- New Classical Architecture - - Page 21

vandelay · #**401** Posted **Aug 16, 2012, 2:02 PM**

Two 1930s international style buildings by Robert Stern:

50 Connaught Road, Hong Kong:

Federal Reserve Bank, Atlanta:

jetsetter · #**402** Posted **Aug 18, 2012, 11:06 PM**

Hancock Center, Marist College - Poughkeepsie, New York - 2011

http://wiltondiaries.blogspot.com/2011/10/marist-college.html

http://collegeboundmentorblog.com/marist/

photoLith · #**403** Posted **Aug 19, 2012, 2:27 AM**

^
Thats really cool but I wouldnt exactly call that traditional style since it has lots of modern things going on with it, mainly the windows. Its got conflicting styles too, art deco, queen anne side windows, some tudor stuff, and its also neo gothic, strange; but I like it.

jetsetter · #**404** Posted **Aug 19, 2012, 2:44 AM**

It's a Robert A.M. Stern building and, like David M. Schwarz, they tend to do more of a streamlined traditional look.

jetsetter · #**405** Posted **Aug 19, 2012, 3:06 AM**

Hoover Firestation No. 2 - Hoover, Alabama

Eric Marcus @ www.emmarcusphotography.com

Eric Marcus @ www.emmarcusphotography.com

Independence Bank - Bowling Green, Kentucky

LEE Brick and Block @ www.leebrickandblock.com

jetsetter · #**406** Posted **Aug 19, 2012, 4:33 PM**

Snohomish Depot - Snohomish, Washington

http://www.rdmasonry.com/projects/templates/project1.php?picId=20&infoId=20

http://www.rdmasonry.com/projects/templates/project1.php?picId=20&infoId=20

The architecture is not spectacular but I do love glazed brick.......

photoLith · #**407** Posted **Aug 19, 2012, 5:02 PM**

All surrounded by parking lots, ugh.

Centropolis · #**408** Posted **Aug 19, 2012, 7:57 PM**

Washington University in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - newer buildings 1 by msabeln, on Flickr

Washington University in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - newer buildings 3 by msabeln, on Flickr

Wash U has been throwing up a lot of "traditional" architecture during the last 10 years. I think that it's making the campus look stale, but it's done better than a lot of attempts.

Tyler Xyroadia · #**409** Posted **Aug 20, 2012, 12:35 PM**

And now for the Curmudgeon to way in on some recent buildings...

The Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank, BRILLIANT!
The gleaming white stone, stepback tower and walls are done quite well.
The whole thing looks as if it could have easily stepped out of the 1940's
A+!

The Hancock Center in Poughkeepsie, New York.
A very... Interesting look. The walls are 'vaguely' art-deco, thought thjey do not match each other... The tower is slightly neo-gothic, and that random bay window is right from the Tudor. The whole thing has potential, but it just cannot decied what to be!
C-

Independence Bank - Bowling Green, Kentucky
Well you can't get much more tradtional then that! Now I was never one for the whole early colonial style, but a Curmudgeon should give credit where it is due. In terms of looking tradtional, this is a bloody good job
A

Washington Univeristy.
Well Bloody Hell! You can NOT tell it is a recent building other then the fact it looks "New'
And that is how you really do it, HERE is a building that didn't just set out to LOOK old, it has care crafted into it. The bricks are real, the details are real, the stonework, decorations... All bloody brilliant. Here is a modle for how it should be done
A+

ardecila · #**410** Posted **Aug 22, 2012, 6:07 AM**

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Originally Posted by Tyler Xyroadia

Independence Bank - Bowling Green, Kentucky
Well you can't get much more tradtional then that! Now I was never one for the whole early colonial style, but a Curmudgeon should give credit where it is due. In terms of looking tradtional, this is a bloody good job
A

Except for the damn windows and ESPECIALLY that front door. The sidelights are okay but you will never convey an impression of permanence and solidity with such a shitty, flimsy storefront door. The door needs to be solid and opaque, or at least the glass panels need to be much smaller set in a heavy door.

source

vandelay · #**411** Posted **Aug 29, 2012, 4:46 PM**

This apartment is going up in NYC:

via Curbed

SignalHillHiker · #**412** Posted **Aug 30, 2012, 7:49 PM**

Strict heritage protection laws and strong public opposition to anything that diminishes the city's heritage ensure just about everything in the old town area of St. John's (capital of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador) is built to resemble traditional architecture. Here are a few examples:

Some of these buildings aren't actually old but are in-fill developments:

These houses are brand new (not even sold yet) but are built in a traditional style:

These houses, as well, are brand new:

This development looks like a modern condo from the back (facing the sea) but a more traditional one from the front (facing the city).

