Hi Guys,
In Berlin (Kreuzberg to be specific) and I'm look...
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Hi Guys,
In Berlin (Kreuzberg to be specific) and I'm looking for a Key Exchange. I'm not sure but it seems HoardSpot is de...
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Hi all,
As I wander around London, I often find myself marvelling at the wide variety of architectual styles on show - there are Brutalist 60s appartment blocks alongside Victorian mansions, Art Nouveau theatres next to Gothic churches. And London is not alone - I'm sure it's quite hard to find a town or city which has just one uniform style!
We spend quite a lot of time discussing the inside of our homes and their interior design, but what about the buildings themselves? When buying your property, what about its architecture attracted you? Which styles do you particularly like - are you more Art Nouveau than Modern or more Gothic than Renaissance?
I have to say, it's pretty hard to choose one particular style I prefer... My current flat is in a red brick Victorian building which I love but I find Art Nouveau buildings really interesting!
I'm looking forward to hearing your views!
Kirstie
wow the pictures are all stunning @Kirstie and @David-and-Fiona0 ! Thanks for sharing.
When I first visited Berlin after many many years walking through the former border-line - a lot of architecture happened there.
Do you see the "Washing machine"?
@Claudia2, I don't see a washing machine, but the building looks friendly, with all the rounded forms.
Whilst @Kirstie's hanging path between buildings is a bit menacing, when you look up.
I did not get the first mail notifications, only the second one - logged in by curiosity, what a mail without text is about. Good trick!
I grew up in a house built in 1448, therefore I like old buildings for living (if there is Internet). But in the city, I like the mixture of old and new. We just got a new cinema a few steps from my place. It's in front of a big old church, style cathedral, and between old apartment buildings. To construct a new cinema there, was a challenge. They could not go much higher, but they wanted more space inside - during construction, it was visible, that they stacked the theater rooms one over another inclined, not wasting the space under the rows of chairs. Those things are hard to plan entirely: the ground under Paris is like a Swiss cheese, as the town is built with stones dug out from under its feet. When they removed the old cinema, the buildings on the left and the right started to lean towards the now empty space, the ground was giving a bit. It took a few months to replan, to build in steps: first the side walls, then some of the structure between, then take out the ribs of the old building and finish sides and structure as you go.
The front was glass at a time during construction, which looked cool, but in the end, it's a huge led screen. I took a few pictures over time, some are on my listing too. Normally, the screen shows cinéma posters, the national colors were flashing on the day of the Nice attacks - an effective way to alert people that something is going on, and to show solidarity.
HI @Helga0,
I'm glad you got notified about the second tag! We've worked out now why people weren't receiving notifications from our group tags so hopefully you'll always receive them from now on!
Ha yes the picture in my first post is quite ominous! I like the way the walkway reflects on the windows to create a zigzag effect. In London we're pretty spoilt for choice of impressive skyscrapers:
The Gherkin is named due its '3D oval' shape - it's pretty impressive and visible across much of London! I love the diamond shaped windows and the swirl design:
I noticed this angular building when walking around London one day - it messes with your mind a little bit with the windows at different angles to the top!
They're doing some interesting regneration projects around the city - they are even converting old gasholders next to the canal by Kings Cross to appartment blocks!
Wow a building from 1448 is pretty old @Helga0! That's amazing it's survived for so long. I love the uniform Haussmann style buildings around Paris - they give the city its Parisian charm that you don't find anywhere else :). That cinema near your house is a very interesting modern building - it makes such a contrast to the old building next to it, but in a good way I think!
Kirstie
Hi there,
This is called the Botanical Building & Lily Pond, main entrance & gardens in the Balboa Park, San Diego. The first exposition had created a big boost in the further development of San Diego. It is another World's Fair was undertaken to promote San Diego and create economic opportunities during the Great Depression. During the World Wars II, many building left over and were not build to be permanent, the city government wanted to tear them down. However, the San Diego Citizens were able to prevent their destruction and had them renovated or reconstructed. Thus, in 1977 Balboa Park and its exposition architecture were declated a National Historic Landmark and added to the National Register of Historic Places.
Here's a great example of classical-meets-modern architecture in Amsterdam:
The glass brick house facade of the Chanel flagship store. Won several architecture design awards and has become quite famouse in different circles:
It's hard to photograph, but there are lots of pics online - just google 'glass (or crystal) brick house Channel Amsterdam'.
Hello @Andrea9 well yes where to start. The building I really like is the Markethall in Rotterdam by MVRDV. See the picture. Also, for product design I love MOOOI. Brilliant.
