Favorite Architect or Building

[ckgirlbr]

I love Oscar's work as well. All these buildings were designed by him, actually I think all the credits should go to the enginners who were able to build them.
Pictures taken by me/ my family
Cathedral


National Congress


Itamaraty Palace (the second one is the view from outside)

 

[ckgirlbr]

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The first pic is from baixaki, the cathedral from outside. The other ones were taken by me from the Itamaraty Palace, beautiful view.

 

[TeeKay]

Have you guys seen Niemeyer's early sketches of the National Congress?
i only saw it during a lecture and it's interesting or how few lines it was

just a few strokes and it has already outlined the basic principles of his concept.

 

[Lamia]

I have to agree with guys on previous page about The Hundertwasser House in Vienna.Such an extrodinary building.I was standing in front of it and I was just overwhealmed

photo by me

 

[gius]

ckgirlbr please remember to add the sources/credits of images you post or they have to be deleted. tFS Policy

 

[arlekindearrabal]

has this been posted yet?

Hydrapier by Asympote
Haarlemermmeer, The Netherlands

features a continous water cascade along its posterior facade, water that is pumped from the adjacent small lake, and then returned in a continous loop (not seen in these pics ). was originally built as a pavillion for an international flower convention.

elastico.net; wayfaring.info; arcspace.com

 

[ckgirlbr]

ckgirlbr please remember to add the sources/credits of images you post or they have to be deleted. tFS Policy

I love Oscar's work as well. All these buildings were designed by him, actually I think all the credits should go to the enginners who were able to build them.
Pictures taken by me/ my family
Cathedral

National Congress

Itamaraty Palace (the second one is the view from outside)

The first pic is from baixaki, the cathedral from outside. The other ones were taken by me from the Itamaraty Palace, beautiful view.

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I thought I gave the proper credits to the photos What should I write then? Thanks

 

[Hanne]

ckgirlbr - Your credit is fine..
I think Gius simply missed your credits..most post credits either under the picture or at the bottom.. but yours aren't 'wrong'

 

[Jany]

nykredit banks main building in copenhagen. especially amazing inside. they have their meeting spaces hanging from the ceiling

[a3d.ru]

fascinating indeed, I live nearby.. pass it everyday by boat! love the way it is been put together

 

[gius]

ckgirlbr - Your credit is fine..
I think Gius simply missed your credits..most post credits either under the picture or at the bottom.. but yours aren't 'wrong'

Yes very sorry ckgirlbr !! I dont know what is going on with me these days. But I see you wrote it now

 

[ckgirlbr]

no problem

 

[ramk]

^The trees are a lot bigger than in the picture I posted, the third one in #352
Nice to see how nature made this difference

nature

 

[Juliette3]

If you like modern architecture, you will LOVE Valencia in Spain. You will probably even love it if you don't have a passion for modern architecture. It's fascinating. Apart from the architecture, the city has a great historic centre and the shopping+food is fantastic too! The architect is Santiago Calatrava.


Sources: hickerphoto.com, by Elizabeth Jordan on journyl.com, by 4ullas on panoramio.com

 

[Hanne]

curiosity.jp

 

[stellachiara]

I like Tadao Ando's architecture because it's simlple, modern, light, serene. It's simply Tadao Ando. We had really interesting class back @ college.

Here is photo from utidesigner, it is waterfall bar in Tokyo:

And his famous & provocative work. Photo of church of light, pic is from tuningslide:

 

[Mascha]

Love this, it's the Torso building by Santiago Calatrava

credit: im10yearsbehind.com/smcblog

 

[gius]

found this on brooksfield.com.au

anyone recognise the building?
if it is real or not

 

[ChrissyM]

very cool and sort of storybook...
almost literally i should say

looks like a book shelf

i wonder if it is real as well gius...
where are the doors and windows, right?

 

[gius]

it would be funny if they really were only books

me mistaking books for buildings


about the windows and doors that is a great point
but what i was thinking was this might be "brutalist" architecture. it's a movement where they use really rough or uninviting materials to create a building. another point was that the doors and windows were away from plain view from the street. not sure what the reasoning was...
i think it starts in Russia but i was surprised to see so many buildings like this in Vancouver they are really strange and ominous looking structures. i moved to a new apartment and finding more buildings like this lately. kind of like factories or giant blocks of nothingness made of cold steel or whatever... I saw a really narrow steel "block" on the way home yesterday (only maybe 7-8 feet high?), there were all these other very shiny silver steel pipes sticking out of the ground all around it.. and only when I got around it, to the very "back" of the building, i found a floor-to-ceiling glass window and there was an office or helpdesk inside... the whole thing was in a garden with a tiny playground.


here's our main hospital somewhat in front of my house

flickr.com /keepitsurreal

The pictures don't tell the truth
i find them weirder up close in real life.. it's like a parking lot.. just this extremely large and tall and wide drab looking box made of grey corrugated cardboard, taking up several blocks, and covered with squares (windows) all around.. doesn't seem to have blinds or curtains either. it's just plain black

 

[CharlottefromCA]

well it definitely looks sterile.