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So on a whim I'm going to try and put something together that is non-cringeworthy as far as construction and homes are concerned. I mostly enjoy residential houses, but feel free to add impressive buildings as well if that's your thing. I will start with one that everyone knows, and one that most people don't. Fallingwater, by Frank Lloyd Wright    https://www.fallingwater.org/ Please is pretty sweet, but apparently(Frank Lloyd not withstanding) is built like a monkey on crack designed it. As far as I know it is in a constant state of repair these days. The Gamble House, by Charles Sumner Greene and Henry Mather Greene    http://gamblehouse.org/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greene_and_Greene I have been facinated by these dudes since I first found out about them like 20 years ago. They not only designed and built houses, but also most of the furniture that went in them. Just all around impressive stuff. I will come back and add some more photos, but this should get it going. Enjoy, contribute, be nice schmug fucked around with this message at 15:08 on Jul 26, 2018 |
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How about Stan Hywet Hall, by Warren Manning, Hugo Huber, and Cleveland architect, Charles Schneider?   Located in the town that made Lebron James, it is still considered one of the largest homes on the Historic Register. The Surrounding grounds are as spectacular as the house(s). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Hywet_Hall_and_Gardens https://www.stanhywet.org/ schmug fucked around with this message at 15:06 on Jul 26, 2018 |
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Jul 26, 2018 00:28
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I'm rather partial to Salisbury House. It's a 15th Century Tudor-style mansion... constructed in 1953 in Iowa of all places. This is what so many McMansions are trying to ape. Architects Boyd & Moore of Des Moines and William Whitney Rasmussen of New York collaborated in the design of a Tudor-style manor, with Gothic porches and a Carolean brick addition.  It's a museum these days, the self-guided tour book has good information. Full floor plans, and pictures of the interiors circa 1926 when the family moved in.
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Jul 26, 2018 10:26
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Liquid Communism posted:I'm rather partial to Salisbury House. drat. Cool as hell, but sort of on the creepy side. I think the stories behind these place are as, if not more, fascinating than the actual structures themselves. Then:  Now: 
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Jul 26, 2018 14:17
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Apparently I need to get back over to the East Coast. Stuff that dreams are made of.      I hate it, but at the same time the stories behind Old Money are just crazy to think about. http://www.newportmansions.org/explore/the-breakers schmug fucked around with this message at 15:06 on Jul 26, 2018 |
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Jul 26, 2018 14:56
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schmug posted:drat. Cool as hell, but sort of on the creepy side. I think the stories behind these place are as, if not more, fascinating than the actual structures themselves. It's creepy in person too. The art is magnificent, but some of it seems like it watches you. They used to, back in the day, have a copy of Gainsborough's Blue Boy hanging in the dining room. 
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Jul 26, 2018 16:43
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Now this place just blows my mind. About as much excess as one can possibly have, because money. Biltmore Estate by: Richard Morris Hunt and Frederick Law Olmsted for George Washington Vanderbilt II     If you don't know who the Vanderbilt's were, check them out. Just can't imagine... https://www.biltmore.com/
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Jul 27, 2018 15:49
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Eldridge House (Highgate, London) http://eldridgelondon.com/work/house-in-highgate-cemetery/ It might seem a little weird to live overlooking a load of old graves, but it's not really macabre. This is the cemetary where Karl Marx, Douglas Adams among others are buried (not this section). The balance between old and new seems just right.
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Jul 28, 2018 07:32
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Uhhh famous people being buried their makes it worse dude
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Jul 28, 2018 16:05
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schmug posted:Now this place just blows my mind. About as much excess as one can possibly have, because money. Biltmore is absolutely astounding in person, and I make it a point to visit every few years since I'm only three hours away. If you visit, make sure to also hit up downtown Asheville and check out the Basilica of St. Lawrence. https://saintlawrencebasilica.org/the-basilica posted:Rafael Guastavino, an architect and builder of Spanish origin, came to Asheville, North Carolina to work on the Biltmore House in the mid-1890’s. Liking the area, he bought land and built a house near Black Mountain. In 1905, he joined forces with the local Catholic community and fellow architect, R. S. Smith, to design and build St. Lawrence Catholic Church. He has been credited with the revival of an ancient tile and mortar building system that had been used in Catalonia and other parts of Spain for centuries. In St. Lawrence, every horizontal surface in the building is made of this combination of tile and mortar. The Guastavino system represents a unique architectural treatment that has given America some of its most monumental spaces, including Grant’s Tomb, the Great Hall at Ellis Island, Grand Central Station, Carnegie Hall and the chapel at West Point. The crypt of Signor Guastavino is located at the rear of the "Marian Chapel," to the left of the altar. Also the public library in downtown is a pretty awesome example of brutalist architecture.
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Jul 28, 2018 22:34
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David Wright house in Phoenix, AZ. Frank Lloyd Wright designed it for his son, David. After David and his wife died, the house went to his kids, who couldn't afford it and sold it to a developer. Developer was going to raze it and build 4 McMansions on the property. Public outcry saved the house, which is now a museum.   
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Jul 29, 2018 01:59
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Well I finally found where I want to go when the cancer starts to kick in. The Chemosphere in LA, by, John Lautner:   
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Jul 29, 2018 12:49
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I'm a big fan of Soviet architecture, a prime example being the Forum Hotel in Krakow, Poland. It's really impressive in person. It's built right on the riverfront across from the medieval stronghold the city was built around making it stand out all that much more. 
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Jul 31, 2018 03:29
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autism ZX spectrum posted:I'm a big fan of Soviet architecture, a prime example being the Forum Hotel in Krakow, Poland. It's really impressive in person. It's built right on the riverfront across from the medieval stronghold the city was built around making it stand out all that much more. I was wondering why I didn't recognise that, but from the castle side it's covered side to side in a giant ad.
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Jul 31, 2018 04:35
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I don't remember it being like that a decade ago when I saw it, that's super unfortunate.
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Jul 31, 2018 10:38
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schmug posted:Apparently I need to get back over to the East Coast. Stuff that dreams are made of. I was thinking to myself drat that place looks familiar I think I have been there as a kid, scroll down and yup Mansions of Newport RI. Pictures really don't capture just how massive those mansions are. One of them has a 2 story kids playhouse that is probably 800-1000 sq/ft. edit: pictures also don't show how every room is basically roped off so you get crowds of people trying to poke their heads in a doorway. JEEVES420 fucked around with this message at 23:19 on Jul 31, 2018 |
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Jul 31, 2018 23:17
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As a dyed-in-the-wool New Englander, I have a deep and abiding love for old New England buildings. Saltboxes are wonderfully funky: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltbox Heck, even New England barns were often made with attention to detail and love: http://www.uvm.edu/~histpres/barns/monitor.gif I'll take a simple federalist over any number of mcmansions.
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If we're talking local architecture, there's a neat framing style that was used where I live in the late 1800s. It was kind of like a mix between log cabin and plank building, where the uprights would be notched along their length to accommodate a plank. They created a better seal against the elements against a log cabin, used less material and were reasonably quick to put up. I think there's like maybe 2 buildings of the style left in existence. It's called Red River/Manitoba/Hudson's Bay framing 
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