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20382667 No.20382667 [Reply] [Original]

What are some good books about architecture?

>> No.20382676

There is no way you can convince me that That is not a boring building.

>> No.20382678

>>20382667
The Timeless Way of Building

>> No.20382679

>>20382676
it's not boring but it's definitely a meme

>> No.20382682
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20382682

The fact that the architecture departments at Yale, Harvard, Berkeley, and Cornell look like this tells you everything you need to know about the profession and why it's so broken.

>> No.20382687
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>>20382676
Don't worry some day you'll understand

>> No.20382692

>>20382682
Those buildings has nothing to do with the current state of the profession unless your focus is into historical conservation/restoration

>> No.20382697

>>20382679
>>20382687
only seething non westerners still think such architecture is note worthy.
When every new city library, opera house, university building has this design it is incredibly fucking boring.
This "muh vast visible wood" fad is even worse since even poorer projects now get them.

>> No.20382700

>>20382667
There’s already a chart in the wiki
Towards an architecture by Le Corbusier.
I fucking hate these postmodernist buildings because they look futuristic but the future never arrived, it’s like a premature ejaculation, you busted too quickly so there is no pay off.

>> No.20382719

>>20382697
I never said It was note worthy, It's interesting at best but I would have to see it inside to get a full picture.
Architecture is not meant to be entertaining, your comment about being "boring" has no weight at all.
>This "muh vast visible wood" fad is even worse since even poorer projects now get them.
I was going to ask you to post some architecture you like but this comments tells me everything

>> No.20382737

>>20382719
architecture is supposed to be an aesthetic experience akin to seeing or being by a statue.
The building is suppsoed to compliment my being around it for whatever reason it technically was intended for.
These buildings dont do that. They give a comfy, happy vibe, but no aspect of it that I would ever engage with even just passively or bit remote does anything to elevate the moment.
Totally disgusting and I hope they find some asbestos equivalent flaw with the materials that are being used in these so they have to all be torn down.

>> No.20382792

Looks like Ethereum

>> No.20382985

>>20382737
Architecture is not an "aesthetic experience" and it should'nt be compared to a statue, since it has a practical use, a demographic, a necessity transfered into space and materials.
>compliment my being around it for whatever reason it technically was intended for.
>They give a comfy, happy vibe
Did you learn this at some place or are just your perception of the buildings around you Buildings have no "vibe"
>I hope they find some asbestos equivalent flaw with the materials that are being used in these so they have to all be torn down.
Post architecture you like

>> No.20383091

>>20382985
>ince it has a practical use, a demographic, a necessity transfered into space and materials.
then it is not architecture of any worth, but just usefully arranged materials and everything purpose driven for somewhere outside.
>Did you learn this at some place or are just your perception of the buildings around you Buildings have no "vibe"
Yes, architecture was a frequent point of discussion in aesthetic classes
>Post architecture you like
National Gallery of Art East Building in Washington DC to which I would add the tunnel connecting it to the main building.
>inb4 judging it from images on google

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>>20382667
Give Kenneth Clark's Civilization a watch. It's about a lot more than just architecture but he goes pretty in depth on a lot of great western buildings.
Apparently there is a book as well but I haven't read it. The series is all on YouTube.

>> No.20383518

>>20382682
but the second one is beautiful

>> No.20383534

The map and the territory has some takes on architecture . And it's a very beautifully written book to boot

>> No.20384011

>>20382719
>Architecture is not meant to be entertaining,
Entertaining may be the wrong word but it's still meant to be visually pleasing in some way. That's why that modern piece is asymmetrical and has a big curve (if anything modern architecture follows a childish idea that architecture SHOULD be entertaining and is often thought of more as a form of sculpture).

Classical architecture, with its focus on details alone, is more visually pleasing and practical than any modern. Where are the nice touches on that building for the human size and perspective? Nowhere.