Renaissance exterior of building. Carvings in concrete. Stone block buildings. Gargoyles. Corner decorations on ceilings.
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Brutalist
Gorgeous brutalist, not "let's cut corners and costs" Soviet brutalist, but Le Corbusier tier.
Art deco, full stop.
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
Absolutely gonna agree with OP. Art deco is absolutely amazing and 100% my pic.
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.
Waterfall. Agile is a mess.
Nice.
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
Cool, yet unfortunate.
Affordable Housing
Cool, if it's also Art Nouveau.
Big beautiful brutalistic concrete block with some fucking space!
too real
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
Yeah, art deco is definitely high on that list. Also brutalism. I especially love brutalist interiors.
Living in Germany I can't stand any more brutalism. It has become the "standard" because it's just the cheapest to leave the raw concrete exposed.
Fair enough, to each their own. Although brutalism is more than just exposed concrete, that is definitely the signature thing.
More often than not Brutalism is nowadays used as an excuse for minimizing cost here. While some of the pictures shown here can look appealing, the style just doesn't sit well with me considering how it is (mis)used here.
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
Actual decoration instead of just cheap sheetrock and Metal fixtures.
Also houses for everyone
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.
Brutalism and Art Deco, not together obviously, but +1000 points to Affordable Housing @supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz lol
Check out art deco metal band Imperial Triumphant
I love this style of modern architecture from the late 1960s to early 1980s:
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Art Nouveau. It looks so whimsical. I'd also like a Gothic/Gothic Revival.
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.
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.
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.
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
Iβd like for Baroque furniture to come back. Hella sturdy.
Generally speaking, art deco, for houses specifically, Georgian.
19th century german architecture + red brick Gothic.
Something that doesn't look or feel like it was made at a factory
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
Art deco rules so much
Likewise, it's beautiful, so elegant.
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