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Great Architecture from Around the World
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 1:53 pm
by FangKC
This thread is devoted to showing examples of interesting and beautiful architecture from around the world.
Re: Great Architecture from Around the World
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 1:56 pm
by FangKC
I thought I'd start out with something fun. This is a photo of carved panels of a sculpture used in the
Parswanatha Temple in Khajurabo, India.
Re: Great Architecture from Around the World
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 3:37 pm
by Gladstoner
FangKC wrote:
I thought I'd start out with something fun. This is a photo of carved panels of a sculpture used in the Parswanatha Temple in Khajurabo, India.
The more things change, the more they stay the same....
Re: Great Architecture from Around the World
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 8:30 pm
by FangKC
The Vishvanath Temple built in AD 1002 in Khajurabo, India.
Re: Great Architecture from Around the World
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 1:50 pm
by FangKC
The carved figures on the Lakshmana Temple in Khajurabo, India.
Re: Great Architecture from Around the World
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 5:17 pm
by alpha_glamourina
The creations of Gaudi always stir my emotions and fire my imagination- I think his work is thrilling.
Here's a detail from the Caso Batllo (the Dragon House). It was designed and built in 1905–1907. The local name for the building is Casa dels Ossos (house of bones) for its skeletal organic quality. It was originally designed for a middle-class family and situated in a now prosperous district of Barcelona, Spain.
Re: Great Architecture from Around the World
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 5:25 pm
by PumpkinStalker
Alpha, that is absolutely the most amazing thing I've ever seen. I love it! Thanks for posting. That just got made my desktop.
Re: Great Architecture from Around the World
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 5:33 pm
by alpha_glamourina
Oh, i'm so glad to hear that you were moved by this! Definitely make time to google "Gaudi" images; what you'll discover is nothing short of breathtaking. Most of his buildings are in Barcelona, but he did an incredible cathedral in Mallorca that's worth seeing too.
Re: Great Architecture from Around the World
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 5:49 pm
by PumpkinStalker
I think if a morel fungus got made into a building, this is what it would look like. Not a stunning endorsement, but I think it's great!
Re: Great Architecture from Around the World
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:18 pm
by FangKC
I love Gaudi buildings too. They remind me of strange architecture one would find in a Star Wars movie, a Lord of the Rings city, or even a Tim Burton film. They are whimsical and unique.
Here's a link to some of his buildings:
http://www.greatbuildings.com/architect ... Gaudi.html
Here's a photo of Gaudi's Casa Mila:
Re: Great Architecture from Around the World
Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 8:22 am
by FangKC
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Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 8:42 am
by FangKC
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Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 9:48 am
by FangKC
Gaudi's Magic Square.
A Gaudi wall.
Gaudi double-screen doors.
Re: Great Architecture from Around the World
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 3:21 pm
by alpha_glamourina
Great images, thank you for the early birthday present!
Re: Great Architecture from Around the World
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 4:03 pm
by TheBigChuckbowski
I went to Barcelona in December and I have to tell you the Gaudi stuff is amazing in person. La Sagrada Familia is pretty unbelievable. It's already gigantic and the plans call for it to be even bigger. Parc Guell is probably my favorite place I've ever been.
Re: Great Architecture from Around the World
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 4:59 pm
by FangKC
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Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 8:51 pm
by FangKC
Re: Great Architecture from Around the World
Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 5:42 pm
by FangKC
Re: Great Architecture from Around the World
Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:38 pm
by FangKC
The Park of Monsters in Bomarzo, Italy.
Mouth of Hell by Pirro Ligorio.
The Mask of Madness
The War Elephant
The garden at Bomarzo was built in the sixteenth century by an Italian nobleman as a memorial to his wife Guilia. Populated by Fish-tailed Harpies, Fortified Elephants, a Grotto of Venus and a Mask of Madness, turtles, lions, dragons and bears, it was called a ‘sacred grove’ - Sacro Bosco, by its creator, Vicino Orsini (c.1513-84).
http://www.artandarchitecture.org.uk/in ... marzo.html
http://www.artandarchitecture.org.uk/se ... dei+Mostri
Re: Great Architecture from Around the World
Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 11:04 pm
by Roanoker
This one reminds me of the Opera House in Sydney Australia.