Architecture and interior design thread

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i took this about 6 years ago now, great building, i always think of the lloyds building as its british cousin.

These steel elements in the Pompidou are called gerberettes:

This picture, which was in some architecture text book I had, always fascinated me:

Fucking massive! The tension and leverage enabled by them is what makes the Pompidou's structure work, allowing the floorplates to span without columns.

An early drawing:

I wouldn't mind betting it was influenced by Cedric Price's influential 'Fun Palace' idea:

something different

^ Singapore?

Not had time to go through this thread, but, does anyone have any nice websites for architects please. Looking for things that go beyond the "big slideshow and no text" formula.

Goes back to reading through ...

Edit: Having read through, I'm inclined to ask. Does anyone actually look at architects practices websites any more? Or is it all blog + tumblr based?

yes, marina bay sands something. reminds me of something from a william gibson novel.

I've got some good pictures from the Sands, it's awe inspiring because of it's size alone.
For me it's more of an engineering marvel then a architectural marvel, if that makes any sense at all.

branwen, post 378 . the link allows you to search via location or style or by firms

branwen, post 378 . the link allows you to search via location or style or by firms

Edit: oh the Firms tab, I presume? Cheers coppiThat!

That said, do like this:

And will probably like it even more when its green!

Oh what's that, I can't connect to the work server ... oh yeah I think I can keep busy...
[damn you coppiThat!]

Normally don't like stuff like this, but in the mountainous context the jagged planes make sense. Lovely interior, if sparse.

sweet dreams are made of........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmbgfPBGXgo&feature=related

Poli House from Pezo von Ellrichshausen
They also do really nice graphics of their projects. Have a check at http://www.pezo.cl/

Very nice Tart, love that building.

An early drawing:

I wouldn't mind betting it was influenced by Cedric Price's influential 'Fun Palace' idea:

Yepp, and Pompidou kind of summed up all the 60s utopian ideas etc.
Something that I really enjoy from 60s uptopian architecture:

Yona Friedman

David Georges Emmerich

Has anyone seen a cube house with the front being one large glass door I remember seeing it a few years ago in Blueprint but could never track it down.

Love that seating area Nuknow

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FFS, do people actually like this shit? Would you seriously, happily live in this cell? Why not just live in a prison?

Fuck this modern shit. Waxed cotton bell tents are where it's at.

Agreed, the road elevation of the Pompidou centre has got to be its most unashamedly iconoclastic. No fucking windows and colour-coded service ducts as ornament. Well fuck me dead.

Jean Baudrillard's description of the Pompidou in Simulacra and Simulations is brilliant

hikers rest hut..a very nice one in Korea

http://www.archdaily.com/1004/element-house-sami-rintala/

Jenga Shed

http://www.archdaily.com/7638/final-wooden-house-sou-fujimoto/