Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 6:36 am Post subject: Which country has your favourite architecture?
Will you judge based on the quality of the materials, the environmentally-friendliness, the attractiveness, the ugliness, the uniqueness, the diversity, the simplicity? The choice is yours.
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Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 6:47 am Post subject: Re: Which country has your favourite architecture?
Perambulator wrote:
Will you judge based on the quality of the materials, the environmentally-friendliness, the attractiveness, the ugliness, the uniqueness, the diversity, the simplicity? The choice is yours.
Since we each have individual aesthetic standards what's the point of the question?
None of those, architecture really shines when it actually "fits" in with its surrounding buildings. Fast example, in China, they're asking european architects to build their funky buildings (i don't think i need to post pics now do i?) which although modern, seem really out of place when compared to the old style architecture that surrounds it. There needs to be some kind of uniformity in the style while still making sure most buildings aren't carbon copies of the same model.
The concern with China's behavior of replacing old buldings this way in order to build new ones is that they're also going to lose their very unique type of architecture to a foreign one, in which they'll have to send their architects abroad to learn. =/ (the only exception that i've found thus far are the Olympic grounds, they seem to integrate rather well with their surroundings.... But then again, i have very little experience in architecture and urban planning).
Hrmph, i guess it's more straight forward if i say it as such as well, but i have no favorite, in the same fashion as Wombat, and my only concern is the one i've listed above.
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Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 5:08 pm Post subject:
Italy. Architecture is yet another of the many reasons I love Italy so much.
I mean, come on, they have a building that leans to the side but doesn't fall over! How awesome is that?!
There are also many beautiful and awesome buildings in the United Arab Emirates. I would love to go to Dubai and stay in one of those really tall hotels. _________________ 'Tvoi plastinki slushala ja,
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Zachem ostanovila menja?
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Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 8:21 pm Post subject:
phil777 wrote:
None of those, architecture really shines when it actually "fits" in with its surrounding buildings. Fast example, in China, they're asking european architects to build their funky buildings (i don't think i need to post pics now do i?) which although modern, seem really out of place when compared to the old style architecture that surrounds it. There needs to be some kind of uniformity in the style while still making sure most buildings aren't carbon copies of the same model.
I have to disagree; provided it's done well, I rather like a cornucopia of styles. I've grown even to like the Hearst Tower, despite the fact that it grows out of a freakin' art deco low-rise. Having many different styles gives a sense of strata, as well as relevance. Buildings should reflect their times rather than being mired in a phony antiquity. Monumental architecture in particular must have a palpable will to power; it is the essence of the skyscraper. /opinion
That said, in terms of styles, I love Islamic (very mathematical). I judge on aesthetics. _________________ * here for the nachos.
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Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 10:15 pm Post subject:
cant say, they all have their plusses. But all of those Baha'i faith centres are ridiculously beautiful. Especially the one in New Delhi and Haifa. _________________ We are like boats dashing together; our eyes are darkened, yet we are in clear water.~Rumi
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