I'm a sucker for that 60's retrofuturism. The sleek, clean, and curved design of it all with such an optimistic view of the future is such a satisfying and happy vibe
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Absolutely gonna agree with OP. Art deco is absolutely amazing and 100% my pic.
Check out art deco metal band Imperial Triumphant
Any style older than 60 years that is not brutalism.
Things used to have decor before, we've moved to a functionality only infrastructure, it's always done in the cheapest way possible and it's sort of depressing
I'm reminded of this video about how changes to the construction industry starting in the '50s resulted in the loss of ornamentation in architecture
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Actual decoration instead of just cheap sheetrock and Metal fixtures.
Also houses for everyone
Hey I love Union Terminal! Great museum. And you're right, the building is beautiful. The massive mural in the entrance area is my favorite piece of any building I know of.
Brutalism and Art Deco, not together obviously, but +1000 points to Affordable Housing @[email protected] lol
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Art Nouveau. It looks so whimsical. I'd also like a Gothic/Gothic Revival.
Art deco rules so much
Mud huttingdon:
I fully expect that to make a comeback in the aftermath of the climate wars.
I was thinking the exact same thing. Mud walls are great insulators, and keep really cool during the intense summer heat
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The full swathe from Art Nouveau/Jugendstil through Art Deco/Moderne and Bauhaus functionalism through to 1950s modernism. If I had to be more specific, Iβd focus on British interwar modernism.
19th century german architecture + red brick Gothic.
Something that doesn't look or feel like it was made at a factory
Affordable Housing
Cool, if it's also Art Nouveau.
too real
Big beautiful brutalistic concrete block with some fucking space!
Iβd like for Baroque furniture to come back. Hella sturdy.
Yeah, art deco is definitely high on that list. Also brutalism. I especially love brutalist interiors.
Ah yes, the evil villain hideout style. Not a fan of it myself but it does have something cool about it.
Fair enough. I also love it for office buildings and such, like in this example from The Oldest House in Control, or Luthen's shop or Coruscant in Andor.
Honestly it does look good in a way yeah. Especially for the mega structures. Nice
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Second Art Nouveau. Art Deco is nice, but I think over played as a throwback.
Also a fan of a neoclassical Italianate style. Square columns, low flat roofs, towers and tall thin windows. It can vary, but when done in a clean and simple style, it's very nice IMO.
Anything that is not a square shaped shit brick like so much of the past 50 years.
Generally speaking, art deco, for houses specifically, Georgian.
Brutalis Style
Definitely Brutalism. Thereβs a new thing where they can grow stuff on the concrete now, so I propose Eco-Brutalist as a new (not new) thing.
Thats a good thing Eco brutalism! One day i have enough money and will build a house i brutalism π
I love this style of modern architecture from the late 1960s to early 1980s:
Iono, the first two are a bit much, but I do love the 3rd.
Aw man, I was about to praise the first two.
It's architecture/interior design, taste is subjective. Like what you like, I'm not here to yuck anyone else's yum, just expressing my own opinion.
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The first two remind me of tacky mafia style hotels and maybe Miami (Tony Montana) or Las Vegas βclassyβ.
I was thinking the tacky, overly-ostentatious decoration style you see in Russian government buildings, but yeah that fits too.
Idk about regular houses but I wish factories were still styled like they were in the Victorian era. There's a reason so many got converted into offices and apartments
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Likewise, it's beautiful, so elegant.
Art Deco and Art Nouveau both are great in my eyes. (Neo-)Gothic cathedrals and churches are also wonderful.
But one more regional thing: I really like the Brick Gothic style. It is robust against wear and tear and still looks great.
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