View Single Post
  #22  
Old Posted Feb 19, 2006, 6:54 AM
slide_rule's Avatar
slide_rule slide_rule is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 912
if that pisses you off, then prepare to be pissed all the time.


the seagram building


the lever house

there's about a zillion different imitations of the original bauhaus style skyscrapers. unfortunately the inherent simplicity allowed many cut rate imitations to sully the style.

then there's this original:


with the following imitations:

the san remo apartments


the wrigley building


the palace of science and culture in warsaw

it's strange how an islamic moorish tower with a renaissance capital could inspire both icons of capitalism and icons of communism.
Reply With Quote