What architectural style would you like to see come back?
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Frutiger Aero. This is what the future should have looked like. It's a beautiful balance between nature and technology. I love the glossy, transpartent, rounded nature of it all. The colors are bright and fresh but relaxing at the same time.
I'm also a big fan of mid century modern. It does a good job at incorporating a natural look. On the outside, the buildings are usually low profile and blend into the landscape well. On the inside, there's a lot of nice, quality natural materials like wood and stone that are used throughout.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]I wonder how bad those big white renders would look IRL after some use and wear. Great opinion, though.
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I wonder how bad those big white renders would look IRL after some use and wear. Great opinion, though.
Yeah, one thing that I'm not a fan of with some of the pictures that I selected is all the white. I like it better when there's other colors and white is just the accent.
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Frutiger Aero. This is what the future should have looked like. It's a beautiful balance between nature and technology. I love the glossy, transpartent, rounded nature of it all. The colors are bright and fresh but relaxing at the same time.
I'm also a big fan of mid century modern. It does a good job at incorporating a natural look. On the outside, the buildings are usually low profile and blend into the landscape well. On the inside, there's a lot of nice, quality natural materials like wood and stone that are used throughout.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]More Frutiger Aero photos because I can't stop thinking about how beautiful it is:
One thing about it is that it ain't the most homely of aesthetics and architectures. It's almost always in the context of a workplace, airport, shopping center, etc. In an ideal world I'd live in a mid century modern house and work in a frutiger aero workplace.
Edit: just found this really cool website https://frutigeraeroarchive.org/
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Ecclesiastical Art Deco. There are surprisingly few examples of this. Boston Avenue Methodist Church in Tulsa is probably the best one.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Madonna Della Strada Chapel at Loyola University, Chicago
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I think art deco is one of my favorites. It still has a clean, modern look that ages surprisingly well, even a century later.
I enjoy the Art Deco look. Sleek yet confident.
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Original question by @[email protected]
I think art deco is one of my favorites. It still has a clean, modern look that ages surprisingly well, even a century later.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Cyclopean. We just don't make 'em like we used to; with big, irregular stones and zero mortar.
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More Frutiger Aero photos because I can't stop thinking about how beautiful it is:
One thing about it is that it ain't the most homely of aesthetics and architectures. It's almost always in the context of a workplace, airport, shopping center, etc. In an ideal world I'd live in a mid century modern house and work in a frutiger aero workplace.
Edit: just found this really cool website https://frutigeraeroarchive.org/
Those ai generated plants and hallway wall things bother me a bit.
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I think art deco is one of my favorites. It still has a clean, modern look that ages surprisingly well, even a century later.
Brick gothic
And brick factories with high arches windows and rounded roofs
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Brutalism always fascinated me, i tried to model some building in 3d modeling tools in this style, churches public squares you name it. These huge, empty and vast monuments to the industrial nature of a building are like monolyths in a city. They claim their existance and you can't ignore them.
I am 100% with you on Brutalism. It is often vilified but I think it's beautiful.
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Brutalism always fascinated me, i tried to model some building in 3d modeling tools in this style, churches public squares you name it. These huge, empty and vast monuments to the industrial nature of a building are like monolyths in a city. They claim their existance and you can't ignore them.
i would like more brutalism because my country desperately needs affordable housing...
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Those ai generated plants and hallway wall things bother me a bit.
After looking more closely, some of them do look AI generated. I still think the idea of the images is nice but it is annoying to see how it messes up the details.
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Brick gothic
And brick factories with high arches windows and rounded roofs
Yes.
This is one of my favourite styles!
There was a very prolific architect in Sweden back in 1890-1915, who designed several iconic buildings of Stockholm:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Boberg
He designed these absolutely gorgeous gasometers:
Just look at the drawings!
Here are drawings of other utility buildings at the same gas works also designed by him:
He also designed the fire station in Gävle, which as far as I can see is still in use:
https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gävle_brandstation
He designed this water tower in Stockholm:
https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosebacke_vattentorn
There are plenty of other architects, but I just love that era of Ferdinand's work...
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I think art deco is one of my favorites. It still has a clean, modern look that ages surprisingly well, even a century later.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Roman revival... most anything with arches, pillars, ashlar, obvious lentils, a strong sturdy feel.
But also high tech / structural expressionism.
(Uniklinikum Aachen, Germany)
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I think art deco is one of my favorites. It still has a clean, modern look that ages surprisingly well, even a century later.
Mud buildings
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I think art deco is one of my favorites. It still has a clean, modern look that ages surprisingly well, even a century later.
Tudor-style wattle and daub, timber framed houses with thatched roofs.
It's relatively environmentally friendly and sequesters a lot of carbon, and is well insulated. Willow coppices can be grown just about anywhere too.
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I think art deco is one of my favorites. It still has a clean, modern look that ages surprisingly well, even a century later.
The city I'm in has a ton of art deco buildings, I didn't even realize until I was an adult that it wasn't normal.
I would want art deco everywhere, it's probably nostalgia talking, but I think it's hella classy.
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The city I'm in has a ton of art deco buildings, I didn't even realize until I was an adult that it wasn't normal.
I would want art deco everywhere, it's probably nostalgia talking, but I think it's hella classy.
Is your city called Rapture?
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I think art deco is one of my favorites. It still has a clean, modern look that ages surprisingly well, even a century later.
Neofuturism.
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Frutiger Aero. This is what the future should have looked like. It's a beautiful balance between nature and technology. I love the glossy, transpartent, rounded nature of it all. The colors are bright and fresh but relaxing at the same time.
I'm also a big fan of mid century modern. It does a good job at incorporating a natural look. On the outside, the buildings are usually low profile and blend into the landscape well. On the inside, there's a lot of nice, quality natural materials like wood and stone that are used throughout.
Frutiger Aero was heavily used in Elite Dangerous for a faction's ships. I love that look! Didn't realize it had a name.
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Neofuturism.
I knew I regonized that structure. Read the caption you put and yep, I've been there. Absolutely awe inspiring piece of architecture.
