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Wait, what? A building that actually looks like a building and not a grass-covered blob, titanium dodecahedron, or thinly-veiled 1970s tower-in-the-park throwback? A building that doesn't assault the eyes with pointless leans and swoops and spikes? A building that features a sane and pleasant fenestration pattern instead of randomly sized and placed inhuman slits for windows? A building that respects its context and fits in well with its urban setting? A building that fits in at all, rather than destroying the space by calling attention to itself? A building that's pedestrian friendly? What's that building doing in this thread? Surely there are sixty-million more concrete boxes and cantilevered soul crushers we could have instead! :haha: That may be the first building in this thread to date that I don't find an abomination. Thank you for that. :) |
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Yeah that KPF building is stunning, especially for KPF. It doesn't have that castley/art-deco throwback that they used to be so fond of. Very nice!
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WOW :omg: those Korean Mound buildings are AMAZING!
They are an entirely new category of progressive style, IMO. I'm also very impressed with the Granada building, it reminds me of the Utah Natural History Museum that's about to be built on a Salt Lake City mountainside. |
Ballandean House / Arkhefield
Architects: Arkhefield Location: Ballandean, Queensland, Australia Project Team: Andrew Gutteridge, John Croser, Steffen Tuck, Justin Boland Project Year: 2006 Photographer: Scott Burrows, Aperture Architectural Photography http://www.archdaily.com/8090/ballan...se-arkhefield/ http://www.archdaily.com/wp-content/...tt-burrows.jpg http://www.archdaily.com/wp-content/...tt-burrows.jpg http://www.archdaily.com/wp-content/...tt-burrows.jpg http://www.archdaily.com/wp-content/...tt-burrows.jpg http://www.archdaily.com/wp-content/...tt-burrows.jpg http://www.archdaily.com/wp-content/...tt-burrows.jpg http://www.archdaily.com/wp-content/...tt-burrows.jpg http://www.archdaily.com/wp-content/...tt-burrows.jpg http://www.archdaily.com/wp-content/...tt-burrows.jpg |
guys Im not particularly impressed by villas for the uber rich with obsessive compulsive disorders. It seems anything boxy and glassy is the statement-du-jour of those mistaking minimalism with functionalism, and still doing the less-is-more. If anyones ever tried living in a minimalist environment you'll know it just doesnt WORK, it doesn't function. Lovely to look at, but unliveable. After about day 3 it just looks like a messy council flat with bare walls :D
TRying to put in anything that isnt out of a courbousien catalogue just completely makes the space look cheap, and jars - stuff like a kids room, posters, Xmas trees, antiques, paperwork, household utensils, food, shopping bags, cables, shoes, books, plug extensions, clothes stands, toys, washing machines, hoovers, tvs, microwaves, family portraits, cups, bikes, ornaments, grannies, anything you bought while travelling - stuff that is the detritus of daily life or signs of reality (or a soul) must at all times be stored away (read: hidden) with immediate effect. Lovely as a spa, unreasonable and demanding as an abode. This house contains 16 objects as far as I can see. IMO after the novelty wears off, you'd get very bored, like a lovely suburban home in a dead neighbourhood, where all you can do is stare out of the window or watch tv, and start to feel empty: http://static.worldarchitecturenews....ricks%2007.jpg Unlike this one. All of it would have to go: http://www.studiomama.com/images_all...elf/shelf3.jpg |
Excellent point muppet.
I'm also mystified about the windows in so many modern houses. Why live life on exhibit to every passer by? How creepy and constraining that would be for a normal person, who would immediately cover everything with blinds. Third, this house has far too much sunlight. If I visited, I'd end up huddled behind a shady column. |
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^True. I do enjoy the contour-line massing, though--really emphasizes the synthesis of geometry and topography.
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:omg: It's the building for a local savings bank, but the floorplan looks like a chromosome, which doesn't make sense to me. It still looks cool though:
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Salt Lake City Resort - Progressively Green Design - Going Platinum
Salt Lake City's Park City Resort - Swaner EcoCenter and Preserve http://www.jetsongreen.com/images/20.../ecocenter.png jetsongreen.com EcoCenter a feat of environmental ingenuity - http://www.parkrecord.com/todaysheadlines/ci_11149239 Views from the new tower at the soon-to-be-unveiled Swaner EcoCenter dumbfound even nature preserve officials... http://extras.mnginteractive.com/liv...ns_Gallery.jpg Architect Soren Simonsen explains how the new Swaner EcoCenter at Kimball Junction fits with the environment. Photo by David Ryder ...The Swaner EcoCenter, which consists of roughly 1,200 acres that saddle Interstate 80, will unveil its new learning facility Sunday near the northwestern edge of the preserve. The 10,000-square-foot building, with its interactive exhibits, is certified platinum, the highest ranking from Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, a group which ranks buildings based on their green architectural features. http://jetsongreen.typepad.com/./pho...23/wemodel.png http://www.jetsongreen.com/2008/10/swaner-ecocente.html . |
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As someone who lives with a neat freak, invariably the first thing that comes to mind in a lot of these modernist buildings is "how do they clean those windows". But that applies to everything else as well. Most of these seem incredibly expensive, if not completely impossible to maintain. |
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Gotta love Morphosis... they win the award for graphics that tell you absolutely nothing about what the finished product will be.
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Barcelona Biomedical Research Park / Manel Brullet & Albert de Pineda
Architects: Manel Brullet & Albert de Pineda Location: Barcelona, Spain Project year: 2006 Client: Grup Agrupació Mutua, Ajuntament de Barcelona y el Consorci (Zona Franca de Barcelona) Structural Engineer: Manuel Arguijo, Arq. Artists: $42,35M Euro (US $54M) Constructed Area: 55,000 sqm http://www.archdaily.com/9912/barcel...ert-de-pineda/ http://www.archdaily.com/wp-content/...9043650_01.jpg http://www.archdaily.com/wp-content/...0862547_02.jpg http://www.archdaily.com/wp-content/...2501967_03.jpg http://www.archdaily.com/wp-content/...2881013_04.jpg http://www.archdaily.com/wp-content/...9047248_15.jpg http://www.archdaily.com/wp-content/...5857188_17.jpg http://www.archdaily.com/wp-content/...6049930_21.jpg http://www.archdaily.com/wp-content/...7517117_22.jpg http://www.archdaily.com/wp-content/...0710132_23.jpg http://www.archdaily.com/wp-content/...8328399_24.jpg |
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