http://img479.imageshack.us/img479/7692/001uu1.jpg
http://img479.imageshack.us/img479/495/002sg3.jpg

[foxmtbr]

Awesome!

[CGII]

Makes me think of Babylon.

[Austin55]

dunno that I like the skybridge,otherwise:tup:

[Mocholate]

:cool:

[Austin55]

If you want more of my model,just check it out at 3d warehouse