Many of these homes in the historic Battery neighbourhood aren't actually old:

These houses, also built in a traditional style, are new as well:

Tyler Xyroadia · #**413** Posted **Aug 31, 2012, 12:27 PM**

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Originally Posted by vandelay

This apartment is going up in NYC:

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via Curbed

AH!

Good to see something liek that going up in NYC! Have been so disheartend with the countless Big Boring Boxes going up. Not sure what to make of the style, it LOOKS Like it could be art-deco, but hard to tell much detail from that photo.

vandelay · #**414** Posted **Sep 3, 2012, 1:43 PM**

Bronx Community College North Instructional Building and Library:

NYTimes article and slideshow here:
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/20.../?ref=nyregion

This is notable for a few reasons: It's a contextual academic building designed by Robert A.M. Stern; it's not in a private institution, it's for a community college in the Bronx; BCC is an architectural treasure trove that went from Stanford White classicism, to Marcel Breuer brutalism, and now has clearly rejected that in favor of more classicism. Read into that as you like.

You can read more about the campus here:

http://counterlightsrantsandblather1...campus-my.html

SignalHillHiker · #**415** Posted **Sep 3, 2012, 4:28 PM**

This building at centre is new construction and one of my favourite examples of honouring the traditional vernacular of St. John's while sill improving upon it and making it more modern:

New In-fill by SignalHillHiker, on Flickr

Busy Bee · #**416** Posted **Sep 4, 2012, 6:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by vandelay

Bronx Community College North Instructional Building and Library:

NYTimes article and slideshow here:
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/20.../?ref=nyregion

This is notable for a few reasons: It's a contextual academic building designed by Robert A.M. Stern; it's not in a private institution, it's for a community college in the Bronx; BCC is an architectural treasure trove that went from Stanford White classicism, to Marcel Breuer brutalism, and now has clearly rejected that in favor of more classicism. Read into that as you like.

You can read more about the campus here:

http://counterlightsrantsandblather1...campus-my.html

That looks fantastic.

Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't BCC at least partially located on NYU's original Bronx campus?

ThatOneGuy · #**417** Posted **Sep 4, 2012, 7:27 PM**

These buildings are so much nicer and elegant than those generic postmodern buildings you see lying around...

vandelay · #**418** Posted **Sep 5, 2012, 10:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by Busy Bee

That looks fantastic.

Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't BCC at least partially located on NYU's original Bronx campus?

That's correct. In the 70's CUNY bought the entire campus from NYU to give BCC a permanent home. It used to be NYU's science and engineering campus, which explains the terrible embrace of brutalism in the 60's.

ardecila · #**419** Posted **Sep 6, 2012, 4:43 AM**

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Originally Posted by vandelay

Looks familiar.

Quote:

BCC is an architectural treasure trove that went from Stanford White classicism, to Marcel Breuer brutalism, and now has clearly rejected that in favor of more classicism. Read into that as you like.

The Breuer stuff is phenomenal and not very-well known outside of New York. It's a shame BCC is squandering their reputation for beautiful, progressive architecture. They did choose an excellent designer when they went trad, though.

CGII · #**420** Posted **Sep 6, 2012, 4:48 AM**

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Originally Posted by vandelay

That's correct. In the 70's CUNY bought the entire campus from NYU to give BCC a permanent home. It used to be NYU's science and engineering campus, which explains the terrible embrace of brutalism in the 60's.

You think Marcel Breuer's work at BCC was 'terrible?' Those are really some fine buildings.

tom stoelker