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what kind of building is this?
Topic Started: Dec 1 2010, 08:39 AM (767 Views)
KlavierBauer
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The question was asked, KB.
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Aqua Letifer
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Eh you know what? Yeah I'll go out on a limb and say that I think it sucks. Why even have benches at all? Clearly they detract from what could be just a white cube of a room, a design completely devoid of meaning and purpose. I mean why even have a building at all if that's the route you want to go, "staging the minimum in the most intense way"? It's ridiculous to me that the architect thinks that idea should apply to all architecture.
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This is a thing of beauty:

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If I were to design and build a chapel or a church, I would build it out of stone and timbers that I cut myself. Piece by piece, I would build it... It would be rough, and it would probably be a little drafty, but it would be simple, honest, and sincere. And I think it would be a house in which, were I the Almighty God, I would be delighted to dwell.
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11 of the world's ugliest buildings

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The construction of the Ryugyong Hotel, in Pyongyang, started in 1987 and stopped in 1992 due to lack of funds. The basic structure of the building was finished but without any elevation, creating this monster.

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The Edificio Mirador in Madrid, Spain, was developed by Dutch architects MVRDV. The building reaches 63.4 meters in height with 21 stories. The highlight of this building is the large central hole which is 36.8 meters above the ground. It's the large lookout area that provides inhabitants with a community garden and a space from where they can contemplate the skyline.Different colors represent different blocks with its own planning, which offer at least 9 different types of apartments.

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The Elephant Building is a a high-rise building located on Paholyothin Road & Ratchadaphisek Road in Bangkok, Thailand.

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The Kaden building, in Louisville, KY, USA.

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While the Boston City Hall, in Massachusetts, USA, was hip for it's time, the concrete structure now gets routinely criticized for its dreary facade and incongruity with the rest of the city's more genteel architecture. Luckily, it's very close to more aesthetically pleasing attractions.

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Finished in 2001 in the northeastern capital of Liaoning Province, The Fang Yuan Building, Shenyang in China, is a weird mishmash of ideas. One is a reference to old Chinese coins, which have square cutouts - just like the structure's square center. Other parts of the design are like a garden-variety corporate building, with a concrete base and, on the sides, steel rims with glass grooves.

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Small, boring windows? Check. Humdrum off-white masonry? Yes. Terracotta pilasters and shiny blue glass? That, too. The first three levels of the The Portland Building, in Portland, Oregon, USA, are covered in dark green tiles, adding to the bewildering gaudy-meets-tedious tone.

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Set amongst the picturesque fishermens cottages in the coastal town of Ilfracombe, Devon, one is rendered speechless by the sight of the Landmark Theatre built in the primest of locations on Ilfracombe's seafront. More reminiscent of a couple of old gas towers than a theatre, my first impression of this was to ask my companion, when will they be pulling these down then? Apparently there are no plans for it's demolition yet, maybe I could go for a crime against the landscape charge instead.

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Built between 1968 and 1973 this building, The Pilgrimage Church in Neviges, Germany, made designer Gottfried Bohm a household name and the eyesore was considered his most important work, makes you wonder what the rest of his stuff looks like.

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Meet the Federation Square, in Melbourne, Australia. Designed by local architects Don Bates and Peter Davison, they certainly gave it a face only a mother could love.

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In the late 1970's architects in Hertogenbosch, in the Netherlands, were given free reign to build 50 futuristic houses known as bolwoningen - roundhouses -, with a view to building more if the idea took off. Fortunately for the small European nation, these ugly little monsters, that resemble a ball cock from inside a toilet cistern, failed to get local support, leaving any plans for more of their ilk readily available to be hidden in the nearest toilet cistern.

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Going back to the discomfort of church seating: I would submit that if the risk of people falling asleep is that great, then perhaps the problem lies more with the message and its delivery, rather than the seating comfort of the attendees.
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Dec 2 2010, 07:50 AM
Going back to the discomfort of church seating: I would submit that if the risk of people falling asleep is that great, then perhaps the problem lies more with the message and its delivery, rather than the seating comfort of the attendees.
That seems like a pretty reasonable statement to me. I really liked that white church you posted, btw.

