Favorite Architectural Style?

Corvina · 2014-01-20 16:04:08

What's your favourite architectural style?

I personally like Collegiate Gothic, Beaux-Arts, Socialist Realism, among others

(there was an SVG file tagged onto this for some reason...removed it -lee)

Aliroz · 2014-01-20 18:16:08

I like the Bagahus fortress, especially it's large northern tower.

Dunno what the name for that architectural style is, but that's my favorite.

Obā-san · 2014-01-20 18:18:08

brutalism

Buttwangs · 2014-01-20 19:06:54

I like byzantine architecture and also Victorian, especially Queen Anne style

nohaynicklibre · 2014-01-20 19:09:32

Muslim architecture is bretty good.
t. I've been in La Alhambra

Sredni Vashtar · 2014-01-20 19:23:02

Gothic, Metabolist, Victorian, Art Nouveau, Byzantine and Moorish architecture are all pretty cool.

Imipolex G · 2014-01-20 21:51:38

Eskimo

glennmagusharvey · 2014-01-20 21:55:09

brutalist architecture is kinda cool.

If your building complex is large enough, though, having a mix of styles is kinda cool too. So you can walk from one gothic building to a modernist building with just a hallway as a transition. Think of it as a screen transition as the CD loads. Imagine that the two buildings have different background music.

Obā-san · 2014-01-20 21:57:25

it gets a bad rap

due to the name

(*the name actually comes from the french for "raw concrete", not the english word brutal*)

Yarrun XIX · 2014-01-20 22:15:22

I kind of like modern Bauhaus stuff?

Architecture's not my strong suit

Yarrun XIX · 2014-01-20 22:15:26

I kind of like modern Bauhaus stuff?

Architecture's not my strong suit

Tachyon · 2014-01-21 02:06:15

i'm not good on terminology

i like the blend of classicism and modern design found in Giles Gilbert Scott's projects

and Moorish architecture is amazing

Tre · 2014-01-21 02:31:24

Bauhaus and Art Deco, much to the surprise of absolutely no one

Also, Frank Lloyd Wright's stuff is nice too

glennmagusharvey · 2014-01-21 13:37:41

Frank Gehry is nuts.

Not in a delicious way either.

Obā-san · 2014-01-21 13:53:56

glennmagusharvey · 2014-01-21 14:13:34

can it be rectified by three hail marys and 16 hours of community service

Corvina · 2014-01-21 20:47:29

I live in a college where all the administrative bureaucratic buildings are brutalist--and yes, I know what it means. Look up Condon Hall or Kane Hall or Schmitz Hall. Man, fuck brutalism

lee4hmz · 2014-01-21 21:43:02

I actually have kind of a soft spot for brutalism, but that may be because one of my favorite public works projects ever, the Washington Metro, is unabashedly brutalist. (That and most of downtown DC is either that or Beaux-Arts.)

glennmagusharvey · 2014-01-23 04:27:46

Gothic is good too.

Beholder · 2014-01-23 06:21:17

Art Deco/Art Nouveau, hands down

Mr. Darcy · 2014-01-23 13:50:07

Gothic in brick or stone. Art Deco looks good in metal and glass, or at least a damn sight better than the ornament-hating pathology of modernism. Maybe concrete buildings should be Neoclassical.

Corvina · 2015-01-19 01:17:54

* uses necromancy to resurrect thread*

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