Brutalism
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Give me 2, but less mirrors- I've spent enough time in hotel lobbies, thank you. But if it were more theatre lobby than hotel lobby, I'm all for it.
I am a sucker for the MCM ranch, with low angular offset roofs and breeze block scape walls
Art deco. And I need it to get going yesterday so the place feels even more like fallout after ww3
I just want a diversity of architecture styles to be common, I love areas that are an eclectic mix of styles; it makes me feel like so many different people care about the area.
It also shows the strength and resilience of an area. Places like that have weathered many booms and busts. It's particularly interesting when one building has many styles, having been continuously occupied for hundreds of years. Or in some cases, even longer.
@Wahots @apt_install_coffee Universities are good for that. Nothing that old here but my one had 5 buildings from different times (oldest being Victorian era) joined together, using a mixture of direct joins, a shared lobby, and enclosed bridges
Universities are like little cities. I love all the different styles they have :)
Less style I just want more pipe organs in buildings. I think the contrast in visual, sound design, and the technology behind them throughout the ages is really cool.
Anything but brutalism.
I love cities with hidden courtyards. I know Spanish colonial has a lot of this, but Paris (not sure the style) does too. I'm not saying it's the direction we should move in regarding efficiency nor climate proofing, but it's really nice to get a little semi-private outdoor space (they are often shared between several houses) and have windows that open up to it. It also creates a feeling of mystery, like you really need to get to know a city before it will open it's doors to you.
They are very nice but they can have their downsides especially if youβre trying to sleep and there are some loud people in the courtyard. Being very hungover and waking up to some one blasting mambo number 5 can sort of dampen the whole mystical side of the courtyard
Not exactly a style, but those conversation pit things need to come back.
I want a conversation pit!
I have a really big thing for 70s PNW homes done really, really well. The vaulted ceilings, open concept main areas with multiple levels, the sunken living rooms, the cedar used everywhereβ¦ just leave out the shag carpet and Iβll be A-OK.
Art Nouveau. So much beauty, style and experimentation in only 20 years.
Art deco.
Use LotR to tell the difference. If it looks like it was made by the elves, it's art nouveau. It if looks like the dwarves cranked it out, it's art deco.
Squares are a dead give away for dwarves. Knife ears don't like square corners.
I was actually responding to OP's question. I k ow the difference between them π
This is a really good comparison :)
Yes please. Fuck the white grey and black colour scheme of todays interiors.
Brutalism. The few brutalist buildings in my city are a welcome respite for the eyes against the blinged out crap they're building nowadays.
We have some here! Unfortunately, it's the Soviet style, "cold" brutalist architecture that feels quite hostile. I like the "warm" aesthetic like the DC Metro with the light playing across the waffle ceiling, and the warm, brown hexagonal tile underfoot. This picture appears to be artificially brightened:
Good brutalist architecture can take your breath away. Itβs so solid, so permanent, so delightfully uncompromising.
The. Constructivist Era of the Soviet Union; abstract art meets cubism meets the proletariat.
Genuinely curious: why use an AI image instead of the many real Constructivist buildings?
I especially this one, nice balance of raw concrete and ornamentation:
Unaware. Just grabbed the first example from a search.
Prairie and Craftsman Bungalows. Unfortunately, I don't think that either is a particularly energy efficient design.
I want anything that isn't low effort, bland, inoffensive. I hate modern trend towards boring. I love everything that isn't landlord white.
Renaissance exterior of building. Carvings in concrete. Stone block buildings. Gargoyles. Corner decorations on ceilings.
Brutalist
Gorgeous brutalist, not "let's cut corners and costs" Soviet brutalist, but Le Corbusier tier.
There's some good Art Deco in Guillermo del Toro's Nightmare Alley
I might have to check it out, thanks!
Haussmanian , as in multi-story mixed use buildings : 6 or 7 floors. Bottom floor is for businesses. Top floor is subdivided in small but cheap one bedrooms. Built in an H, O or U footprint with a central courtyard for the whole building to share. Facade can have art nouveau architectural elements but whatever is cheap is good.
Art deco, full stop.
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