As for the ugly buildings, I think this one is the clear winner.
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I quite like the Madrid one; reminds me of lego blocks and looks kind of funky. :)
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Frank: You need to attend a Pascha service at your local Orthodox church this year. Sitting never sounded so sweet, as after you've been standing for 3 hours.
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Dec 2 2010, 07:50 AM
Going back to the discomfort of church seating: I would submit that if the risk of people falling asleep is that great, then perhaps the problem lies more with the message and its delivery, rather than the seating comfort of the attendees.
Yes! The Lutheran services I have attended had uncomfortable hard wood pews and I would routinely nod off simply because the pastor was so boring. Even at the 50th wedding anniversary of Mrs. Mark's Aunt and Uncle, they were renewing their vows and all that. The pastor went on for what seemed like an eternity often repeating himself and well, I just couldn't get out of there fast enough.

The Catholic mass is actually somewhat of a physical workout. :lol2:
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Dec 2 2010, 10:31 AM
The Catholic mass is actually somewhat of a physical workout. :lol2:
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Dec 2 2010, 09:46 AM
Frank: You need to attend a Pascha service at your local Orthodox church this year. Sitting never sounded so sweet, as after you've been standing for 3 hours.
:eek: That's insane...

My thought on churches and the whole stand, sit, kneel thing, or sitting on pews that resemble torture devices of the Inquisition, is this: If we are created in God's own image, imbued with the spark of the Divine, and God ITSELF is present throughout all of creation, and if God is an omniscient being, and God is also love, then everything is knit from that love, and it means that wherever we stand (sit or kneel), is Holy Ground. The whole world is a cathedral! :)
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Frank: It's a hard service - and it doesn't start until 11:00pm. This of course comes after nearly 8 weeks of fasting from meat. So, after standing 3 hours, you're treated to a 2:00am feast of salami, cheese, beef, deviled eggs - and everything else you haven't eaten for two months.
Your intestines hate you, but it all seems oh so good at the time.
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I can read these at work now.

This makes me joyous.
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Yeah the TSA one's funny too but this one's at least partially relevant to the thread. :lol:
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Hahahahahah.... That's awesome too! :D
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Re: the world's ugliest buildings: I have to quell the urge to puke every time I go past the Kaden Building, which seems to be every couple years or so. Bleh.
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Dec 2 2010, 05:02 AM

Clearly they detract from what could be just a white cube of a room, a design completely devoid of meaning and purpose.

How about a black cube?

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Good lookin' target! :)
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Those are some seriously ugly buildings, George.

But the one in Louisville is more interesting than it appears there. It really does not belong on that list.
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Dec 2 2010, 12:39 PM
But the one in Louisville is more interesting than it appears there. It really does not belong on that list.
One could probably make that argument for any of the buildings on that list. Or any building at all, for that matter. Ugly is in the eye of the beholder.
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Dec 2 2010, 06:48 AM
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Small, boring windows? Check. Humdrum off-white masonry? Yes. Terracotta pilasters and shiny blue glass? That, too. The first three levels of the The Portland Building, in Portland, Oregon, USA, are covered in dark green tiles, adding to the bewildering gaudy-meets-tedious tone.
1. The Portland Building had its detractors from the beginning (for good reason). It was designed by Michael Graves. I think it was his first try at architecture, as he is/was more of a industrial designer.

Trivia: The statue located on it, called "Portlandia", was moved from wherever it was and plopped on the roof over the front entrance in an attempt to gussy up the oft-criticized building design. I recall this pi$$ed off Graves no end.

2. Mik, are you serious? That Kaden building is godawful.

3. Those buildings with the holes in them are begging for someone to try and fly a plane thru. Not something I'd want to encourage.
Edited by Kincaid, Dec 2 2010, 02:52 PM.
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