New Horrors in Architecture and Construction
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The photo of "Something old, something new -" is of a building in Romania, Bucharest, Revolutiei Plaza (Revolution). It was required by the construction authority to keep the old building's facade, as it is from the national patrimony. To be honest, it doesn't look so bad in real life.
The photo captioned "Need more square footage? Hire extreme and fearless contractors:" is from Bath, England (UK). The building faces the river on the opposite side to that photographed and was a goods warehouse, its in a row of many. The wooden cabin jutting out is on the opposite side to the river and housed a winch to lift/lower goods into/from any of the other floors (you can see the trap door through which the winch operated in the picture). This is a very common architectural feature and can be seen in large grain stores, warehouses etc..As the addition only housed a winch it was cheaper to make it from wood- it is however attached to the rest of the building with the correct layout of girders. How do I know this? I live in the converted one nextdoor!
The 'Nobody can tell me what this is' looks like some sort of mobile oven.
The photo captioned "Nobody can tell me what this is:
(maybe an altar to the gods of construction? They need all the forgiveness they can get)" is try to illustrate old russian tale about Emelya (men) who drive the stove. The same: http://www.es911.ru/files/1(1).jpg
re "Nobody can tell me what this is:" - it looks to me like a brickwork mockup. The builder makes one or more of these to illustrate different brickwork types, and the client agrees to one of them. The bricklayers refer back to that, so that the final brickwork is what the client wants. They should demolish mockups after the building is complete, but if the building is never completed...?
I quite like the look of the something-old-something-new coagulation in Bucharest. It reminds me of the Citigroup Center in NYC, the skyscraper which had to be built balanced on four huge stilts to make room for a church on the same plot.
I wonder how many other landmarks are designed to accomodate other buildings?
from what I know, the tower in the lake is an actual church-tower in the village of Graun, south-Tyrol. The village was moved when a dam for a power-station was constructed, but they left the church-tower standing (it's now a tourist-stop to make photos, obviously).
when you search for "Graun, Italy" on Google Maps and activate photos, you can find it.
the italian "water tower" is not a water tower but a church tower. it was buried by water to create a dam for generating electric power. The town is Curn Venosta, in Val Venosta, near Passo Stelvio (not really Gavia).
http://wikitravel.org/it/Curon_Venosta
http://www.comune.curon.bz.it
I believe the "Nobody can tell me what this is:
(maybe an altar to the gods of construction? They need all the forgiveness they can get)" is actually a portable stove. Like a George Foreman, but awesome.
I seriously had an apartment that had something like the "Throne Room". The toilet was on a platform raised 6 inches from the rest of the bathroom. I always thought "I'm high on pot" whenever I sat on it.
The hybrid stairs are common in the SNCF building (SNCF (Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français) (French National Railway Company) is a French public enterprise). I have exactly the same one in my town, in Toulouse. and, yes, it's kinda weird.
Nobody can tell me what this is:
(maybe an altar to the gods of construction
This is a brick stove. I've seen them in people's back yards. Looks like someone took one and mounted it on wheels.
Updated with all new info - thank you!
The picture of curved bridge was made when the bridge was tested under pressure of heavy loaded trucks.
In real life bridge is in good condition and stands straight as any other bridge.
The picture from Bath was taken by me:
http://flickr.com/photos/javic/101758496/
Photo credit added - thank you for letting us know - picture came without attribution.
Can't believe that some of them are real, I am laughing my ass of here... :-))
That first one is the ugliest building I've seen in a while. It's not even creative or unique... it's just plain ugly. It looks like a building being attacked by hairy brown caterpillars or something.
You know, I gotta admit the house in Bath, England is cute in an ugly way. Or is it the other way around...
U, my dear friend, it is obvious that you are not verry much informed about certain things you posted on your site. The "something old, something new" - is an awarded piece of architecture and it is verry spectacular, but yet, thank you for the publicity, anyone might want to see that one in real life or maybe just closer.
The building in Bucharest, Romania, is not a simple building, it's the UAR(Romanian Architects Union) builduing;)
"Plumbing Gets Complicated" = radiant heating floor system
For the "Stairway Into the Wild," it actually looks like it goes around the corner of the building on that level. It looks like the stairs end because the railing is glass and see through so it looks like it just drops off!
Are these architects out of their minds or are the people who commissioned the works? There's a great book on this subject called "Architecture of the Absurd: How Genius Disfigured a Practical Art."
Love that stairway into the column.
"Something old, something new" - Hey, I've seen that! Wow! really amazing building. I used to visit it, when I was very little.
Something old, something new - the one from Romania is actually a very good building, very controversial indeed, some hate it and some love it, but the fact is it had a lot of awards. Frankly I don't see why it's in the same list with all those horrors.
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