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
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.
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.
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.
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, I’d focus on British interwar modernism.
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.
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
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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
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.
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:
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 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 everywhere… just leave out the shag carpet and I’ll be A-OK.
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 you’re 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
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.
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.
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
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in reply to Wahots • • •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.
architectural style of Northern Europe
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in reply to Wahots • • •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.
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in reply to Wahots • • •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
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in reply to Mothra • • •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
Why Every New Building Looks the Same
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in reply to Wahots • • •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.
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Gorgeous brutalist, not "let's cut corners and costs" Soviet brutalist, but Le Corbusier tier.
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I especially this one, nice balance of raw concrete and ornamentation:
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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.
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