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Re: Fantastic Architecture.
« Reply #200 on: May 4, 2008, 03:06:39 am »
One of the three on that block is open i think. Like a lot though, most are still private building, to be fair La Pedrera is mostly private, but gladly it's available for all to see.


Yeah love the roof, very Dali.
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Re: Fantastic Architecture.
« Reply #201 on: May 4, 2008, 03:48:24 am »
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Re: Fantastic Architecture.
« Reply #202 on: May 4, 2008, 10:34:41 am »
The new Opera House in Oslo, Norway

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Re: Fantastic Architecture.
« Reply #203 on: May 4, 2008, 11:16:28 am »
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Re: Fantastic Architecture.
« Reply #204 on: May 4, 2008, 01:49:48 pm »
The new Opera House in Oslo, Norway



Looks like its slowly sliding in to the water .
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Re: Fantastic Architecture.
« Reply #205 on: May 4, 2008, 06:23:36 pm »
Looks like its slowly sliding in to the water .


Thousands of people visit it every day to walk around on the roof.
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Re: Fantastic Architecture.
« Reply #206 on: May 6, 2008, 10:27:47 pm »
No idea what it is, could be one for the future



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Re: Fantastic Architecture.
« Reply #207 on: May 6, 2008, 10:30:38 pm »
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Re: Fantastic Architecture.
« Reply #208 on: June 23, 2008, 09:53:36 am »
We had a visit from some of wifey's friends from the USA. He's an architect and is part of a team working on some massive projects in Abu Dabai. Guess what, they're building a Gugenheim (ie jewish owned Art Gallery(?!) and so close to Iran too) and predictably it's sounding pretty spectacular.

I believe the current design consists of three massive cones and three massive cubes all tilted against each other at crazy angles! The main man wants to build one of the cones out of alabaster but everyone is trying to talk him out of it as it will look shite after the sand has had a go at it.

Don't know if any of this is common knowledge but I just thought some of you architecture junkies may find it interesting.
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Re: Fantastic Architecture.
« Reply #209 on: June 23, 2008, 11:13:40 am »
Gehry's Abu Dhabi Guggenheim:









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Re: Fantastic Architecture.
« Reply #210 on: June 23, 2008, 11:18:07 am »
Jesus! I thought it was going to be much simpler than that. It looks like my lad's bedroom floor.
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Re: Fantastic Architecture.
« Reply #211 on: June 23, 2008, 12:58:40 pm »
My Dad cried when he saw this building.  Petronas Towers are my modern faves.

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Re: Fantastic Architecture.
« Reply #212 on: January 14, 2022, 11:31:05 pm »
Ricardo Bofill just passed away at 82.

Some truely magical buildings will live on in his honour.





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Re: Fantastic Architecture.
« Reply #213 on: January 15, 2022, 01:00:59 am »
Oh this thread bump is right up my street, thank you. I'll always have time for Bofill since I read that he designed the W Hotel on Barcelona seafront, which is about half a mile from the beachside wine bar where I sat reading The Talented Mr. Ripley on the evening of Sunday 2nd June 2019 feeling utterly blissful.

Surprised nobody (at least in my text search) has mentioned Florence in this thread - it's utterly beautiful.

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Re: Fantastic Architecture.
« Reply #214 on: January 15, 2022, 01:04:33 am »
Post pictures of Buildings you could just stand a admire all day. I love the spiral/cone shape building in London.

I liked them when this was posted - moved back up north from London in 2018 - but there's a few too many too clustered together now. Vauxhall is a God-awful mess.

My fiancee's family is originally from SE London though so we have this print on the wall of Greenwich and the Docklands old and new.

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Re: Fantastic Architecture.
« Reply #215 on: January 15, 2022, 02:22:46 am »
Oh this thread bump is right up my street, thank you. I'll always have time for Bofill since I read that he designed the W Hotel on Barcelona seafront, which is about half a mile from the beachside wine bar where I sat reading The Talented Mr. Ripley on the evening of Sunday 2nd June 2019 feeling utterly blissful.

I was stunned by that Hotel when I was holidaying in Barcelona in 2015. I took this photo when a storm was coming in off the ocean.

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The new W Hotel in Sydney has a similar shape to Barcelona.

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Re: Fantastic Architecture.
« Reply #216 on: January 20, 2022, 08:34:24 pm »
Blast from the past this one but a nice thread to bump.
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Re: Fantastic Architecture.
« Reply #217 on: January 21, 2022, 08:12:28 am »
Went to Valencia for the first time the other week, and checked out the City of Arts and Sciences.

Loved it. Spread across a massive area with lots of different angles to appreciate, with the pools also reflecting the buildings and the changing light throughout the day. And it really felt like being in a Space colony which was cool. Better then the Guggenheim for me.

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Re: Fantastic Architecture.
« Reply #218 on: January 21, 2022, 09:28:27 am »
Went to Valencia for the first time the other week, and checked out the City of Arts and Sciences.

Loved it. Spread across a massive area with lots of different angles to appreciate, with the pools also reflecting the buildings and the changing light throughout the day. And it really felt like being in a Space colony which was cool. Better then the Guggenheim for me.

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Absolutely love that whole complex (spotted in Westworld Season 3).

The Guggenheim in Bilboa is pretty special for a stand alone building. I remember walking down Iparraguirre Kalea and seeing it as this odd shape at the end of the street. Was blown away how the light makes it change during the day.
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Re: Fantastic Architecture.
« Reply #219 on: January 22, 2022, 02:41:01 pm »
This is cool.

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