The Architecture Thread

StephenHero · Apr 9, 2009

Eduardo Souto de Moura is a fantastic Portugese architect. Here is a stadium he recently designed in Braga.

spertia · Apr 9, 2009

Originally Posted by StephenHero

Robert M. Stern is the much more talented nostalgic peer of Graves. Graves is an utter abomination to the profession of architecture. There's a reason he's been slowly taken out of the professional circle and been reduced to designing tea kettles and salt shakers for Target the last 10 years.

I too can't stand Graves (whether his architecture or product design -- if I see another Alessi bird kettle, I'm going to puke), although frankly I'm not that keen on Stern either.

I think Sottsass is an interesting designer of objects, but his architecture never seemed as successful to me.

spertia · Apr 9, 2009

Originally Posted by LabelKing

You're not a fan of Paul Rudolph and Brutalism? He's had quite a spectacular fall from grace, from dean of architecture at Yale to a kind of professional exile in the Orient to neglect.

LK, I'm with you on brutalism -- I absolutely love it. And Rudolph is one of my top-five architects of all time. I much prefer a lot of his work to the contemporary stuff that gets so much attention -- say, Zaha Hadid's projects.

StephenHero · Apr 9, 2009

I noticed some libraries on the first couple pages. Here's a recent one I really like by King Roselli Architects for Lateran University.

LabelKing · Apr 9, 2009

Originally Posted by StephenHero

Quit now before you convince yourself you have any idea what you're talking about.
You have an inherent bias so I can't expect you to put forth anything cogent on Brutalism. If these buildings are beautiful, "it is so as a dogmatic manifestation of character", as Jordy described a Louis Kahn building. Brutalism is an expression of human capacity and folly.

StephenHero · Apr 9, 2009

My inherent bias is called a "soul".

LabelKing · Apr 9, 2009

These days, it takes a lot more soul to appreciate Brutalism.

StephenHero · Apr 9, 2009

Only if "less is more" when referring to such.

LabelKing · Apr 9, 2009

Just for you--the abandoned St.Peter's Seminary:

StephenHero · Apr 9, 2009

Was it designed by the night watchman at Chernobyl?

LabelKing · Apr 9, 2009

I love Chernobyl--not for its architecture as it really has nothing of merit, but for its sheer sadness.

StephenHero · Apr 9, 2009

Here's an interesting creation. Like Brutalism, it champions itself on prideful aversion from accepted norms of a historical context, prefering to create a pseudo-provacative statement that screams "I'm a ******* attention whore. Now notice me and my defiance of convential wisdom before I return back to my mom's basement to masturbate to my $90 Rodchenko monograph, the only thing in the world that loves me more than I love my own pretentious antics."

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h2...g?t=1239313457

LabelKing · Apr 9, 2009

Like Brutalism, you either love me or hate me. ----------

hypersonic · Apr 9, 2009

Carlo Scarpa
Brion Tomb and Sanctuary, San Vito d'Altivole, Italy, 1968-1978

LabelKing · Apr 9, 2009

Hypersonic,

I saw that featured in a book once, and I've loved it ever since. The little ornamental details such as the gold mosaics, etc. are perfect.

I would live in that with some of that '70s modular Mario Bellini furniture.

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