Architecture

[metta]

The Bosco Verticale (Vertical Forest) is a complex of two residential skyscrapers in Milan More than two thousand tree species, including towering shrubs and trees, are arranged across their exteriors.
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[LeicsDom]

All very laudable but surely there is no natural light inside

 

[NotHardUp1]

I would not believe that there is no natural light inside. It only takes a small path for bright sunlight to cut through. It must be quite magical in those apartments.

I do hope the engineers have calculated the added weight of that much biomass though. It really adds up, as most of the weight is water, both in the soil and in the plants.

 

[Harke the Boeotarch]

I would not believe that there is no natural light inside. It only takes a small path for bright sunlight to cut through. It must be quite magical in those apartments.

I do hope the engineers have calculated the added weight of that much biomass though. It really adds up, as most of the weight is water, both in the soil and in the plants.

I'm sure it isn't a big deal to calculate.

Also, consider that skyscrapers in Europe are usually deliberately built in such a way that sunlight reaches the center, unlike American skyscrapers that are much wider.

I'm more concerned that this is just a 'wallpaper' to sell yet another skyscraper, rather than an actual improvement to the environment of Milan (which is full of skyscrapers, most completely barren on the outside).

 

[Kahaih]

Bugs.

 

[rareboy]

Cool building.

Can you imagine being on the main floor though when the leaves fall?

 

[Kahaih]

Pity the window cleaning crew.

And the hedge trimmers.

 

[Kahaih]

Cool building.

Can you imagine being on the main floor though when the leaves fall?

And the birds shit.

 

[metta]

This is the cathedral in Cologne finished in 1880.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cologne_Cathedral
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[smokeshadow]

National Fisheries Development Board building - Telangana, India

 

[LoveMyPeppermill]

National Fisheries Development Board building - Telangana, India

Telengana is the state; the city is Hyderabad, a place many of us may have heard of 9and which has delicious food).

 

[smokeshadow]

Telengana is the state; the city is Hyderabad, a place many of us may have heard of 9and which has delicious food).

Thank you, Pepper, for the correction. The image file is only labeled as Telengana. I'll add the city

 

[Dargelos]

Suppose the architect who created that great big fish for the fishing people, were to be contracted to design something for Elon Musk. What would it look like?
I have my ideas, but hot topics is safe for work if you know what I mean.

 

[LoveMyPeppermill]

Suppose the architect who created that great big fish for the fishing people, were to be contracted to design something for Elon Musk. What would it look like?
I have my ideas, but hot topics is safe for work if you know what I mean.

Something along the lines of an ouroboros, but a biped rather than a snake?

 

[Dargelos]

My thoughts are cruder than yours but certainly something round would be involved.

 

[unloadonme]

This is the cathedral in Cologne finished in 1880.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cologne_Cathedral
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A magnificent erection and well worth a visit.

 

[Dargelos]

A grand cathedral, like the one in Cologne, is a nice thing for tourist to go to take snaps of, but what about the original client. What does God think?
When those temples were constructed, there were no safety precautions and not surpisingly, many men died and many more suffered agonising injury. If God were to conduct a cost/benefit analysis, what would His break even point be on the scale of ostentation versus death. If it was me I'd say that one death building a huge penile status symbol is one death too many but I'm not God.

 

[smokeshadow]

Most people are familiar with Frank Lloyd Wright's Falling Water house and Wingspread; but, one of his lesser known designed houses is the John Gillin house in Dallas, Texas. Designed on a 60/120 triangular grid, instead of a square like Wingspread, the house's 3 wings sprall outwards from the massive stone fireplace on the 7 acre lot.

John Gillin Residence - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Main entrance porch (directly in front) and garage (to the right)

Driveway approach

aerial

Patio and pool deck

Guest room wing

Living Room

Dining Room

 

[metta]

The Circle Bridge is a movable bridge for pedestrians and bicycles in the center of Copenhagen. The five overlapping circular decks were designed by artist Olafur Eliasson


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