Please post any and all:

a) inspiring/intriguing architectural photography
b) inspiring/intriguing architectural video
c) inspiring/intriguing architectural imagery of other sorts (drawings, renderings, &c.)
d) World Expo Pavilions in Shanghai! (such as the above Danish Pavilion)

I was going to post some examples, but I'd be more interested (and would find it a bit more enlightening) to see what you might think of without further prompting, and what you might already have saved on your comp. (photos, drawings, concept art, sketches, painting, floorplans, comics, textures, you name it) that you'd consider applicable!

This is a lighthearted thread, but I would honestly find thoughtful (or at least brief/honest) responses to be really helpful! Thanks, guys!

And, if by chance any of you have a passing interest in these things (I know that my early-high-school era interest in mapping/level editing tied in closely with my eventual decision to study architecture), here is a brief selection of architecture blogs of high quality, ranging from those that highlight current projects/competitions/construction, to those that are quite whimsical/speculative.

BLDG BLOG: Speculative/Multisubjectual
Arch Daily: Contemporary Projects, updated daily. Usually has a decent spread of drawings for each featured project, which many blogs do not
DeZeen Architecture News: More contemporary projects (DeZeen has additional news about other design fields)
InHabitat: A sustainability blog, this section focuses on architectural products and projects.

De Stijl has been my favorite art movement this past year of my art studies, and since you want ARCHITECTURE, heres the lovely Schroder House by Gerrit Rietveld





I really want a home interior similar to this, I just love it

Thanks, Genk! The Schroeder House is great! I've heard tell from friends of mine who traveled there that when you come across it, you don't expect to see it at all, it's just hiding in that neighborhood, backed up against that large brick building.

Do you think your desire to have an interior like that is based up on viewing the elements of the building as a kind of art, or interior decoration, or do you like the sort of spatiality it evokes? Sliding planes, lines, sort of floating elements with hidden joints/connections?

In the my 5 years of professional structural engineering career i've only come across a handful of competent architects.

Nice!

Please elaborate, Martyn! The struggle between architects, contractors, structural engineers, and owners is of course nothing new, but in your particular case, I'd be interested to hear what you mean. Are you evaluating the architects 'competence' in understanding of statics? Understanding the practicality of design decisions they are making?

Definitely the second set and i'm not surprised that its unexpected, it was made to be a regular house, nothing special. Hell, kids would throw rocks at it/kids that lived in it because it looked weird and nothing like the homes around it

I was studying to be an architect for 2 years, then I switched to structural engineering. It was wasn't an easy switch though, and I had to catch up alot.

I ran in to this a few weeks ago. It's really neat what this guy was able to accomplish w/ such a small space & in a way that doesn't really make one feel too crowded. I would love to live in something like that.



I also really like the visitor's center at Bernheim Arboretum & Research Forest.

http://www.bernheim.org/vc_featrs.html
http://www.bernheim.org/vc_strat.html
http://www.bernheim.org/vc_gallery.html

Ok!

So, the most common problem is nothing to do with their appreciating of statics - I don't expect them to know anything about that to be fair. The most common problem is one of them not being able to take a good stab at what a structure will look like and come up with details based on that.

You regularly getting obstructive architects who won't begin working until you've given them EXACT steel sizes which is impossible without their input first! This is especially frustrating with "well understood" structures like warehouses/supermarkets and straightforward office blocks.

The next most common problem is drawings that have roof sections (typically eaves details) drawn correctly in one plane, (say the rafters are spanning into/out of the page and the roof purlins spanning across them) then when a section is drawn at 90 degrees to it they've cut and pasted the steel and shown it in the same plane as the other drawing when the rafters should be spanning across the page and the purlins in and out.

This is particularly annoying when you've designed your purlins based on them spanning OVER a rafter, and when it comes to the crunch and they revise their drawing they show them within the depth of the rafter which invalidates their design (they can't double span).

Some architects have a great eye for details - air seals, flashings, avoiding cold bridges etc, but just don't have a clue about basic structures. By this I mean they ask things like "Can I just take out this column?" which get replies in the area of "yes, but it will mean the introduction of a large beam which will inevitably exceed your head height restrictions".

I could go on, but if I get on a rant I'll not shut up!

Saberopus:

Crossword: 5 letter word - synonym of corbel

It's driving me MAD.

Got any of the letters??

(p.s. Thanks for the previous post, I'ma respond to it later)

Narp. It's driving me MOAR MAD.

(It's Izzy's crossword)

truss?

just looked that up, don't even know what it means..

Not... realllllllly. Hmmph.

I think Gugunheimer has them all beat

You mean Frank Gehry has them all beat. Gugunheim is the name of the museum by the way, not Gugenheimer.

'tis Guggenheim, actually.

Ok I stand correct....Gugenheim. And I also thought that was the Architects name.

:suicide::suicide:

Guggenheim. The 'heim's are a super wealthy family who basically do this kind of stuff now (build ridiculous art museums/collections). O, to one day have such a client

That 24 rooms house reminds me of the 5th element.

I always thought Deckard's apartment from Blade Runner looked cool. Apparently it's based on something called Ennis House. I'll look for a picture.

I was curious where that apartment was really located, and I thought it was only very intricate highly detailed prop, since I love that movie still I always wondered about some of the actual locations.

It was built on a sound stage, just inspired by that house.

I <3 ISBUs

FALLING WATER. Frank Lloyd Wright was so far ahead of his time.

I've been to the house on the rock, that was crazy.

Speaking of Frank Lloyd Wright, I have to "represent" and show off the Price Tower in my home town.

Thanks, guys! Keep 'em coming. Don't rule out anything, from pictures of famous buildings you like, to pictures you've taken of mundane buildings/structures you found interesting, whatever! Any infographics, maps, diagrams, sketches, etc., are very welcome as well

Ennis-Brown house, also by Frank Lloyd Wright.

Speaking of Gehry, here's the Wiesman Gallery down on the University of Minnesota Campus, its pretty shiney

I tried finding the new building they put up not too long ago across the street with the expansion they've got going, no luck.

And then theres the cool Lloyd Wright gas station down in Cloquet, MN

http://abduzeedo.com/tags/architect-day

Horray architecture!

Cool video, song ruins it.

I can't find the building I'm looking for as I'm not sure of the name of it.

It's some sort of a music/entertainment facility, I think it might be in Austrailia. (Not the trademark Sydney skyline) I remember the outside walls are metallic, and wavy. I think it was in a movie I saw.

(Sorry, that's the best I have)

Not thinking of the Guggenheim, above? It was in Goldeneye, and it's not a music performance venue, but it IS very famous.

As far as Australia goes, nothing but the Sydney Opera House leaps to mind... hmmm.

Gehry also did the Experience Music Project in Seattle, similar style, and the Disney Concert Hall in LA. Not sure if they've been in movies, however.

Interesting anecdote! At the Disney Concert Hall, Gehry's trademark titanium swoops 'n' **** (TM) basically reflected a ****e-ton of light at the side of an adjacent office building, causing glare and heating issues, and they had to cover that section of the roof with an improvised screen to avoid buggering their neighbor.

Well, that looks like what I was thinking of (Guggenheim), but I don't think Goldeneye was the movie I was thinking about with it.

Regardless, I failed at knowing anything about it.

There's a concert hall in the greater Atlanta area that can transform inside. There are two small circular auditoriums on either side of the main hall that can rotate and lift up to add their seating to the main hall. I dunno how well it actually works, but it is a neat idea.

Milwaukee Art Museum is pretty cool, the wings open and close! Fun!