I think California probably has the most beautiful city halls. Those domed beauties of the past can't be beat.
Anyway, I need to take some newer pics of it, but Austin's city hall is just 4 years old. It was designed by Antoine Predock. This is the 5th building to house Austin's city hall.
These pics are 4 year old scanned film pics, so please excuse the quality!
oh... ok, i wasn't aware that alvar aalto was a brutalist... huh...
So all you have to say in response is a snotty comment concerning my miscategorization of an architect of whose work you displayed an uninteresting example of? Well heaven forbid I might make a mental slip up as to image Tadao Ando when I think of Alvar Aalto. Yeesh.
Just in case anyone didn't know Azusa is a suburb in the Los Angeles metro. I actually forgot about this one. I should be ashame since I lived in Azusa for a 1 1/2 years back in the 90's. I spent a lot of time in the downtown area at the local library.
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Since I don't want small towns to be forgotten here is another California city hall from the 1920's- Azusa California
I think California probably has the most beautiful city halls. Those domed beauties of the past can't be beat.
Anyway, I need to take some newer pics of it, but Austin's city hall is just 4 years old. It was designed by Antoine Predock. This is the 5th building to house Austin's city hall.
These pics are 4 year old scanned film pics, so please excuse the quality!
Kevin, I think I'm in love. That is one very attractive building IMO. I especially like the stone they used. Is that a native stone found in the area? Also, the lines and contrasting materials are superb! Absolutely warm, embracing, and beautiful, yet also comtemporary.
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Haven't had the chance of visiting Austin's City Hall but it does look pretty good. Seems to go with all the new buildings that have been built. Here are some more pics of Dallas City Hall. dallasarchitecture.info dextrovert.com dallasarchitecture.info
First thing I think when I look at the New York City Hall is "Wow, that must fit only the Mayor and his staff." Though, I do like the design allot, I immediately assumed that there must be allot of annex space taken up in surrounding buildings. I was pleased to see pics of the NYC Municipal building and how beautiful it is. Definately not just another 60's piece of grunge.
The city government has become more and more dispersed over the years. The building on the right in the photo above used to be the Tweed Courthouse (a fun story in itself) but is now the main offices of the Department of Education.
First thing I think when I look at the New York City Hall is "Wow, that must fit only the Mayor and his staff." Though, I do like the design allot, I immediately assumed that there must be allot of annex space taken up in surrounding buildings. I was pleased to see pics of the NYC Municipal building and how beautiful it is. Definately not just another 60's piece of grunge.
The city, county state and federal government in New York has its own neighbourhood in Manhattan, with several skyscrapers of equal or greater size as the Municipal Building, and lots of big neoclassical courthouses.
I have mixed feelings about NY's municipal building skyscraper. I'll take it over any of these modernist buildings, but the proportions are bad compared to better traditional buildings.
Beaux Arts is just really hard to pull off in skyscraper form. It's more suited to horizontal buildings than vertical ones.
I have mixed feelings about NY's municipal building skyscraper. I'll take it over any of these modernist buildings, but the proportions are bad compared to better traditional buildings.
Beaux Arts is just really hard to pull off in skyscraper form. It's more suited to horizontal buildings than vertical ones.
If only Stanford White had lived a little longer - I would have loved to see what his contribution would have been.
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