Architechture/Buildings -thread

pikseli · October 5, 2006, 6:24am

Post photos of the most grand, beautiful, bizarre, ?? buildings, please

For modeling and texture examples of course…

I thought this was cool http://www.cover-tech.com/JollyFarmer2.jpg
they have a lot of nice ones http://www.cover-tech.com/dome.htm

Heres another funky building http://www.canadianfineproducts.com/image5117.jpg

mzungu · October 5, 2006, 6:30am

If you’re “in” to domes:
http://college.hmco.com/history/west/mosaic/chapter4/images/dome_of_the_rock.jpg
http://www.islamicarchitecture.org/architecture/i/monuments/dome/i110.jpg

(been there when I was a kid. very cool!)

Alvaro · October 5, 2006, 6:39am

Agbar Tower, Barcelona. By Jean Nouvel.

pikseli · October 5, 2006, 7:46am

Olympic funk-era stadium shot http://www.pbase.com/image/34093314 - some nice building tourist shot before and after that one, too.

mzungu - nice cutout illustration! Thanks

Alvaro - what a beautiful shot! I also love it how theres a guy sitting on the road photographing the tower

Alvaro · October 5, 2006, 12:57pm

Leon City Hall, Spain. By Mansilla & Tuñón:

Ace_Dragon · October 5, 2006, 1:21pm

http://unusuallife.com/?cat=2
http://www.impactlab.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=7482

The first site has other pages with unusual architecture
Here’s the guggemheim Bilbao museum

Captain_Jack · October 5, 2006, 1:29pm

pikseli · October 5, 2006, 3:12pm

Magic mountains!

from http://www.designboom.com/snapshots/venice_06/denmark.html

pikseli · October 6, 2006, 9:22am

http://www.bluffton.edu/~Sullivanm/texas/dallas/cityhall/angledistant.jpg

angledistant.jpg849×566

Captain_Jack · October 6, 2006, 9:31am

http://web.mit.edu/4.614/www/images/3004.jpg

3004.jpg791×533

Alvaro · October 6, 2006, 1:42pm

Alberto Campo Baeza, a fantastic architech. A Master of Light. Stuff for GI exercises.

http://www.campobaeza.com/ENGLISH/_total00.htm

Alvaro · October 6, 2006, 1:54pm

Church in Seville, A. Campo Baeza

pikseli · October 9, 2006, 8:58am

Beautiful concrete arches from http://web.ulib.csuohio.edu/speccoll/baldwin/

Nice ‘project of the month’ from Canadian Precast Concrete Institute - dozens of concrete structures finished and during construction photos! Lots of good basic building ideas
at http://www.cpci.ca/?sc=potm&pn=monthly102006
like this

Captain_Jack · October 9, 2006, 9:07am

Alvaro · October 12, 2006, 1:34am

http://mocoloco.com/

A bit of everything: interiorism, furniture desing, architecture.

Alvaro · October 12, 2006, 2:34am

Fronton Recoletos, Madrid, by Suazo & Eduardo Torroja, demolished in 1973. Unfortunately I can’t find good photos of this buiding. The last pic seems to be a render.

BgDM · October 12, 2006, 4:44am

Great stuff guys. Thanks for starting this one. Some really cool buildings here that I have never seen before.

Some of the coolest buildings and most innovative as well, are being put up in Dubai right now. Just go and look here for some pictures

BgDM

Captain_Jack · October 12, 2006, 5:31am

Ace_Dragon · October 12, 2006, 8:30am

Dubai’s going to be ‘the’ city to beat in the 21st century much like how New York was in the 20th.

This would be in world records, architecture, off the wall projects, and innovation in tourist venues.

nf3 · October 12, 2006, 8:38am

a favorite. Rafael Moneo’s Roman Museum of Merida. Beautiful use of mortarless roman style bricks and recreation of a ‘roman’ style building without being a ‘fake’ attempt.

but still I only know it by photos and plans